17Dec2010
AirPlayer turns your Mac into an AirPlay device
Apple touted AirPlay as a banner feature of both iOS 4.2 and iTunes 10.1, but unless you’ve managed to snag yourself a shiny new Apple TV, you haven’t been able to get the most out of it—until now. On Tuesday, developer and blogger Erica Sadun released an early alpha build of AirPlayer, a new Bonjour-based program that allows your iOS device to stream supported audio and video to your Mac. AirPlay works via Apple’s Bonjour service to connect two devices on a Wi-Fi network so that they
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Humble Bundle 2 is live: 5 great games, no DRM, pay what you want
The first Humble Bundle was a monster success, with over 100,000 people donating over $1 million in total to support the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Child's Play, and of course the developers behind the games themselves. The second bundle is now live, containing five great games: Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, and Revenge of the Titans. You pay what you want, decide where your money goes, each game is DRM-free, and the games work on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Read on for
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Evernote for Mac v2 launches, adds shared notebooks
Evernote, an cloud-based document-store-and-sync system, has upgraded its Mac application to v2, bringing the ability to share notebooks either publicly (even to non-Evernote users) or to groups and individuals. Users can link public notebooks to their account so that it is automatically updated, and Evernote Premium members can allow others editing privileges on the notebook in question, making collaborative work easy. Consequently, the left panel has now been split into two tabs, Account
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MacKeeper – Review
MacKeeper is a suite of 16 utilities that scan and report on many facets and operations on your Mac. Suite of utilities. Easy to use. Scans for many different types of files. No in-app help. Does not explain complex topics. Must uninstall whole app to remove menu bar icon. Data Encryptor did not work correctly. Subscription service for 3 services. MacKeeper, a suite of 16 utilities, can clean your hard drive of useless files, undelete files mistakenly trashed, encrypt sensitive files, remove
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Clone Wars Adventures now playable on Mac
Clone Wars Adventures, the family-friendly browser-based Star Wars MMO, is now Mac compatible. The game—which is free to play but has downloadable content that can be purchased—is based on the Clone Wars Animated Series. The game is produced by Sony Online Entertainment and Lucasarts, and is available now at www.CloneWarsAdventures.com “The demand for game content on the Mac platform has increased significantly, and we are excited to bring our games to this growing audience,” said John
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How-To: Turn Mac Parental Controls Into Productivity Boosters
Parental Controls in Snow Leopard are an absolute hit with parents, but the usefulness of those tools don’t just stop at the kids. From blocking websites to tracking time, they can also be used to increase your own personal productivity. Here’s how. On my computer, I have a normal “everything goes” user account that lets me browse and use applications unrestricted. Unfortunately, that means there are a lot of distractions. However, to focus on particular work, like my GigaOM
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Mac Software Bundles: MacUpdate and Indie Mac Gift Pack
This week two Mac software bundles have launched. These bundles combine a number of Mac apps together into a discounted package. The first comes from MacUpdate which we've partnered with a number of times over the past few years. The bundle includes the following apps for $49.99 ($534 value). 1Password - Password ManagerMacFamilyTree - Geneology appDEVONthink - Organization softwareFlux - XHTML and CSS web designDefault Folder X - Enhances open/save dialogsArt Text + Fonts - Create high
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How-To: Turn Mac Parental Controls Into Productivity Boosters
Parental Controls in Snow Leopard are an absolute hit with parents, but the usefulness of those tools don’t just stop at the kids. From blocking websites to tracking time, they can also be used to increase your own personal productivity. Here’s how. On my computer, I have a normal “everything goes” user account that lets me browse and use applications unrestricted. Unfortunately, that means there are a lot of distractions. However, to focus on particular work, like my GigaOM
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Bam! Pow! Plasq releases Comic Life 2
Plasq on Thursday released Comic Life 2, giving you new ways to immortalize your vacation or spark your next Internet meme using Whizbang and introspective thought bubbles.Comic Life 2 is more or less the Pages of creating comics on the Mac, albeit with a quirkier interface design. You can lay out panels on your own or start with one of the built-in layouts, drag over photos from iPhoto, sprinkle in some dialog, and share your gripping story with friends and the world.This big upgrade adds
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Mac App Store: No in-app purchases, no Game Center
Developers bringing their apps to the forthcoming Mac App Store (now expected to launch in January) have been notified of a pair of additional restrictions by Apple, according to a post on their developer page for the store. At least for the time being, Apple is forbidding the use of in-app purchases in Mac apps hosted on the store, and has informed developers that Game Center will not be a part of it as well. The Mac App Store is shaping up to be a very different experience -- from the
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