Magic Media Marker – Organize your Media Files on the Fly
Developer Post Courtesy of: Kris Conrad of http://www.funk-isoft.com
My name is Kris, and I'm the mind behind Funk-iSoft and the Mac OS X App Magic Media Marker. Magic Media Marker is an app for automating the very receptive tasks of converting and tagging TV Shows & Movies. Sure, you've heard of apps that do this this already like iFlicks & iDentify, so what sets MMM apart from the other guys? Automation!
10 Ways iPhoto Helps Users Organize Photos
In addition to saving space, digital storage of pictures also allows for ease of sorting, labeling and organizing your photos. This is especially true for Mac users who have the iPhoto application. Your photos can be labeled in many different ways, depending on how you want to look for them.
1. Faces – Facial recognition is used in the system to identify all your photos of one person. This can be a great feature when searching for photos for an event like a graduation party.
iPhone Quick Tip: The Redial Button
Did you know that the iPhone has a secret redial button? It’s true! and it’s hidden in the call button on the virtual keypad. If you just dialed a number in the Phone app’s keypad section, just tap the big green “Call” button once to load the number back in and once again to redial the last number. This will not work if you’ve dialed a number from the Favorites, Recents, or Contacts tab.
iPhone Quick Tip: Pastebot – Sync to Multiple Macs
As you may or may not know, Pastebot: Tapbot’s clipboard manager for the iPhone syncs to your Mac with help from a small preference pane called Pastebot Sync. What you may not know is that you can sync with multiple Macs. Say you use your desktop at home to write an essay, but need to take your essay writing on the go. So you transfer your essay to your MacBook and of course bring your iPhone along. All you have to do is install the preference pane on your MacBook, and add a new machine to you iPhone’s “Computers” list. Tap on the machine you wish to sync to and BAM! You’re ready to go! You then can switch back to your desktop when you’re back at home. Like it says at the bottom of the sync screen, you can only sync with one machine at a time but you can register as many computers as you want. You can find Pastebot at the AppStore here.
Tips for Taking a Screenshot on Your Mac
I’m not sure exactly how many times per day I use the built-in features of my MBP to take a screenshot of a web page that I am on, but it’s more than once per day for sure. Why? I think it’s more because I can than for any other reason and also because it seems like the most effective way to get my point across to my team (whether it is a web developer, writer, or SEO staffer). The shortcuts that I use are second nature to me but I recently found out that some of my employees had no idea they even existed (what a shame). So here is a quick list of some cool things our Macs can do with built-in screenshot functionalities:
The iTunes Syncing Issue…and the Fix
First and foremost, I love iTunes. It has to be one of the (if not the) most used apps on my 27-inch iMac and my 17-inch MacBook Pro. I mean, come on, damn near everyone uses iTunes. In the recent update, however, I have been experiencing issues when enabling the conversion of songs to 128kbps AAC format, which I might add saved over 4GB on my 32GB iPhone, 64GB iPad and 64GB iPod touch. Sacrificing a teeny tiny bit of sound quality saved me all that space on all my iDevices. However, seems like the iTunes software keeps converting the songs after the have already been converted every time I sync my iPhone, iPod or iPad, making the syncing progress rather long when a typical sync is usually snappy. I thought that I was the only one having this problem until a friend of mind heard me talking to myself asking “I wonder why iTunes keeps doing this?” while I was enjoying my Caramel Macchiato in Starbucks. He mentioned to me that he was experiencing the same issue. On top of that, I recently have been getting a few emails from my friends mentioning the issue.
Repair Your Permissions, Speed Up Your Mac
Over time all our computers start to take a bit of a performance hit, things start to slow down, things just don’t run the way they should. Sometime applications lag and don’t do exactly what they are designed to do. There is a quick fix to all of this which should help speed up a few things. In disk utility there is a the option to repair disk permissions.
Repairing disk permissions goes through and corrects any errors with any permissions, which will make buggy applications correct themselves, and could speed up the overall performance of your mac.
How-To: Monitor your network on your Mac with Wireshark – Snow Leopard Tutorial
Wireshark is an amazing utility that lets you view and analyze captured packet data from your network. It has become a must-have for many institutions and their admins.
It features support for inspection and decryption of literally hundreds of protocols, with more being added constantly. It supports live capture, and also allows you to save, export, and compress data for further analysis later offline. It’s display filters are top notch, as well as it’s UI.
It’s A New Year, Get Organized With Help From Your Mac!
Admit it. If there’s one thing you need to do this year, it’s get organized. 90 percent of all your resolutions and promises will soon fall by the wayside, lost in an endless sea of assignments, work commitments, appointments, travel, and unexpected turmoil. But the Mac you use every day can help you lock down and keep track of your busy life. Here’s 6 tips to help you get started!
5 Great Ideas for iPhone Wallpaper
Everyone loves their iPhone. Whether you’ve gotten one for Christmas, have had one since launch, or are just sporting an iPod Touch, Apple’s pocket portable has quickly become a part of your digital identity. And yet there are so few ways to let your personality shine through to passers-by. Sure ringtones say a lot about who you are, but what about the wallpaper you choose? As soon as you hand someone your iPhone to check out, it’s the first thing they see. Make it count.
If you’re having trouble coming up with an idea for a unique image for stand-by time, look no further as we dream up 5 fresh ideas for iPhone wallpaper. And be sure to check out our comments for even more ideas from our readers!
