Joe Kissell has been checking out one of the hottest capabilities built into Leopard, and just finished up his latest Take Control book on the subject, Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard. Joe discusses Time Machine, Leopard’s built-in back-up utility, how it offers an easy-to-implement backup solution for casual users, but why sophisticated users [...]
Looking for great prices on great software for the holidays for your family, friends or even yourself? Then you need to check out MacSanta. Paul Kafasis, one of the driving forces behind MacSanta, talks about the genesis of this holiday event, how it has grown in only the second year, and how you can take [...]
Karina Bessoudo, the Marketing Director for ToonBoom Animation discusses how their newest product, FlipBoom integrates the concepts of animation into software that is both educational and fun to use. Karina talks about the capabilities of FlipBoom, why creating is so important in the educational package, and the inclusion of some surprisingly powerful animation tools in [...]
Warren Williams of the AppleWorks Users Group and iWork Users Group has been busy testing Apple’s legacy office suite AppleWorks under the newest version of the Mac OS. Warren talks about the steps necessary to assure functionality and minimize problems with AppleWorks under Leopard and the surprising performance results. For those who are preparing to [...]
Do you have a web site? If so, you need to start paying attention to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to generate more traffic. Paul Levine of RAGE Software talks about the art of SEO and how it fits in to many of the most popular Mac web publishing programs. RAGE Software offers a variety of [...]
Joe Kissell is back, this time with no NDA restrictions, to give us a full look at his new book, Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard and his well-researched recommendations on the best methods to make the transition easier. Even though Apple does a great job of making transitions between major system software upgrades, there [...]
If you’re not satisfied with the power of Apple’s iWeb, you should consider Freeway. Ian Schray, the U.S. Marketing Manager for Softpress discusses what the current version of Freeway, version 4, brings to the web publishing market. Approachability, standards-compliant code and an enthusiastic user community are all key advantages of Freeway, making it appropriate for [...]
Pat Fauquet introduces her new tech blog, MacMouseCalls, where she shares tips, tricks and troubleshooting wisdom gleaned from her experiences as the Senior Agent for Dr. Mac Consulting. Pat talks about why the site is the perfect way to illustrate the fixes for many of the problems Mac users can encounter, and what else she [...]
Rogue Amoeba has a reputation for helping Mac users do useful things with audio, and their new product, Radioshift, is no exception. Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis introduces the capabilities of Radioshift and how it gives the user access to those streams, but also the capability of recording those streams for listening at a more [...]
Jay Nelson of Design Tools Monthly reports in for the first time as the new MacVoices’ graphics expert, reporting on the world of graphics, desktop publishing, professional publishing and related topics. This time, Jay talks about his new podcast, Design Tools Weekly, his latest project as Editorial Director of Planet Quark, why PDFs may not [...]
