MacMost: Archives

2/11/08

Eve got her MacBook Air just minutes ago and is playng with it for the first time.
2/11/08

Starting now, you can use Software Update to get version 10.5.2 of Leopard. There are some bug fixes for iCal, Mail and iChat. In addition, we’ve also got some improvements.
One is a new list view you can use with Stacks. This looks like the way folders in the dock used to work. You can also make menus non-semi-transparent. Time machine is also now present in the menu at the top of the screen. iPhoto will now handle the RAW format of more cameras.
You can find a complete list of changes at Apple’s site.

2/11/08

The Mac blog site Macenstien reported last week that Apple would not be purchasing a booth at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters convention. Apple has traditionally had a huge presence at the annual event which is held the first week of April in Las Vegas. The NAB is the largest convention for broadcasters, video professionals and filmmakers in the US. Apple has used the convention to launch it’s professional video and film applications like Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio.

2/11/08

We’ve just added two new games to our iPhone Games collection. The first is a Pyramid Solitaire game. This is a pretty easy and fun card game. The second is a version of a game at the free online games that is also affiliated with MacMost. It is Add It Up, a number puzzle game. That makes a total of 18 games. We’ve got plans for two more by next week. Of course these also work on the iPod Touch.

MacMost Now 42: Using Smart Folders
2/11/08
Gary Rosenzweig and Molly Stanberry show you how to use Smart Folders in Leopard.
2/8/08

This episode is hobbled together from the clumsy tools of iMovie 08, because iMovie HD refuses to work for me.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do in the future.  The past few weeks have been spent impatiently awaiting my Macbook Air.  At least I have my platronics .audio 810 to keep me company.
MacMost Now 41: Secure Empty Trash Login Alias
2/8/08
Gary Rosenzweig answers some questions from viewers, including ones about using secure empty trash, requiring people to logon to use some applications and the difference between aliases and symbolic links.
MacMost Now 40: DisplayLink USB Video Adapters
2/7/08
Gary Rosenzweig takes a look ay DisplayLink, a company that makes USB-to-video technology. They are coming out with Mac drives next month for various adapters that allow you to add a monitor to your Mac though your USB port.
MacMost Now 39: Talking to Your Mac
2/6/08
Gary Rosenzweig looks at basic speech recognition built into Leopard. You can speak simple commands to your Mac ad have it perform functions.
MacMost Now 38: Mac Drawing Programs
2/4/08
Gary Rosenzweig and Eve Park take a look at two programs for the Mac that allow you to draw. The first is Eazy Draw, a vector drawing program. The second is Doozla, a drawing program for kids.
MacMost Now 37: Finder Hints and Shortcuts
2/1/08
Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the Leopard finder and discovers some handy functionality and shortcuts.
MacMost Now 36: Piano Wizard
1/30/08
Eve Park takes a look at Piano Wizard, a program that teaches you how to play songs on the piano using a MIDI keyboard and game-like interface.
MacMost Now 35: Fun and Games at MacWorld Expo
1/29/08
Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at some games being shown at MacWorld Expo. He looks at Freeverse's Neon Tango and Hordes of Orcs. He also takes a look at the iNo, a game that uses your iPod.
MacMost Now 34: iPhone Web Site Icons
1/28/08
Gary Rosenzweig looks at how to make png icons for your Web site that work with the new iPhone homepage Web clippings bookmarks.
MacMost Now 33: Eye-Fi Digital Camera Wireless Memory Card
1/25/08
Gary Rosenzweig at MacWorld Expo takes a look at Eye-Fi, a SD card for digital cameras that adds Wi-Fi capability to the camera.
MacMost Now 32: StuffIt
1/25/08
Gary Rosenzweig interviews Matthew Covington from SmithMicro at MacWorld Expo about the compression program StuffIt.
MacMost Now 31: The Modbook Tablet Mac
1/21/08
Eve Park takes a look at the Modbook from Axiotron, a tablet Mac made from a MacBook with a pressure-sensitive tablet screen.
1/18/08

Visit http://MacMost.com/geekgirl for more Geek Girl. This is my trip to San Fransisco. I hung out a little, visited Seesmic, and then covered MacWorld for MacMost.com

I had so much fun, and met so many new friends!

MacMost Now 30: Spore for Mac
1/17/08
Gary Rosenzweig reports from MacWorld Expo about Spore, the long-anticipated game from Will Wright and Electronic Arts. Spore will be released for both Mac and PC. Part of the Mac version was demoed at the Expo.
1/17/08

Gary and Eve tell Will about how much fun they had at MacWorld.