How-To: Use Facebook to Assign Address Book Photos
In theory, the idea of having a photo assigned to each Address Book entry is both smart and simple. Make sure you remember the right face with the right name. It’s incredibly handy if you also have an iPod Touch or iPhone. However, dragging and dropping hundreds (if not thousands) of photos onto names in your Mac Address Book? Tedious and ineffective.
In today’s MacApper How-To, we’re going to show you a little app to bridge the divide between Facebook and your Apple Address Book.
1) Head on over to the Apple.com downloads section, and grab a handy little app called AddressBookSync.
Movie Genie Review: IMDB gets portable
When we reviewed Movie Brain back in January, we praised its effort to create an IMDB-in-your-pocket experience but were more than a little disappointed with the results. Now, months later, Movie Genie has stepped up to the challenge of becoming the de facto mobile movie database that Movie Brain could not. Does Movie Genie deserve a starring role in the AppStore? Or is this just another b-level horror show gone wrong?
5 (Free) iPhone Apps Every Parent Should Have
One of the best things we can do as tech-saavy parents is get our kids acclimated early to the wonders of a digital life. I’m not saying kids can’t be kids, but I think it’s pretty darned cool that my 4 year old is the only kid in her class who knows how to work an iPod Touch or bring up web-based games in Safari. At the end of the day, growing up around technology could really give kids a leg up when they get out into the real world. And so, with that in mind, MacApper is proud to suggest five free apps that every parent should share with their kids.
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.
SOHO Notes Review: Organize Everything!
Anyone whose ever used a computer to take notes knows how frustrating it can be to have hundreds of Word documents or TextEdit files. You want something quick, but with enough flexibility to link in other files like PDFs and websites. Then inevitably you go to look for notes a week later, you can’t remember where you put them on your drive, and so the treasure hunt begins. Well note-takers, the treasure hunt has ended.
Books Review: The Virtual Bookshelf
Data entry is a chore. Punching in your credit card information on the web is a drag. Entering passwords and even typing can be a burden when cataloguing information. We’ve come up with barcode scanners, voice-recognition software, biometric fingerprint readers, and everything imaginable to avoid all that manual labor, but don’t you wish you didn’t have to pay for those expensive devices? Books, a cataloguing app, helps users avoid all of that data entry when they bring their bookshelf digital.
doubleTwist Preview: Your Virtual Digital Hub
If you’re like me, then you have a ton of digital devices that you use almost every day to go about your daily digital life. I’ve got my Cell phone, iPod, PSP, digital camera, and video camera that I use all the time. Apple has done a wonderful job developing a suite of apps known as iLife designed to manage your main digital devices. Unfortunately, the range of these devices are limited to an iPod, digital camera, video camera, and an iPhone. Here is where doubleTwist comes in. This app is your middle man for transferring pictures, music, and movies to all of your digital devices simplicity and ease.
Schoolhouse Review: The App Every Student Should Have
If you’re a student: you need Schoolhouse. You’ll never miss another assignment again. Schoolhouse is the assignment planner you’ve always dreamed of. Separate your subjects, organize your studies, track your grades, and keep digital notes all from one easy-to-use app. You can find our review of a previous version of Schoolhouse here.
Fontcase: Elegant Font Management for Mac OS X
When it comes to font management on the Mac, almost everyone immediately thinks Font Book. Apple’s built-in font manager is great for simple font management, but it really doesn’t cut it when it comes to people who really want to organize their fonts in the greatest way possible. Take a look at Fontcase, a stunningly designed app designed to truly manage all of your fonts, the way you want to.
Things Review: Getting Things Done With Style
The Mac platform is no stranger to applications that handle your To-Do lists. Apps like iCal and Mail “which ship with every Mac” come with built in To-Do list features. A common misconception is that using these types of To-Do lists are the easiest way to go, however there is a much more useful way to organize your life and Get Things Done. Introducing Things: A way of getting your stuff done with style.
