Mac Reviews - Part 6

HP Launches New Home Server for PCs and Macs

Posted by alang on December 30, 2008 · 0 Comment

HP today launched a home server designed for use with both Windows and Mac computers. Based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487 is a central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network.(1) The MediaSmart Server automatically organizes files across all PCs, [...]

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VideoDrive 1.5.8 – Add movies to iTunes without converting them. (Shareware)

Posted by alang on May 27, 2008 · 4 Comments

VideoDrive makes it easy to add videos to iTunes without converting them or losing quality. VideoDrive supports all current formats, including mpg, mpeg, mp4, avi, wmv, swf, m4v, m2v, flv, wma, mkv, asf, divx, xvid and YouTube video formats. With VideoDrive you can keep your videos on separate disks, seach online for metadata and cover art, cleanup file names, automatically number season and episodes [...]

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Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.2.0.49R

Posted by alang on May 27, 2008 · 1 Comment

Flip4Mac WMV Player… With the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser. The Windows Media Components for QuickTime have been highly optimized and support playback of Windows Media HD. What’s new: Version 2.2.0.49R: A 100% CPU issue that seems specific [...]

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Dejumble 1.1.1 provides another way to get things done

Posted by alang on May 27, 2008 · 0 Comment

Yeah, it seems like YAGTDA (Yet Another Getting Things Done App), but Dejumble actually caught my attention. Thinking Code recently created this Leopard-only application as an unobtrusive way to keep track of your to-do list, and the latest released version does the job very well. Dejumble lives in the Menu bar as an extra, so a quick click of the icon brings up a clean, organized window for entering [...]

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Apple’s worst product to date; the Mighty Mouse

Posted by alang on May 26, 2008 · 0 Comment

Apple is usually at the leading edge when it comes to great design and usability for their products, but it seems like they made a terrible exception for the Mighty Mouse. This little input device is probably one of the worst products I have ever used with a computer. It does look nice and the buttons on the sides are really helpful, but overall this device needs a lot of work. For one, it is expected [...]

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