Tim and Chad go over the weeks Mac news, including the iPhone update, the Amazon MP3 store, and Emoticons in school. We also go over some reader feedback, and say goodbye to Chad for at least one show, possibly many more.
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Month: September 2007
MyMac Podcast 146
Nemo Memo
The Best Fifty Dollar Software You Never Bought
DiskStudio by Micromat, Fission by Rogue Amoeba, and Glance by Glance Networks have all been updated and improved.
Moving your iTunes Library
Thinking about moving your iTunes library from one drive to another? Guy Serle needed to make a similar move to a larger drive now that he can put video on his iPod. Read this article to avoid pitfalls.
MyMac Podcast 145
The Next Big Thing
Tim, Chad, and Guy talk about the latest happening in the Mac world, and put a call out to the listeners: what do YOU think the big Apple announcement will be for Macworld Expo 08 in January? Robert also sends in his comments on the new line of iPods and the iPhone. David Cohen returns with Fenestration, in which he talks about the difference between Parallels and VMware Fusion.
Read MoreUsing Adobe CS 3
Dreamweaver
I’ve read reviews about Dreamweaver, comparisons between it and GoLive, and even comparisons between different versions of Dreamweaver. What I haven’t read is how people use the program. So rather than write another review about its’ features I decided I would write about how I use Dreamweaver (DW) CS 3, version 9.
The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book
Book Review
Like so many other photographers and Photoshop users, I always look forward with delight when Scott Kelby publishes a new book or updates a previous edition of one of his works. If you have the previous edition of this book, you’ll certainly want this newest one if you’re now working in CS3. It’s completely updated with new photos, mostly new techniques, and with Kelby’s signature style and humor.
Macspiration 100
100!
When I thought about what I should do for Macspiration 100 I though about making a list off 100 links, or 100 terms, or asking readers to pick your favorite articles from the past two years (WOW!). In the end I decided to pick ten of my favorite articles.
Numbers 08
Spreadsheets for the Rest of Us
Leave it to Apple, however, to create yet another useful production program for the rest of us. That is, a program which is intuitive, practical, and stylish. Numbers ’08 is another fine program that can help you transform the analog fashion of pen and paper calculations and create functions that can help you become more efficient with various projects involving money, data gathering and calculations.
MyMac Podcast 144
Mac Cow Disease
Guy gets a new iPod, while Chad waits patiently for the iPod Touch. We also look at the possibility of iTunes movie rentals. Robert Hazelrigg takes a look at Adobe InDesign CS3. Plus, a new audio question from Dan Rodriguez!
Read MoreLaCie FireWire Speakers
Review
Every computer I have ever owned had an audio output port, and so far, I have not had reason to dislike the audio coming from it. I wanted to know why I needed these Firewire connected speakers over the USB flavor.
RTX-100-Q TrayFree SATA Drive External Bay
Review
Step one = insert bare, exposed, 3.5″ Sata drive into rtx-100 and start working.
NH View
Today I joined my son on a field trip to Pack Monadnock here in New Hampshire. This is Hawk Migration time of the year
Read MoreDan Unshackles his iPhone – iFuntastic 3
Review
ABOBE PHOTOSHOP CS3 ONE ON ONE
Review
To quote Scott Kelby, President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals: “As a Photoshop author, I hate picking up a book and learning things I didn’t already know. But Deke’s done it again! If you want to learn Photoshop CS3 from the ground up, look no further.”
Macspiration 99
Personal Domain in iWeb/.Mac
With the introduction of iLife 08 you can now have your iWeb sites use your own personal domain that you have registered rather than using web.mac.com/username. For example, my domain, hedgehogalley.com, now points to my web.mac.com site that I have made in iWeb. Previously, the way to have this work was with domain forwarding through your registrar, but you would need to turn on something called masking to hide the web.mac.com address once the web browser got to your site.
The Beer Back Computer Pack for 15 and 17 Laptops
Review
You can buy and drink a lot of beer for $170 US, but it won’t last as long as this TBB case. You can fill Crumpler’s TBB with six bottles or cans of beer and have plenty of room remaining for your 15″ or 17″ MacBook Pro or PowerBook. You can pour some beer over this pack and your computer will laugh it off, being protected by multiple layers of impenetrable beerproof material from anything short of Hurricane Michelob.
Comply Noise Reduction Earphones NR-10
V-Moda Remix M-Class Earphones
Review
NR-10 produces a clean, powerful sound, with balanced emphasis in the midrange, where voices and instruments are heard. Remix’s bass is booming, treble is soaring, midrange is excellent, without any obvious concentrations through the entire audible and harmonic spectrum.
miniStack v3 500 GB
Review
Are you looking to add external ports and more storage to your home office set-up? Then look no further than Newer Technologies miniStack v3. This unit works very well with a Mac mini, but other Mac users will also find this unit a worthwhile addition.
iLife 08
Are you happy with iLife ’08? Robert is not so much. Read his post to find out why.
PDO Reviso iPhone Case
Review
Dan reviews the PDO Reviso and finds little to like in the design.