Apple has updated iBooks Author, and Michael E. Cohen has followed suit by giving us a new version of his book, Take Control of iBooks Author. Michael discusses some of the new features that help you get the most out of the program, talks about the quiet revolution that iBooks Author is involved in, and provides a combination [...]
Smile has released the new version of PDFpen 6, with a ton of new features. Philip Goward, Jean MacDonald and Greg Scown talk about the new PDF-to-Microsoft Word export, the redesigned interface and Retina Display optimization. That’s hardly all, though. The team covers some of their other favorite features, discuss the extra capabilities of PDFpenPro 6, the [...]
Off the show floor at Macworld/iWorld 2013 in San Francisco, Nancy Gravley of The Mac Observer revealed her three show picks, including the Lantronix xPrintServer, CleanMyMac 2 from MacPaw, and the Platforma iPad case. Nancy explains why these three products caught her attention, and talks about her motivation and approach to teaching tech. This edition of MacVoices is [...]
Jeff Gamet discusses his coffee shop adventures, and why he documents them, before engaging in a thoughtful discussion that starts with his background in print and ends with the importance and opportunities that social media present to everyone. Along the way, Jeff comments on the curation and fact-checking challenges of tech journalism, how motivations can conflict [...]
Maria Langer, the author of the brand new Word for Mac 2011 Essential Training for lynda.com talks about the new version of the venerable word processing program, and whether you really need it. Part of the new Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Word 2011 has greatly reduced the number of available toolbars, eliminated the formatting [...]
In Las Vegas at BlogWorld, Dan Pacheco, Founder and CEO of FeedBrewer Inc., and Kelly Peterson, eBook Manager for Borders, discuss BookBrewer, the site that lets bloggers turn their sites into ebooks, suitable for publication and sale. Dan reviews the process, how much it costs, how web sites get converted to ebooks, how long the [...]
Smile Software (formerly SmileOnMyMac) is at it again, upgrading one of their wildly useful tools with even more new and cool features. Jean MacDonald, Philip Goward and Greg Scown join us to talk about PDF Pen 5, New to this version is redacting of PDFs…real redacting, not just cosmetic graphic placement that can reveal confidential [...]
Mac expert Joe Kissell takes on a challenging subject in his latest book, Take Control of Getting Started with DEVONthink. Why challenging? DEVONthink is a sophisticated program that is almost in a class by itself, providing tools and capabilities to help organize and find virtually any kind of information. Joe talks about some of the [...]
In the Livescribe booth at Macworld 2010, Maureen Keating and Eric Petitt show off the latest enhancements to the Pulse Smartpen. How smart can a pen be? Eric takes us through both the basics, including both capturing notes and audio from whatever you are doing, transferring that information to your Mac and thirty apps that [...]
From the Macworld 2010 show floor, Jay Nelson of Design Tools Monthly and Design Tools Weekly helps us understand the importance of fonts in a world that seems to be increasingly moving away from paper. Understanding and choosing the right font for the job may be the easiest way you can improve the look of [...]
