Due to the enforced recent acquisition of an Indonesian Android phone about 10 days ago (November, 2022) I have had The post BlueMail is Back as an Email Alternative appeared first on Mac-Foru...
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This article will not cover ALL possible or available backup applications for the Mac family. But it will cover two The post Do You Have A Backup – #6: Third party backup applications: Clone ...
In previous articles we have looked at what to back up , where to back up , how to back up here , and The post Do You Have A Backup – #7: When should I back up? How frequently? appea...
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Now that we have discussed What and Where to backup, let’s start to talk about how to do it. A Manual The post Do You Have A Backup – #5: Manual and Time Machine Backups appeared first on...
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Originally, this topic was going to be the final one in the series, but after some contemplation, I think it The post Do You Have A Backup – #4: A Small Interlude appeared first on Mac-Forum...
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Now that you are aware of the kinds of backup and what to backup, the next question is where to put The post Do You Have A Backup? – #3: Where to backup appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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In the previous blog post on backups, we talked about the kinds of backups that might be used, including simply The post Do You Have a Backup – #2: What do I back up? appeared first on Mac-F...
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Probably most of us have read where someone else has had a drive or machine fail and the first question The post Do you Have a Backup? – #1: Definitions appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Purchasing a new computer can sometimes be difficult to select & expensive. To keep costs down…sometimes we pass on upgrades The post Upgrade 2013-2017 Apple Notebook/Laptop Storage on the ...
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As most iPhone and iPad users know, Apple released its latest iOS update two days ago (Sept. 19). If the The post First look at iOS 11 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Apple delivered its always much-anticipated announcement of upcoming iPhone, Apple TV, and Apple Watch products, this year at the new The post Notes on the 2017 Apple iPhone event appeared fir...
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I’m not one who has to have the latest gadget; I usually wait until there’s a good reason to upgrade. The post Playing with the new iPhone 7 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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I live in a house divided. I use both Mac and Windows, but my spouse is strictly Windows. Recently, I The post Mac Mini saves the day — for a Windows user appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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AV-Comparatives is one of the few independent security organizations that tests software used to defend against viruses, Trojans, and other The post New report on OS X anti-malware apps appear...
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Each week, as I put together the Mac-Forums newsletter, I look over the latest posts — many from folks who The post A most under-rated personal computer appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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For some time now, the amount of junk mail clogging up my inbox has been ruinous, both in time and The post Mail, Thunderbird, and other email clients appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Looking though recent Mac-Forums posts, I read through a discussion about local versus cloud storage and how online file storage The post Managing storage with Dropbox synching appeared first ...
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Like phone booths, home-phone landlines would seem to be headed for extinction, as we shift to cellphones, Skype, texting, and The post Turning an iPhone into a landline handset appeared first...
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Recently, fellow editor Kathleen Atkins sent me a link to a new product that might interest those who visit the The post Extending cellphone range — sort of appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog...
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Today, Feb. 18, Mozilla released an updated iOS version of its popular browser. That immediately caught my interest because I The post Taking Firefox for iOS 2.0 for a tour appeared first on M...
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Those who know me know that I’m a gearhead. No, not a motorhead; I’ve always had a deep interest in The post The dilemma of hardware upgrading appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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I’m perfectly capable of changing the oil in my truck, but I’d rather pay someone to do it. Sometimes the The post Adding NTFS support to Mac OS X appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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For work, I use both Mac and Windows systems. But when away from my office, I take my MacBook Pro The post Why I keep Windows on my Mac appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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I recently purchased a small farm in a rural area of Washington’s Olympic peninsula. We have all the basics: heat, The post Life with a low-bandwidth connection appeared first on Mac-Forums ...
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I’ll be blunt from the start – I’ve got an odd love/hate relationships for Apple Maps. It’s tightly integrated with The post Transit is Here: Mac-Forums Offers Some Observations on the ...
….it lives. After some time hacking away at the code and ultimately learning a few things about Python, I’ve got The post The Summer Server Project – Part 3: It lives…and serves. appea...
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Recap and Introduction In the last article, I introduced what I plan to be a summer long project – writing The post The Summer Server Project – Part Two: VM Setup appeared first on Mac-For...
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Introduction Let me start this article with a not so profound claim: I know nothing about networking. Well, nothing might The post The Summer Server Project – Part One: Introduction appeared...
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iNET Interactive Official Sweepstakes Rules for Mac-Forums Brief List Sweepstakes NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. The post Mac-Forums Brief List Subscription Conte...
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Interested in great deals on Apple products? Our Mac-Forums Brief is a weekly email we send to our subscribers curating The post Sign up for the Mac-Forums Brief emails appeared first on Mac-F...
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Our Mac-Forums Brief is sent out each Wednesday and is our way of keeping you up to date with the The post Sign up for our Brief and be entered to win a $25 iTunes gift card! appeared first on...
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By now you should know your way around the file system and how to move around (if you don’t, go The post Learning the Commandline – Looking at files appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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In this session we are going to learn one way of editing text files in Terminal. Back in the day The post Learning the Command Line – Editing files appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Custom excerpt The post Experiencing the App Store: A Developer’s Perspective and Rant appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Sherpa sent me their new Water Sherpa iPad2/New iPad carry case to check out and I just say overall it’s The post Review: Sherpa iPad Case – Water Sherpa appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog ...
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Part One–The Ebooks (check back for Part Two–The DVDs) I’m not an artist—though I like to fancy myself one. I The post Review: Corel’s Master your DSLR course (Part One) appeared fir...
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NOTE: This article assumes you have been following the other articles in this series. Another Note: I can’t take credit The post Learning the Command Line – Bash Prompts (1) appeared first...
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Terminal commands are great but what if you want to have something done every time you login? What if you The post Learning the Command Line – Shell Scripts appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog...
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So, your Mac is acting up. Indeed, a Mac is no more impervious to Murphy’s Law than a non-Mac PC The post These Permissions Are Not The Repairs You’re Looking For – A Critical Look at Per...
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Hi everybody, I’m Mike and I like to buy stuff . . . lots of stuff. I have all the The post Confessions of a Recovering Gear-aholic appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Ever have a file you can’t do anything with? Can’t change it, can’t delete it, can’t even look at it? The post Learning the Command Line – File Permissions appeared first on Mac-Foru...
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Last time we learned how to list files, now let’s see where those files are. All your files reside on The post Learning the Command Line – File System appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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This is the second article in the command line series. The first article by vansmith can be found here: https://www.mac-forums.com/blog/learning-the-command-line-part-one/ The post Learning the...
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While there are plenty of resources out there to help you get up and running with OS X Server, it The post OSX Lion & Mountain Server part 03 – Getting the router prepared appeared first on ...
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Preamble While there are plenty of resources out there to help you get up and running with OS X Server, The post OSX Lion & Mountain Lion Server part 01 – What type of server appeared first ...
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While there are plenty of resources out there to help you get up and running with OS X Server, it The post OSX Mountain Lion & Lion Server part 02 – getting the network right appeared first ...
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Introduction There’s no secret when it comes to my tendency to try the esoteric operating platforms. Why? The simple answer The post Mac-Forums Looks at the Other…Other Mobile Platform app...
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If you’re anything like me, you get bored of your desktop wallpaper easily. Sure, you could have your wallpaper rotate The post Advanced – Scripting a Daily Wallpaper appeared first on M...
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I write…a lot. As a graduate student, it is my “trade,” that activity that occupies the majority of my time The post A Look at Word Processing for the iPad: Pages and Word appeared first...
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Here’s the weekly roundup of the more popular discussions around Mac-Forums for the week of April 1st. Blog Posts Clamshell The post Weekly Roundup: April 1 – 7 appeared first on Mac-Forum...
Background A while back, I remember hearing a theory floating around that running a Mac in clamshell mode forced OS The post Clamshell Mode Performance Issues: A Myth? appeared first on Mac-Fo...
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Quite a few people have been commenting on an ostensible lack of innovation on the part of Apple when it The post iOS and The State of Innovation appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Recently, there has been a rather silent but important story floating around about an odd bug built into Cocoa (OS The post The Mysterious File:/// Bug appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
I’m going to get the really boring and technical stuff out of the way first, so that I have room The post VEHO’s Muvi X-Lapse…thing. appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Introduction A quick search of the forums will reveal a particular unabashed bias towards technologies that leverage anything but Adobe’s The post Flash v. JavaScript: Is One Really Better Th...
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First a big thank you to both NuForce and those at the Mac-Forums for making this review possible! Let’s take The post The best budget headphones ever? NuForce NE-770x appeared first on Mac-...
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Introduction In the market for an in-ear headphone to use for my gym sessions, I got the opportunity to review The post Review: NuForce NE-600X/M appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Preamble This is a guide to OS X Lion and Mountain Lion Server. There are a few differences but they are The post OS X Lion Server Part 01 – What Type of Server R2 appeared first on Mac-For...
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Jas Pro – Stretch Using a laptop flat on your desk isn’t the best for your posture, unless you have The post Review: CoolerMaster Gear appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Running your computer without Flash installed is great. No unnecessary resource hogging while browsing the web. No annoying animated web The post Not using Flash? You need Switch appeared firs...
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Overview Seated ergonomics is crucial to ensure that prolonged computer use doesn’t adversely affect your posture. The Apple iMac is The post Review: iMac Riser/Stand appeared first on Mac-F...
OSX Lion Server part 03 – Getting the Router Prepared We’ve dealt with the types of server installs in part The post OSX Lion Server Part 03 – Getting the Router Prepared appeared first ...
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In part one of this series, I discussed what files to backup and what types of backups were possible. Whether you The post Back It Up Part 2 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Introduction In this article we’ll look at how you can use Mountain Lion’s notification system to notify you of unread The post IMAP Email and Notifications: How-To appeared first on Mac-F...
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Contents Preamble Upgrading through the Up-to-Date Program Prepping for the Upgrade How to Create Your Own OS X Mountain Lion The post OS X Mountain Lion: The Mac-Forums Guide appeared first o...
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As we continue our work on the official Mac-Forums Mountain Lion guide, we provide the following set of links to The post While the MF ML Guide is Under Construction… appeared first on Mac-F...
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Here we’ll cover all the network configuration details that you’ll need to have in place to make sure the installation The post OSX Lion Server Part 02 – Getting the Network Right appear...
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No matter how reliable your Mac has been, you need a plan for backing up your data. At some point The post Back It Up Part 1 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Preamble OS X Server, the server for everyone. Well, nearly right because it is and it isn’t. OSX Server is The post OS X Lion Server Part 01 – What Type of Server appeared first on Mac-Fo...
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Given that hard drive size is rarely a concern anymore, developers seem to make an assumption that space is no The post Putting Your Apps on a Diet appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Stretch’s introduction to Spotlight demonstrated why so many people find Spotlight useful. I’ve used it for some basic searches but The post More Spotlight Tips appeared first on Mac-Forum...
Macs have long been a favorite of Graphics Professionals; so it is no surprise that “Switchers” first priority is often photography. We see many questions like, “I just got my new Mac and I...
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Photography and the Mac Macs have long been a favorite of Graphics Professionals. But now we are seeing a steady The post Photography and the Mac appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
To view the first part, take a look here. Recap In the last article, we learned how to set up The post Learning the Command Line Part Two: Navigating and Manipulating Files appeared first on M...
I love Apple’s Dock to launch my most used apps, I also love Spotlight to find files and launch any The post Taming Apple’s LaunchPad appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Previous to Safari 6, you could hit the Delete key to act as a back button. For some reason, when The post Safari 6: Delete to go Backwards appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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A lot of people are asking the question is getting SSD worth it? Or should I stick to the traditional The post HDD and SSD Explained appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
By the end of this article, you will have set up a folder action for a Dropbox folder such that anything added to it will be printed. With this set up, you’ll be able to print documents from an...
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Like the idea of the iPad’s Smart Cover but decided it doesn’t provide enough protection? You want a full protective case for your iPad with Smart Cover capabilities? Cooler Master’s Wake U...
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Spotlight can be a very useful tool but it can be a little daunting for a beginner. Simple math equations, file searches, launch applications; it can all be done from Spotlight. To get started, e...
I just received Cooler Master’s ARC stand for MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and iPads. It’s a device that allows the placement The post Cooler Master ARC Review appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog...
Cargo-Bot - a new iPad app by the developer Two Lives - was coded, tested, and finished, all within the Codea iPad app. The post Cargo-Bot, the iPad Game Programmed on the iPad appeared first ...
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For this week's quick tip, we'll explore one of VLC's more "hidden" features. More specifically, you'll learn how to play YouTube videos in said media player. This is quite simple and involves on...
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You may have stumbled across the Terminal application, having little knowledge of what it was for, you ignored it. I don’t blame you – for 98% of Mac users, it is of little value. Or is it? ...
https://www.mac-forums.com/blog/learning-the-command-line-part-one/
Recently one of our iPhone 3GS units began needing to be recharged before the end of the day. Quite unusual given that we were only sending a handful of text messages a day from that phone and ha...
https://www.mac-forums.com/blog/multitasking-probably-isnt-killing-your-iphones-battery/
I'm not a keyboard shortcut junkie. I use cut, copy, and paste all the time but most others escape me just when I need them. Here are a few though that I've been using a lot lately. The post It...
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Where is my space going? I don’t know what is taking up my hard drive, please help. I have tons of “Other,” how do I delete it? My hard drive is full and I can’t find what is using it. We...
Right now Apple is announcing their latest product release, revealing details of what is to be the latest iteration of the iPad! We’ll keep this short in favor of press coverage at the event it...
The Colca Sac line of protective sleeves are handmade by elves (just kidding--at least I think I am) by Zagora in Salt Lake City, UT USA. The post Review: Zagora Colca Sac MacBook Sleeve appea...
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The Cosmonaut is a capacitive stylus that was launched to much hype last Spring on Kickstarter. Created by the same guys that made the Glif tripod adapter for the iPhone. Its creators promised an...
https://www.mac-forums.com/blog/review-cosmonaut-pen-for-ipad/
Inspired by the area in London with the same name, the TinTac Hoxton is designed as an everyday commuter or casual bag. The Hoxton is a casual messenger-style bag that is big enough to carry a 13...
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What’s the most annoying part of digital photography? That’s right, fiddling around with the memory card or USB cable to copy your photos to your computer. Well the Eye-Fi cards promise to ha...
Waterfield bags are designed to be very tough (not surprising as the company was founded by a former bicycle messenger), so I was keen to take a closer look at the Waterfield Cargo bag. The pos...
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The first accessory every iPad 2 owner buys is one of Apple's Smart Covers. But as elegant as the Smart Covers are, they do not offer much in the way of protection - my iPad already has a number ...
While Macs tend to be very reliable and require little maintenance things can sometimes go awry. This guide aims to The post Basic Mac Troubleshooting appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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With more people buying notebooks and setting up home networks, we field quite a few questions related to wireless technology. The post Wireless Networking FAQ appeared first on Mac-Forums Blo...
A shiny new Mail client for OS X has been making the rounds recently — Sparrow for Mac. Sparrow first caught The post Review: Sparrow appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
I recently was given the opportunity to test Sony’s new NEX-3 camera – a compact camera featuring a full-sized APS-C The post Review: Sony NEX-3 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
If you ask someone what has made Apple so successful in the first decade of this century, you may get The post Apple, Music and iTunes appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Many Mac users are increasingly looking for easy ways to sync, share, and back-up important files in the cloud. Luckily, The post Review: Dropbox Part 1 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Author’s note: This is a review of the Olympus E-P1 provided to me for one week to review on Mac-Forums The post Review: Olympus E-P1 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
Let’s be honest, it’s hard to make a mouse that will appeal to everybody. We all have different sized hands, The post Review: Logitech m555b Bluetooth Mouse appeared first on Mac-Forums ...
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What is a KVM Switch? Have you ever wished for an easy way to control 2 computers from a single The post Review: IOGEAR GCS632U 2-Port KVM Switch appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Belkin’s latest version of their popular 7-port hub has been redesigned and adds cable management features. This review will take The post Review: Belkin 7-Port USB Hub Plus appeared first o...
It has always struck me as odd that Apple’s design philosophy inevitably favors form over functionality. In some cases, that The post Is the time right for Apple to start licensing OS X? a...
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Things, a task-management application for OS X, debuted this year at Macworld after a lengthy public beta. Despite being Cultured The post Review: Things – a stylish task management app for O...
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After a hiatus, I’m excited to announce the return of the Mac-Forums blog! While initially the blog was developed for The post Aaaaand, we’re back appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
So, before I left San Francisco, I rented Pirates of the Caribbean 3 to watch on the flight and I The post iTunes Movie Rentals and device syncing appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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This is the final Mac games post of my 3-part series (read parts 1 and 2 ). There’s a whole bunch of companies makings games for the Mac who were demoing products at Macworld 08, and I wanted ...
https://www.mac-forums.com/blog/more-mac-games-at-the-expo-part-3/
As I’d hoped, the Macworld Expo provided me with a chance to dive headfirst into the Apple pool. Between the The post What I Learned from Macworld 2008 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Green Tech was by no means prominent at Macworld 08, but there was still a pretty good amount on display. Environmental sustainability has become a major concern when it comes to technology produ...
At yesterday’s conference presentation on the Cybernetic Teen, Jason Cranford Teague used the word “necessity” when talking about technology for The post Technology as Necessity appeared...
With only about four hours left to see all that there is to see here at MacWorld, everyone’s running around The post Only a Few Hours Left appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
I'm very glad EA has returned to releasing games for the Mac, because they have some of the coolest titles that are available on the platform. I already discussed Spore at length, so I’ll conce...
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If you haven’t ever seen any of the short videos in the onBeing section of WashingtonPost.com , you should do yourself a favor and check them out. They are incredibly funny and profound, yet th...
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I promised more coverage of the game offerings here at Macworld 08, and I'm delivering. This is going to be a three-part series of blogs detailing the plans that various companies have for games ...
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Chris and I happened by the never-ending table of MacBook Airs and I snapped a few photos of it for you to enjoy. Enjoy. There's a lot more pictures of Expo booths after the jump. The post Th...
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Macworld Senior Editor Peter Cohen gave a presentation at MacWorld Expo today providing resources for Mac users to learn how to make their own games. The sites that he suggested were mostly for t...
There have been two presentations at MacWorld's Users Conference which have focused on using today's technology to be a better teacher. The one I went to yesterday was about Web 2.0 and its impac...
You never know what you’ll see as you cruise the show floor. I noticed a fairly large crowd around the The post David Pogue at the O’Reilly Media booth appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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I just walked past a couple of guys talking near the presentation rooms at Moscone West and overheard one say The post Quote of the Day appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
This year was the first year that the MacWorld Expo featured a presentation of their “Best of Show” awards with The post MacWorld Best-of-Show appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
And to build on Mike’s last entry regarding digital photography, if you are a member of Flickr, don’t forget to The post Mac-Forums Flickr Group appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
I am an atrocious photographer, so I thought I’d attend a couple digital photography sessions and learn a few things. The post A few digital photography tips appeared first on Mac-Forums Blo...
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By far the best and most useful session I attended today at the Users Conference was “Running Your Mac Lean, Clean, and Mean” by Dave Hamilton. He presented his qualifications as follows: �...
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I thought I’d share a couple more interesting products and booths that I came across today. We’ve all been in a situation where our iPod has run out of juice, leaving us tuneless and videol...
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Probably one of the coolest places at the show. Thanks MS for the free M&M’s, water, and WiFi! 🙂 The post Microsoft Blogger Lounge appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
One of the MacWorld presentations that I checked out today was Tools for Collaboration by Adam Engst, the publisher of The post TidBITS: Resource for the Mac User appeared first on Mac-Forums ...
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As I sit in the Microsoft Blogger Lounge, I thought it would be appropriate to spend a minute to give The post Office: mac 2008 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus made a stop at Macworld Expo 08 and offered tours, plenty of digital music equipment to play with, and a very helpful guy named Nick to talk about their amaz...
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The first two presentations that I went to today both focused a bit on collaboration. First, I went to Web 2.0 and E-Learning which had a segment about how online collaboration can benefit the cl...
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The first presentation of the Users Conference that I attended was this morning's Vision Track presentation on the relationship between Web 2.0 and e-Learning. One of the things that speaker Nic...
iTunes Movie Rental titles started to show up slowly overnight, replacing some of the placeholder titles iTunes web developers had The post iTunes Movie Rentals starting to trickle in appeared...
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During this week I was fortunate to spend some time with one of my very good friends and one-time Apple The post MF Exclusive: Interview with Jeremiah Cohick appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog ...
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Walking around MacWorld this week, I've rapidly learned that the laptop bag I use to hold my computer and notebooks and all of the other junk that I tote around isn't really very comfortable. As ...
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John Gruber posted a great first look at the MacBook Air , chiding the tech media about its enclosed battery, and I couldn't agree more: > No swappable battery. I think this aspect is ...
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So only 2 of my 8 predictions came true during Steve’s keynote, but I think that more than qualifies me The post I’m now officially a rumor site appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Last year for Macworld ’07, San Francisco Chronicle newspaper sex columnist Violet Blue posted her sexy Macworld tips in a The post How to seduce a Mac geek appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog...
Mac gamers: the phrase is pretty much a contradiction of terms. Or at least it has been traditionally. There are actually some encouraging signs at this year’s Macworld Expo that the gaming ind...
I searched on all the lyrics that I could recognize to find the song in the MacBook Air envelope ad The post MacBook Air ad song: New Soul by Yael Naim appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Aaah, there’s nothing quite like cruising the show floor at a big convention. It’s overwhelming, it’s over-stimulating, but it’s tons of fun. In the Expo’s South hall alone you’ve got...
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My goal going into MacWorld this week was to try to learn everything that I could about using Mac Notebooks. The post Too Many Gadget Distractions for PC Girl appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog...
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C’mon, how cool was it when Steve brought out the MacBook Air in an interoffice envelope? And how many of The post Interoffice envelope appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
I really liked the demonstration of the multitouch gestures on the MacBook Air during today’s keynote. Its got me wondering The post An update for MacBook Air-like gestures? appeared first o...
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I spent several hours this morning wandering around the exhibits at Moscone West. The best description that comes to mind The post Super Sensory Overload appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
My biggest hope was for a truly green Mac, and that hope faired extremely well. No, we didn't get the first fully recyclable, 100% toxin-free, super-energy-efficient machine, but Jobs had prepare...
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The Macworld Expo 2008 Keynote Address by Steve Jobs has finally come and gone, putting an end to all the speculation. The big news, of course, is that the MacBook Air predictions were nearly spo...
If you’re trying to update your iPhone and iTunes, get in line. I was able to get my iTunes updated The post iTunes / iPhone update server overloaded appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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Wow...where to start? I gave myself time to think about Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote on my way back from Moscone West to the hotel, and let what I just saw sink in a little. Let me take the maj...
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As I was walking around the MacWorld Expo yesterday and this morning, it struck me that there seems to be a fairly even balance between men and women attending the event. This is a notable change...
I checked out the Ars Technica/Gizmodo pre-Keynote party this evening. They were giving away the last raffle prize just as me and my girlfriend got to the front of the line to get in. We also mis...
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If you take “There’s something in the air” as literally as you can, it seems obvious that Apple is planning on releasing either a new wireless device or new wireless capabilities for its ex...
The MacWorld Expo has a number of different conferences going on within it. Some people started attending lectures today at the Power Tools Conference. Others are waiting until later in the week ...
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So I had a few more thoughts on what the “air” theme may mean: – Updated Airport Express (802.11n and The post A few more prediction thoughts appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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I’m mostly looking forward to cruising the Expo floor, I’d say. Grabbing free schwag and being overwhelmed by all the activity at a convention this size is always fun. More specifically, I’...
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As I'm walking around the Moscone Center checking out all that Macworld is going to offer this week, I'm highly aware of the fact that I am the only person in the entire building who is using a P...
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The Macworld banners have everyone wondering what the big announcements will be at the keynote on Tuesday. "There's something in the air" conjures up all kinds of ideas. I personally think Apple ...
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Apple.com changed their front page this morning to tease their slogan for Macworld, “There’s something in the air.” What?! What The post Apple.com front page changed to tease Macworld s...
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I’d anticipated that getting checked in to Macworld this morning would be a headache. The Expo managed to surprise me The post All Registered and Ready for Macworld appeared first on Mac-For...
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(Ugh. When is Apple going to update this handout photo) How do you follow up the Keynote of All Keynotes? I don't think you can. I think while everyone is hoping for something spectacular t...
What’s a better way to spend Macworld Eve in SFO than trying to find free WiFi and chocolate? Well let The post What to do on Macworld Eve? appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
It’s funny the things that divide families. In my family, the PC vs. Mac debate has long been a hot The post PC-to-Mac convert heads to Macworld appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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So I know we’re all excited by the Stevenote on Tuesday and the possible new product announcements, but I’m actually The post More than just Apple appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
On the message board, D3v1L80Y drew my attention to the banners that are currently being hung around Moscone Center in preparation for The post “There’s something in the air.” appeared...
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If you are planning to go to Macworld, make sure you print out and bring along Joy of Tech’s handy The post Joy of Tech: Macworld celebrity checklist appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .
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We’ve installed WPtouch a free WordPress plugin to generate iPhone friendly pages (and some iPhone mobile goodness) for the blog. The post Our Macworld blog on your iPhone appeared first on ...
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Next week, myself, Chris Ainsworth from iNET, a few guest contributors, and hopefully a few of your fellow Mac-Forums community The post Hello world! appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog .