QuickSnap Review Revisited

Back in May I reviewed a screen capture utility by Fastforward Software called QuickSnap. At the time I gave the program a 3.5 out

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Macspiration: The First Fifty

Purchase the first fifty Macspiration articles in paperback form from Lulu.com.It’s packed with tips, tricks, downloads, Thumbn@ils cartoons, and more! Over 175 pages of

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Apple is taking over my mind!

Just in time for Halloween, I think I’ve discovered Apple’s master plan. To make us all Apple zombies. That’s right, they flood us with

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Remember Dashcode?

I installed Leopard on my MacBook at work today, which went very smoothly. After installing I was looking for Dashcode in the Applications folder.

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LogMeIn goes 1.0

Back in June I blogged about LogMeIn and internet based option for remotely connecting to your Mac, or others. (https://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?do=something&id=2058) It is really easy

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Sonic on your iPod?

First there were simple games on the iPod like Brick and Solitaire. Then Apple started selling more complex games like Tetris and Pac-Man. These

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I Am A Peggle Master!

After my blog about about Sonic the Hedgehog for the iPod, and my brief mention of Peggle for the iPod, I was contacted by

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It is that time of year…

I haven’t seen too many Macworld prediction lists on the web yet. Sure, I’ve seen the predictions of a new laptop, iTunes rentals, and

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Macspiration 105 Follow-Up

I just learned of a program that will customize the icons of your stacks. It is called “Stacks In Da Place.” http://www.eagle-of-liberty.com Best of

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Thumbn@ils 41

Thumbn@ils returns with a MyMac.com EXCLUSIVE!
The MyMac.com secret spy team has uncovered these topsecret plans. They are no longer SECRET plans!

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Painter Essentials 4
Review

Painter Essentials is to Painter what Photoshop Elements is to Photoshop. It is what I would call the “slimmed” down version of Painter, but still fully usable. Just like Painter, Essentials is a natural media painting program that allows the user to paint and draw on the computer with tools he/she might use in “real life.” Also, like Painter X (which I reviewed earlier this year), Painter Essentials 4 is packed with great new features.

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Macspiration 102
iPhoto CD Automator Action


I recently blogged about a missing feature from iPhoto which lets you burn a CD of photos that is not in iPhoto format, but instead a CD of JPG images that any computer can read and that you could take to the store for developing in a photo machine. Right after I posted that blog, I discovered a way to create an Automator action to do this for you.

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Pixelmator
Review


If you are a regular reader of Mac websites and a listener to different Mac podcasts, you’ve probably heard of Pixelmator. Pixelmator is a new image editing program by Saulius and Aidas Dailde – two brothers that make up the Pixelmator Team. I’ve had the opportunity to try out Pixelmator for a while now (I was allowed to try the beta version), and if you are looking for an inexpensive image editor, Pixelmator is worth a try.

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Macspiration 101
DVD Bookmarking


Recently, I wanted to show one of my classes a few sections of a DVD. The DVD was not broken into chapters, so I could not count of skipping through the video with them. After searching the menus in Apple’s DVD Player, I discovered Bookmarks.

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