Flickery Review: Flickr on Your Desktop
I assume most of you know about Flickr, the awesome, and free (unless you go pro) photo-sharing service. But it isn’t only for sharing your photos with your friends and family, it is also a great image search engine. Many photos on it are under Creative Commons, and the quality of image you get is much higher than on a place like Google. There have been many iPhone apps that let you access Flickr, but not so many Mac apps (surprisingly). One of the only Mac apps is Flickery.
Postage Review: Postage-Less Postcards
In this day, real postcards might seem pointless and wasteful. You have to pay money, and it can take along time for them to arrive at the recipient’s house. There are online services for E-Cards, but what if you don’t have easy access to a computer (which usually is what happens on some vacations). Well, if you have your iPhone or iPod Touch, you can send an E-Postcard with postage.
Baseline 1.5 Released
Disk space is a very important issue for all. A lot of us basically ‘live’ on our computers, so we don’t want to see that we have such low disk space that we can’t do anything. Well, with bigger hard drives, this is less of an issue, but you would still like to know if there was some space you could get back, wouldn’t you? A year ago we talked about an app called Baseline that did exactly that. A major upgrade, 1.5, has just been released, bringing in one major feature: Multiple File Deletion.
Snowtape Review: Who Needs Satellite Radio
Radio is a technology that has been around for a very long time. It has also evolved a lot. We now not only have radio that is broadcasted through radio waves, but we now have internet and satellite radio too. But the real future of radio is not in waves or from satellites, it is in the Internet. There is almost limit to how many stations there could be, albeit, not all of them can be good stations. Today I will be talking about an application for Mac that controls Internet radio in a beautiful way: Snowtape.
2009 Apple Design Awards
Every year at Apple’s WWDC (World Wide Developer’s Conference), awards called the Apple Design Awards are given to, well, in Apple’s opinion, the best designed apps. But in this case, design does not only mean GUI, it means the internals too. They are the beast, all-around designed apps. And because the App Store is officially out for the first time during a WWDC, there were app winners too.
Star Walk Review: A Sky Map in Your Pocket
One of my favorite things to do on a clear sunny day is look up at the stars at night. It is amazing how many stars and even planets you can see. It makes it even more fun if you have a booklet telling you what stars and/or planets will be visible on specific nights. But, wouldn’t it be even nicer if you didn’t have to bring one of those booklets around with you (which are hard to read in the dark by the way). With Star Walk, this dream becomes a reality.
Prizmo Review: Scanner-less Scanning
These days, you can get a printer/scanner/fax/copier combo for pretty much nothing when buying a new computer. Half the time, the scanner function is only so-so, the printer is big (and heavy) and the ink is way too expensive. Well, I’m sorry to say I can’t fix the ink problem–You could try refilling cartridges though–But I can help you with the scanner issue. There is a new application, exclusively for Mac, that allows you to scan images without a scanner, but with a camera. You’re probably thinking, “I can already do that.” You can, but you probably won’t get a straight image, or lens distortion. Well, Prizmo can.
Bento iPhone Review: Databases to Go
Previously on MacApper, we have reviewed Bento, the exclusively Mac database application from FileMaker. And, since the iPhone SDK was launched, it seemed like an app like Bento was bound to appear on the App Store. Well, just recently, Bento was released for iPhone, so it is time for a review.
The most important feature of Bento for iPhone is its ability to sync with the Mac version. So, you can access all of your databases on-the-go, in the palm of your hand. All you have to do is go to the Sync tab and click on the “Set up sync with computer…” item. You will then be prompted with directions to enable syncing, and once enabled, you only have to click the “Sync Now” button in the Sync tab. Syncing allows you to easily transfer the data from your iPhone to your Mac and vice versa.
Eucalyptus Review: A Library in Your Hand
There is by no means a shortage of book readers in the App Store. Some are single books, and some contain many books. There is even a Kindle app, for reading paid-for books. Well only very recently, after being denied (because of its wide selection of titles), Eucalyptus was accepted into the App Store.
MusicBox Review: Music from Anywhere
Sites like YouTube provide tons of video for watching on the Internet. There are also many songs there too, with no real video attached. Sometimes you do want the whole video, but sometimes you just want the audio: Like for a song. One tool that was just recently released for that exact purpose is MusicBox.
