…what do I give up if I ditch iMovie and start using MEP? Well, MEP does everything iMovie does as well as plenty of other neat stuff I haven’t mentioned (for example: you can set the dimensions of the movie).
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Media Edit Pro
The Mouse
Review
A mouse is a mouse is a mouse, no? Well, no, not really. Everyone reading this probably has a mouse nearby, even if you are using a Trackpad on a PowerBook. But there are times, especially graphic manipulation, where using a mouse is simply easier and more accurate.
Read MoreWhat’s your story?
With the twentieth anniversary of the Macintosh upon us, I felt that this would be an appropriate time to tell “my story”, of how I came to be such a fan of this computing platform. Heck, everyone has stories, right
Read MoreWillow Design PowerBook Backpack & WiebeTech Portable Hard Drive
Review
Two categories of new products have become ubiquitous during the past year: rugged, comfy laptop backpacks, and small, speedy external hard drives. Nemo and Weeks are big fans of both classes of items, and the good news keeps getting better
Read MoreSmartWrap
Review
SmartWrap instantly removes the quotation marks, and removes any hard carriage returns so the text will wrap appropriately
Read MoreTake Control of Users and Accounts in Panther
Review
A clear and concise writing style, coupled with clear graphics and notes, makes reading easy on the eyes and brain. TCUAP is no boat anchor
Read MoreHP DesignJet 120
Review
HP’s new DesignJet 120 is the best printer Nemo and Weeks have ever used or reviewed. We have some concerns regarding hardware and software, but all our comments on print quality are glowing with praise.
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Card Photo Printer CP-200
Review
My “dream photo printer” turned out to be one that was not even on my mental radar screen.
Read MoreCanon Digital Rebel SLR
Review
For the avid photographer finding themselves short of the $2000-plus it takes to get into the 35 mm digital SLR , the recently released Digital Rebel is a tremendous value…
Read MorePixl
Nobody is a real Mac worshipper. I hope you understand. People who ‘love’ their Macintoshes are the same kind of people who ‘love’ their BMWs or their Mexican food
Read MoreContour Showcase
Review
I love my iPod, but the slipcase that Apple ships with the iPod is horrible. Enter the Contour Showcase for iPod!
Read MoreDeskMount
Review
Mount your G3 or G4, under your desk!
Read MoreHP OfficeJet 5510 Printer
Review
All things being equal, I would have to call the HP OfficeJet 5510 one of the best all-around printers / copiers / scanners around.
Read MoreAdobe Photoshop CS (8.0)
Review
This is a major upgrade if you are a die-hard Photoshop user, and need the new features found here. If you take a look at Adobe’s website, read through the list of new features, and decide that the $169 upgrade fee is not too steep, you will be pleased.
Read MoreXtremeMacGet Connected Kit
Review
A visit to the Apple store showed just the thing I needed for $39.95, but I was also thinking about replacing the auto cassette adaptor too. It was making a loud grinding noise and was irritating. Sometimes you could hear it over the music, like a mysterious bad musician…
Read MoreSightFlex
Review
When Apple released the iSight desktop video camera, I had to have one. Working with iChatAV, the iSight was a perfect way for me to talk face-to-face, or at least via voice, to the other MyMac.com staff members and other friends. As I use a 23†Apple Cinema Display as my monitor, the iSight looked great sitting atop it…
Read MoreMy Family Home
Recently I had the opportunity to visit the house where I grew up. My father has lived there for forty-seven years. He bought the house and the seventeen acres it sits on in 1956 from my grandfather for seventeen thousand dollars….
Read MoreEducation On The Internet: The Paradigm Shift Isn’t Where You Think It Is
About eight years ago as the Internet began to take off futurists began predicting the great change that would take place in K-12 education in our country….
Read MoreMac Rumors, You Know You Want Them
Recently a huge Mac rumor was unleashed: McDonalds was going to give away a billion (that’s like a million but with a B) songs via iTunes. The rumor was never exactly denied but it was also never confirmed.
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