One of the greatest things first-time GarageBand users discover and start playing with is the Loops. Loops are short snippets of music that you can use to beef up your recordings. Need a drum to accompany your guitar playing? Perhaps you want some string instruments at the beginning of your track? GarageBand has hundreds of music loops to use, built right into the program. What more could you need?
Category: Macintosh
Stationery Pack 2 – Review
Back in January I reviewed Equinux’s Stationery Pack software which adds over 100 stationery templates to Apple’s Mail program. Well, Equinux has recently released Stationery Pack 2, and if you are hooked on stationery in your email, and Stationery Pack 1 is not enough for you, Stationery Pack 2 might be worth checking out.
Stick It to Your Mac with HD
A number of products have hit the market recently to let you watch TV on your Mac. Two of these, both “USB sticks†recently caught my attention, so I felt it was time for a head to head comparison of two of these; the Pinnacle’s TV for Mac HD Stick, and Equinux’s TubeStick, both very small USB tuners for your Mac that let you watch TV right on your Macintosh.
Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive USB 2.0 + USB 2.0 Powered Hub – Review
Guy Serle takes a close look at the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive from Other World Computing. One enclosure, two drives, 2TB of date. Good deal, or something to avoid? Read on to find out.
Axio 13.3Ë Hardsleeve MacBook Pro – Review
Stylish but strong, the Axio Hardsleeve MacBook Pro case is so tough-looking, your MacBook will command a whole new level of respect from all the other laptops out there.
Stellar Phoenix Macintosh 3.0 – Review
Frustrating stability issues, excruciatingly slow media scanning and a clunky, dated interface make this a program one tends to swear at, as opposed to swear by. That’s unfortunate, because in the end it does a pretty decent job of data recovery.
Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro – Review
This past spring I made it a mission of mine to find as many Mac compatible webcams as possible. It hasn’t been easy. They seem to be few and far between. Recently, Logitech released the QuickCam Vision Pro, a Mac only camera, that is one of the best webcams I have tried.
BBEdit 9 – Review
At version 9, BBEdit has more goodies than I thought any text editor could ever contain. Of course, I thought the same thing when I began to use versions 8, 7, 6, 5, and 4. As I mentioned in my BBEdit 8 review, I don’t take advantage of many of BBedit’s programming or HTML features. So, when version 9 was announced, I did not plan to evaluate the many new coding-related features. I wanted to sample the major change to BBEdit 9’s searching powers; a non-modal find window. Read the full review here.
MacAlly TriHub 4 Port and 7 Port Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Hubs – Review
If you are looking for a light weight, dependable, powered USB hub, then check out MacAlly’s TriHub 4 Port and 7 Port USB 2.0 hubs. Designed to be mobile for those on the go, MacAlly’s TriHub USB hubs fit the bill exactly right.
Rage Sitemap Automator
Do you have a website? Have you been wondering why some of your web pages don’t show up in Google or other search engines? Or why less important site pages show up while the pages you think are more important do not? There is something you can do about that. You can use Rage Sitemap Automator to create an XML sitemap and help the major search engines find your most important site content.
Kensington Ci70 Keyboard with USB Ports
Review
I’m a pretty fast typist but the one thing I kept hearing while I was typing at home was “Why are you typing so loudly?†Hey, it wasn’t me, it was just the keyboard responding to my fingers flying over the keys. I’ve always, for the most part, used an Apple keyboard hooked up to my Macs. You know, the big, almost sounds like a typewriter, keyboards.
DIY Upgrade Bundle
Review
When I bought my MacBook it came with a “spacious†80GB hard drive that filled up quickly. Is your drive close to being full? If so, save a couple of bucks and learn how to replace it yourself by following these simple directions. You can do this.
iRecord
Review
The iRecord is billed as your "Personal Media Recorder." I was hoping I’d be able to use this unit to pull some video from a few DVDs I wanted to use in another project. Read on and we’ll find out how successful I was and what the iRecord is all about.
MacFamily Tree 5
Review
Most of you probably have at least one person in your extended families trying to find out more about their ancestors so they can share that information with the rest of their family, and if they are doing their work on the Macintosh, MacFamilyTree could be just the product for them.
Comic Life Magiq
Review
Comic Life Magiq is the latest piece of software by the folks at Plasq and they have hit another home run. It is a spin-off of they’re great Comic Life software. The best way to describe Comic Life Magiq is by saying it is part Comic Life, part Kai’s Power Goo (for those that remember this software), part iWeb (as far as templates), and part iPhoto.
NewerTech MAXPower Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter and Extension Cradle
Review
I know what you’re thinking. Why would I need a wireless USB stick adapter when I have an airport extreme card built into my Mac? Read on to discover the power of MAXPower from Newer Technology.
Pastor
Review
Pastor is all I need for passwords. No more delving deep into my hard drive to find ’em. They’re all there in Pastor 1.8, well organized and easily accessible.
Two Kensington products for Road Warriors
Here are two items from Kensington for those road warriors out there who need extra iPod power and may be searching for WIFI networks.
BusySync 2.0
Review
Giving .Mac’s iCal synchronization a run for its money, the folks at BusyMac have created a viable alternative for group calendaring with their BusySync software. Version 2.0, just released, adds Google Calendar synchronization, providing users with even more options to share calendars both locally and across the Internet.
invisibleSHIELD for MacBook Pro full body version
Review
Zagg’s invisibleSHIELD, properly applied, will protect your Mac or other gadget against the ordinary scrapes and scratches that can disfigure your computer or cell phone.