Archive for Mac Software
October 30, 2007 at 9:39 pm · Filed under Mac, Mac Software
After playing around quite a bit with iShowU, I decided to import my first video into iMovie HD.
Unfortunately no matter what I seemed to do, there was always a loss of quality after I imported the clip into iMovie. Thanks to the guys at iShowU, I found a hack that seems to work great.
Instead of importing the video directly into iMovie, open up the project folder and drop the video file into the “Media” folder. Then, simply open the iMovie project and drag the clip from the trash into iMovie when it prompts you. No loss of quality whatsoever!
Also, I stumbled onto a very cool QuickTime Embed WordPress plugin that makes posting video to your blog a snap…
October 27, 2007 at 1:09 pm · Filed under Mac Software
For years I’ve used Camtasia by TechSmith to create screencapture videos on my PC, so lately I’ve been trying to find a Camtasia replacement for my Mac.
From the research and reviews I’ve read, Snap Pro X and iShowU seem to be the best software programs for creating screenshot videos on a Mac. After quite a bit of reading I decided on iShowU and at $20, it’s a bargain.
I’ll be sure to post an iShowU review after making a few videos with it…
December 20, 2006 at 4:32 pm · Filed under Mac Software
I’ve been looking around for some eBay auction software for my new Macintosh notebook recently. Here are a few of the programs that I plan on checking out:
- AuctionGenie
- AuctionSieve
- Baywatch
- BidNobble
- CALC
I’ll report back with feedback once I’ve had a chance to try them all.
tags: ebay, macintosh, online auctions
December 8, 2006 at 2:41 pm · Filed under Mac Software
Over the past few days, I’ve been looking at the different audio software for Mac OS X. Here are two Mac audio software programs that I’ll be trying over the next week:
- Audacity - A free audio editor for Macintosh computers that allows you to cut, copy, paste, mix tracks, and apply effects to recordings.
- Amadeus 2 - Powerful sound editor with support of mp3 and Ogg Vorbis codecs, mp4 and .m4a formats, support for VST audio plugins, and sound repairing/analyzing functions.
From what I’ve seen, the audio software available for a Mac looks promising…
tags: mac, audio software
November 30, 2006 at 6:02 pm · Filed under Mac Software
I’ve been looking around for the best backup mirror software for my Mac and it looks like iBackup is going to do the trick. iBackup protects you from stuff like hard drive failures, accidental deletions, etc. by doing scheduled backups of your files, folders, applications, and settings.
iBackup software for Mac’s is also free which is a plus…
tags: backup software, backup computer, back up
November 30, 2006 at 11:01 am · Filed under Mac Software
Since I’ll be running Windows through Parallels on my MacBook Pro (that is, if I can ever get any support from Parallels), I’ll be installing anti-virus software. There are several choices for security software for Mac and PC, here are the ones that I’ve narrowed it down to.
- Avast - Highly recommended virus protection for PC’s. Both free and paid versions.
- AVG - I’ve used this for years on my PC’s and it works well. AVG also comes in a free and paid version.
- ClamXav - Free anti-virus software for Mac’s. Open source.
tags: anti virus, anti virus+software, virus protection
November 29, 2006 at 4:16 pm · Filed under Mac Software
I stumbled onto DVD Backup software for Mac OSX today but unfortunately it appears that it’s no longer being developed. That’s too bad, it looked pretty good…
The good news is, I found another program which looks promising. It looks like MacTheRipper may work just as well for backing up DVD’s, we’ll see.
tags: mactheripper, dvd backup, mac software
November 28, 2006 at 4:28 pm · Filed under Mac Software
I’ve been using Firefox 2.0 for a while on my PC and it’s been great. Yesterday I loaded Firefox 2.0 on my MacBook Pro and I’m having issues with it hanging. It doesn’t happen all of the time, but quite often it will freeze and a spinning color wheel appears for a few seconds until it loads the page. Strange.
I’ll do some looking around to see if anyone else is experiencing this hanging when running Firefox 2.0 on a Mac and if I find a solution I’ll be sure to post it.
Update: After doing some searching around, I found that the Google toolbar seems to be causing this issue. After disabling it, Firefox isn’t hanging any more so that appears to be the cause at this point.
tags: firefox, firefox 2.0, browser, macbook pro
November 28, 2006 at 3:36 pm · Filed under Mac Software
I set up Apple Mail on my MacBook Pro today and everything was very straightforward. No troubles at all. I do wish there was a POP email account import feature, moving all of my accounts over from Outlook took quite a while.
The default settings on Apple’s mail program didn’t need too many adjustments. The only thing I really needed to change under “Preferences” was disabling “Display remote images in HTML messages” for security purposes.
tags: macbook, macbook pro, apple mail, os x, mac software, apple software
November 28, 2006 at 10:18 am · Filed under Mac Software
I’ve just started looking around at different shipping software programs for my Macintosh computer. Here are a few that I’ve checked out so far:
- NRGSoft.com’s programs
- Mail Merge Pro
- Mail Factory
- Label Templates from WorldLabel.com
- KiBizSystem
- FasterBooks
I haven’t made any purchases as of yet, but it’s really encouraging that there are several great looking shipping software solutions for businesses running Macintosh computers.
tags: shipping software, macintosh software, mac software, business software
November 27, 2006 at 5:43 pm · Filed under Mac Software
Since getting the Mac, I’ve been spending some time trying to find the best open source applications for OS X Tiger. Here’s a few that I’ve downloaded and started using:
- Cyberduck - Open source FTP client
- Adium - Instant messaging program for Mac OS X that supports AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber, and more
- NeoOffice - Suite of office tools (word processor, spreadsheets, etc.)
I’ll be sure to post other good open source applications for OS X Tiger as I find them and try them out.
tags: open source, osx, tiger os x, apple, mac, os x
