Staff Picks: The Best (our favorite) iTunes Podcasts
I remember way back in the olden days (circa 1999) driving into the city meant an hour of sitting in traffic in the back of a taxi, likely spending some quality time reading a good book or magazine. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good read, but enduring that commute can be a lot less boring when you throw podcasts into the mix. Best of all there is some really amazing stuff out there, including some very professional video based shows, and of course I needn’t mention that all of this is completely gratis.
LeopardMOD: End-User Mods for Leopard
We’ve covered Leopard modifications and mods many times before, (culminating in the Ultimate Leopard Customization Guide) but LeopardMOD is worth posting about, even almost 3 months after Leopard’s release.
For those of you who haven’t seen it before, LepardMOD is basically a preference pane for those “hidden features” in Leopard. LeopardMOD is the ultimate leopard customization app.
It does everything that the smaller apps do, only all together and in one place. It doesn’t just change the dock from 3D to 2D, it also does other common and not-so common modifications to the Finder, Dashboard, Menu Bar, and more. Here’s what LeopardMOD does:
NetNewsWire: Now with more Review!
We have reviewed a few different RSS readers here at MacApper before, like NewsFire and Cyndicate, but the one that many people tout above all, is NetNewsWire. NetNewsWire v3.1 is a very mature application, and has a few features that set it apart from the competition. We have mentioned NetNewsWire a few different times on MacApper, but this time it is more of a full review.
Very recently, NewtNewsWire 3.1 was released free for all Mac users. If you have been using a free RSS reader up until now, and had been eying NNW, this is as good a time as ever to give it a spin.
Become a Real Guitar Hero: Learn to Shred with GarageBand
I like to obsess over things. As soon as I find something interesting enough, I’ll invest a good ninety percent of my time just to get the hang of it. Old school Gillette razors, chess, hold ‘em and Jeet Kune Do have all had their share of my attention over the past few years, but this Christmas I avoided a disaster.
If you can feel where I’m going with this click the jump.
New In Logic Pro 8: Single-Window Design
I’m Joel Falconer, a musician and writer and of course, Mac user. I was recently signed on at MacApper to provide you with news, up-to-date information and practical tips and tutorials for musicians who use the Mac.
Late last year Apple released Logic Studio 8 and we’re all still getting to know it, from the upgrade of the audio workhorse Logic Pro, to the newest app, MainStage. What better way to start off this column than by discussing Logic Studio’s newest features?
JailBreak your iPhone/iPod Touch to 1.1.3
Impatience seems to be something of a virtue to many an iPhone or iPod touch owner in this day and age. Constant demand for new “JailBreaks” to the new software updates is another step in the somewhat endless cycle of new updates that break JailBreaks, and then finding the exploits necessary and re-JailBreaking again. Well, it seems as though the latest iPhone/iTouch update has indeed been broken, and until now its been super difficult to do, but today that has changed for the better.
Spore Coming to Mac Later this Year
One of the most anticipated simulation games in years will have a place on the Mac when Electronic Arts releases Spore later this year.
EA announced the Mac release at MacWorld last week along with a demo on display at the expo, and it somehow slipped under the radar.
Spore is a simulation game on steroids. Will Wright, the game’s chief designer, is a pioneer in the genre, having developed the city planner’s dream game, SimCity, and the bestselling life simulator, The Sims. Spore lets you craft a universe. From creating life, watching it evolve and building civilizations to customizing entire planets, players have full control.
ArtRage Video Review and Giveaway
Sometimes digital devices can get in the way of your creative ability. When you want to paint or draw on your computer, often it is tedious and cumbersome, and the results are mediocre at best.
It is just too hard to find an application that accurately makes digital painting as easy as painting in real life. That is, until I found ArtRage.
Drawit Giveaway Winners
Recently we did a review and then later a giveaway for 2 licenses of Drawit by Pieter Omvlee. Drawit is a vector based image editing and drawing application with a really intuitive and Mac’ish interface.
We got a good response to the contest so first of all thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion. This time around we actually got the developer to choose the winners, so without further adieu, the winners of the licenses of Drawit (valued at ⚬29/$42 each) are…
Superdotman (comment #12) and Patrick (comment #19).
Galder: Strategy Meets Gem-Matching
Macs don’t have many games, I think that’s a fact that we all can agree on but Fastforward Software is changing that with their new game Galder, a gem matching game with a really unique twist unlike any out there!
Gem games are a dime a dozen now and I’m sure most of you are thinking, “What exactly could you do to make a gem game any different that the gem dropping, color matching games of the past?”
