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Thule 15″ Crossover Messenger Bag – Review

July 3, 2012March 1, 2025 Apple, Bag, iPad, iPhone, Macbook Pro, Messenger Bag, Review 0

As a high school science teacher for the past 18 years, I’ve had the opportunity to try out a number of bags to carry the myriad of papers, laptops, iPads, and books back and forth to school each day. I put these bags through their paces and I’ve seen some pretty decent bags and some pretty awful ones too. When Thule sent me their 15″ Crossover Messenger Bag, I could tell right away that it was built with quality and durability in mind. I’ve been using the bag for most of the past school year and it still looks like a brand-new bag.

Musubo – Review

July 2, 2012March 5, 2025 Cases, Features, iPhone, iPhone Cases 0

Musubo’s cases for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are stylish and provide a double layer of protection. The Retro has an exterior hard shell and interior silicon case The Sneaker case provides protection via silicon bumper and a rigid back panel (sole) made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) designed to look like the tread of a sneaker. The Retro and Sneaker cases are both priced at $34.99.

Dragon Dictate for Mac – Review

June 25, 2012March 3, 2025 Apps, Mac OS X, Review 0

I learned how to type when I was a freshman in high school. Of course, that was on a manual typewriter. Now, decades later, I’m still typing and just as good and as fast as I did in high school. The only fly in the ointment is the fact that arthritis has raised its ugly head.

Apple Training Series: iMovie ’11- Ebook Review

May 10, 2012March 3, 2025 iDVD, iMovie, Review 2

If you’re like me, your knowledge of any version of iMovie is just enough to make a decent little movie. No frills or sophisticated editing, just a bit of “splicing and dicing” to create a finished product. I’ve always wanted to learn more about iMovie and how I can make my movies more interesting to watch. To that end, I read Apple Training Series: iMovie ’11 by Dion Scoppettuolo. You should, too.

FileMaker Pro 12 Beginner’s – Review

April 20, 2012March 3, 2025 Review 0

FileMaker Pro 12 was recently released, with new themes and starter solutions, including layouts tailored for iPad and iPhone. Add new design capabilities, design tools, chart styles, enhanced container fields-including drag and drop, and you have an application that even a newbie like me can use.

Express USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Enclosure – Review

March 28, 2012March 3, 2025 Hard Drive, Review 0

Designed for 2.5″ SATA hard drives, the unit is very lightweight, weighing only 2 ounces empty, compatible with either Mac or PC computers and comes with a USB connecting cable and a carrying sleeve, the unit makes for a very economical way to reuse a hard drive that you may have laying around your house.

NuCube Vertical Stand for Mac mini – Review

March 26, 2012March 3, 2025 Mac mini, Review, Stand 0

Other World Computing’s NuCube Vertical Stand, a polished clear acrylic stand that holds your Mac mini upright and reduces the mini’s fingerprint on your desktop. Weighing in at almost 2 1/2 pounds, the NuCube Vertical Stand allows you to stand your mini vertical and not to have any worries about it tipping over, even if the family cat thinks it’s a great addition to the desktop and something to check out when it sneaks into the room.

The Last Ink Cartridge I Will Ever Buy

February 28, 2012February 16, 2025 Features 5

Inkjet printers are cool. In recent years, they have become very inexpensive, while at the same time, becoming high quality and very fast at

ZooGue BinderPad Pouch – Review

February 21, 2012March 1, 2025 Apple, Cases, iPad, iPad 2, Review 0

The BinderPad is a soft, yet durable polyester case custom-fitted for the iPad 2. What sets it apart from other tablet cases is that there are grommets that fit any standard three-ring binder along the case’s left-hand edge. Measuring just under the standard notebook paper size of eight and a half by eleven inches, the BinderPad fits nicely inside of just about any three-ring notebook.

Two iPad Accessories You Need to See – Review

February 20, 2012March 1, 2025 Apple, Apps, Cases, Cover, First Look, iPad, iPad 2, Review 3

The SmartMate case is a protective, hard-plastic case that simply snaps onto your iPad 2. The most noteworthy exception to the norm here is that the case is designed to work in conjunction with Apple’s Smart Cover. Most hard cases don’t allow you to do so, and having that option is great. I love using Apple’s Smart Cover and I’m always annoyed when a case won’t work with it.

Kensington Virtuoso Metro Stylus & Pen – Review

January 18, 2012March 3, 2025 iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, Review, Tablet 0

The ease of use of touch screens on iPhones, iPads and other similar products that utilize capacitive materials that allow the user to simply touch the screen to make changes or allow input have really changed the communications landscape in the past several years. Yet, there are still limitations that occur, especially when it is cold outside and the user is wearing gloves or other instances where, for whatever reason, that “human” capacitive touch is not occurring.

Thule Crossover Backpack – Review

January 3, 2012March 3, 2025 Back Pack, Review 0

The Thule Crossover Backpack is elegantly constructed with lots of storage and a crush proof compartment. The backpack weighs 2.75 pounds which may be the only drawback for daily use. The $129.95 price is indicative of the quality of construction which is consistent with Thule products.

Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad – Review

December 30, 2011March 2, 2025 iPad, Keyboard, Review 1

I love my iPad. I truly do and its insanely great form and function blended together in an all around awesomely inspirational touch-based interface makes using it a joy. Just one little quandary. I hate using the onscreen keyboard.

My New Mac – Book Review

December 20, 2011March 2, 2025 Book Review, Macintosh 0

A bit over three years ago I compared two Macintosh books for beginners, David Pogue’s Mac OS X Leopard Edition: The Missing Manual and Wallace Wang’s My New Mac. To cut a long story short, they’re both good books, but aimed at somewhat different audiences. The Missing Manual covers just about every aspect of the Mac operating system, giving power users the information they need to do all sorts of different things. But it doesn’t actually tell a new Mac user what they can do with their computer. To get the most from The Missing Manual, you need to have a fair idea of what you want to do first.

Headphones Comparison: V-Moda Remix Remote vs. Arctic E461-BM

November 30, 2011March 1, 2025 Adapter, Audio, Earphones, Headphones, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod Classic, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, iPod shuffle, iPod Touch, Music, Review, Shoot-out 1

One of the greatest assets to any iOS device is the ability to listen to your favorite music, audiobooks, or your favorite apps. There is nothing more annoying than trying to do so with earphones that simply ruin the experience with their shoddy qualities. Most of us aren’t in the market for expensive earphones that can cost over $200, so what’s out there for those of us who want to find a balance between sound quality and cost? V-Moda and Arctic each have earphones in their lineups that try to reach such a balance. How do they compare?

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10
A Beginner’s Review-Part 2

November 28, 2011March 2, 2025 Review 1

In part 1 of this review I focused on the Adobe Elements 10 Organizer. Now we’ll talk about the Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor.

BlueAnt Embrace Stereo Headphones – Review

November 15, 2011March 2, 2025 Audio, Headphones, Review 0

There are headphones and then there are just headphones. BlueAnt has set out to show how headphones should be done, and as far as I’m concerned, they have really succeeded with the Embrace Stereo headphones. Designed specifically for the iPod, iPhone and iPad, the Embrace Stereo headphones also do a fantastic job when plugged into your Mac or PC.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10-A Beginner’s
Review Part 1

November 8, 2011March 2, 2025 Review 3

When Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 was released a number of years ago, I decided to buy it, even though I had no graphics experience whatsoever. I even bought a book to teach me how to use it. Sadly, I used PSE6 mainly to create coupons for my husband’s business, slightly edit screen shots I take for MyMac.com articles, and superimpose faces on other people’s bodies (Don’t ask. It’s silly.) So when the opportunity arose for me to review Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, I jumped at the chance to really sit down and learn about some of the fun and powerful techniques I could use with this software.

OS X Lion Support Essentials – Book Review

November 7, 2011March 2, 2025 Book Review, Mac OS X, Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro 0

Lion (Mac OS 10.7) is still too young – even nearly four months after its launch in July 2011 – to have the usual clutch of high quality books which attend each major update to arguably the best operating system for a personal computer yet developed.

Wicked Audio Reverb Headphones – Review

November 2, 2011March 2, 2025 Audio, Headphones, Review 0

With iPods, iPhones and iPads everywhere, and they being the way that most people listen to their music, the use of headphones has skyrocketed; be they earbuds, in the ear, on the ear or over the ear models. Since I really enjoy the pleasure of listening to my music without infringing upon others, I am always on the lookout for new things to try out. When the chance came along to try out something new, I went for it and tried out Wicked Audio’s Reverb Headphones that promise music like you’ve never heard before.