App. of the Week: Transmit

Working with Servers (especially FTP) can be a pain, especially when you are not working in the office and you need access. Transmit is a great program that lets you see the server on the right, and your computer on the left. It’s a very simple program but a powerful one. It is the best server program I’ve seen, and I have seen many!

Here are some features:

Buy it today, it’s amazing!

Coolest Thing A Mac Can Do

(or funniest thing you can do to your friend’s Mac!)

Coolest Useless Thing a Mac Can Do!

Do this for fun…. Hold down the following keys, all at the same time. Best to start with the first and then add each. COOL HUH? To reverse, just do the same thing. Better yet, do it to a friends Mac and make them beg for you to put it back to normal! (don’t worry, its harmless!)

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App. of the Week: HandBrake

HandBrake is a great app. that we (Andy and I) use quite a bit. What is it? HandBrake is a freeware program that rips DVDs to your Mac in either iPod format or regular format. It really is an essential software, making life easier especially if you have a newer iPod. You don’t have to download and pay for every movie in iTunes now, just upload one of your movies.

Speaking of iTunes movies, what do you think of iTunes Movie Rentals?

Thoughts on the MacBook Air

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At Apple’s annual Macworld, they announced many new things including a new computer weighing 3 pounds called the MacBook Air. Here are some features and pictures: (all pictures taken from the official Apple website)

Thoughts: When I first watched the Keynote Address, I thought it was awesome, but the more I look at it the more I don’t like it. As seeing that it is an Apple computer it has a sleek design, but I really wouldn’t be able to fine a practical use if I bought one. Why? The fact that it doesn’t have a disk drive, I would love to have one if it had a disk drive. It just seems inconvenient, if I want to upload a disk I don’t want to have to go to another computer out of my way OR waste memory by adding more programs to another computer (esp. if its a PC). It is a great idea and don’t get me wrong, it’s simply amazing how they could make something like that, very innovating but it’s impracticable. It might get other computer companies to start thinking small though. This might be the first thing that Apple has disappointed me in…of course it is hard to beat expectations after the iPhone released last year.

What are your thoughts?

This Keyboard Really Sparkles!

Take a look at this video of this new keyboard that has come out for use with your Mac. It is fully map-able and able to display images inside each key. So that your tool pallet can actually show up on your key board. A little pricey but cool if nothing else. 

AOL and Yahoo!?

iMac Patent:Docking Station for Tablet

Apple just filed a patent where it looks like the new Tablet or/and MacBook slides in:

Read more here.

REVISE:

There is a very neat video, with a realistic looking computer here. 

Mail Just Got a Whole Lot Better!

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In previous apple operating systems adding a new mail account (e.g. Yahoo! Gmail etc.). In OS 10.5, there is a new automatic set up account button! Open Mail, and go to preferences, accounts, and then the little plus button at the bottom.

Then it will show you a window like this…

Notice the “Automatically set up account” button…