Living in the digital age and working on the information super highway carries certain complexities and risks. Among those are the many passwords, login IDs needed to get into various accounts—email, web sites, company servers—and dozens of serial numbers for software purchases. 1Password gets the headlines as the best password management utility, but it’s expensive, … Read More »
Sing That iTune!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Yet another way to find lyrics for your music. This one stores the lyrics so they can be synced with your iPod. Brush up on your Japanese first. Sing that iTune! widget displays the lyric for iTunes current track along with its artwork. The lyrics are saved in ‘Documents/Sing that iTune!’ folder and you can … Read More »
CatEye
Saturday, May 17, 2008
You know you need these. It’s what collectors do. Collect the whole set of free video effects for iChat and Photo Booth (Leopard only). Instead of communicating with a clear video image, really screw it up for those on the other side of the camera. Is your iChat partner getting on your nerves? Talking too … Read More »
AliasKeys
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The ultimate Mac shortcut utility. Assign a keyboard shortcut to open files, folders, documents, applications, whatever. A good way to test your memory, too, trying to remember all those shortcuts. AliasKeys lets you assign keystrokes to open files and folders. Any item that the Finder can open may be dragged to the list of AliasKeys … Read More »
FootTrack
Monday, May 12, 2008
Our favorite digital video organizer. Better than iMovie. Compresses video for permanent storage on hard drives. Works with the oh so popular iMovie ‘08. Drag and drop ability for iMovie and Final Cut. FootTrack is iPhoto for your digital video. Catalog all your digital video tapes, then easily find the clips you want. Whether you … Read More »
Shootout: Original iMac vs. 2008 iMac at $1,299
Thursday, May 8, 2008
I was an original 128k Mac owner. Likewise, I picked up a $1,299 Bondi Blue iMac almost 10 years ago. How does the original iMac compare to the 2008 iMac with Intel Inside? It’s remarkable how things change, how much they remain the same, and what your money gets for $1,299 these days. Let the … Read More »
Audio2SWF
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Convenient, if not very intuitive audio utility converts Mac audio files to streaming Flash SWF/FLV files. Optional Juke It jukebox player adds multiple SWF files in a single player. Audio2SWF is an extremely easy program to convert your audio files into streaming Macromedia/Adobe Flash files. Audio2SWF is easy to use and is great for publising … Read More »