In the first of our holiday gift guide sessions, a panel of MacJurors pick some of their favorite products for those on your shopping list…or maybe for you! Selections range from gifts for the hardcore Mac user to the graphics professional and beyond, from almost free to “a whole lotta love.” The experts empaneled for this MacJury include:
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On The Road to Macworld Conference & Expo, Jeff Gamet and Jay Nelson give us a preview of their MacLab session, iTunes for Audiophiles. Think that just ripping your music at the highest bit rate is the answer? Then you need to put Jay and Jeff’s session on your calendar. Tips on moving music from your legacy media while preserving all the analog goodness, putting together a hardware and software arsenal to give you the best results and more are all on the agenda. Jeff and Jay explain why just re-buying your music in digital form isn’t the best option, provide some thoughts on the Super Audio CD (SACD) format, and explain why analog sounds better than digital.
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The Road to Macworld Expo is a special MacVoices series produced in partnership with Macworld Conference & Expo to preview some of the exhibitors, speakers and presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 in San Francisco from January 5-9 at the Moscone Convention Center.
Michael Cohen helps make sense of the many sync options in the Mac OS in his new book, Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard. Michael explains why he opted to cover data, and not files, what the difference is, and why data syncing is much more challenging. The truth database, Leopard sync utilities vs. the third-party options, and MobileMe are all discussed, as well as changing your “syncing thinking” to better manage expectations and make sync work, not against, you.
If your hands don’t like to leave the keyboard, Keith Alperin, the Founder and Janitor of Helium Foot Software has a utility for you. MercuryMover allows you to move and resize windows on your Mac without ever touching your mouse or trackball. Keith reviews the features that include shortcuts, selecting the positions for moved windows, multiple monitor support and more. We also talk to Keith about Highbrow, and upcoming product that makes using multiple browsers on your Mac easier than ever before, his support of the National Cancer Coalition, and his podcast, Mac Business Software Year One.
Joe Kissell, well known for his Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, narrows his focus on the topic in his latest book, Take Control of VMWare Fusion. Joe compares VMWare Fusion with other solutions, describes what the newest version offers, covers how much hardware horsepower you need for a satisfying experience, and how it affects your Mac environment. Virus protection is more important than ever if you’re going to run Windows on your Mac; Joe explains why you need to take precautions, considerations for effective backups in a virtualized environment and more.
