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My Secret Project

Posted by brian on Aug 15, 2010 in Blog | Comments Off

I've been hyping it for a couple months. And here it is. Yes, we did a new website for it, but the real project is BestMacs Network Overseer.

BNO isn't just a new service offering, it is a complete redesign of BestMacs' business model that started to take shape in 2008. That's right, BNO is a culmination of over two years of planning and development. But more important than that is that it comes from lessons I learned while working with you, BestMacs clients. Let me share a few of those lessons

Sorry We're So Quiet

Posted by brian on Jul 25, 2010 in Blog, Uncategorized | Comments Off

If you’ve been watching this space, or our Twitter feed, or get our articles by email, you’ve probably noticed that we haven’t had much to say lately. Plenty of excuses: it’s summer time, we’re playing with iOS4, a lot of projects for clients, vacations… Oh, and my big Secret Project. All I can say is this: Watch this space on August 16th. We’ll have...

Review: iMovie for iPhone 4

Posted by admin on Jul 12, 2010 in Blog, Product Reviews | Comments Off

This won’t be a comprehensive review, because those exist elsewhere (best of breed here), but I have put this app through its paces and have a few points to make about it for those on the fence about whether to buy or not. Things that annoy me: Location services must be on to use the app. Why? You can geotag clips, but I don’t want to be FORCED to do so. Only video clips shot with...

BestMacs takes the No Phone Zone Pledge

Posted by brian on Jun 10, 2010 in Blog, Uncategorized | 5 comments

(If you’re expecting some info on the new iPhone 4 and the stuff going on at WWDC, don’t worry, it’s on the way.) Have you ever been aggravated at being stuck behind someone who was clearly more interested in talking on their phone than driving their car? Yeah, that may have been me. I took it to a whole new level. Phone calls, sure. Texting, yeah. Emails, you know it....

OpinionSpy

Posted by brian on Jun 2, 2010 in Blog, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Late yesterday the makers of a Mac security and anti-virus products, Intego, announced that they have seen a new piece of Mac malware in the wild. They call it OS X OpinionSpy because it bills itself as an add-on program that comes with a free screensaver app that will gather your opinion, like a customer survey. Well, it does waaaay more than that, and once you have it, you’re not getting...

Mac app review: PhoneView for iPhone

Posted by admin on May 16, 2010 in Blog, Product Reviews | Comments Off

iTunes backs up your iPhone and iPad, but mere mortals usually can’t figure out where it puts stuff or how to get it back out of the backups. Additionally, sometimes you just want a way to get stuff from an iPhone to your Mac (eg, you lost all your photos and didn’t have a hard drive backup, but they’re on your phone; you’d like to see all your text messages to the person...