iPhone in Italy
Our friend Megen is an ER nurse by trade, but a Mac and iPhone geek for the sheer fun of it. She got her first Mac in 1995. She enjoys blogging about medical stuff, Macs, iPhones, and productivity (and how to squander it by messing with productivity tools). Her reviews of iPhone apps and usage in particular are excellent; thus with her permission we plan to start re-posting them here....
Read MoreiPad: Did Apple revolutionize us again?
Long time readers of my blogs might remember in 2007 how elated I was to be sitting at Moscone, watching Steve Jobs just 20 yards away from me introduce the iPhone, a product that in my mind was no doubt going to be a slam dunk. I said at the time, “I don’t care if this thing is $1000, I’m going to have it on day one.” Today was not like that. Today was more like 2001,...
Read MoreApple's Game-Changers
A few weeks ago, Apple announced some pretty big overhauls to their product line with new iMacs, new Minis, new MacBooks, etc. Maybe I’m just jaded from my time in retail, but new product announcements from Apple rarely excite me anymore. I doubt anything is going to top the pinnacle: witnessing the revelation of the iPhone in person a couple years ago and getting in line to get one on...
Read MoreVideo/Audio Playback
Have you ever tried to download a video from the internet just to click on it and have Quicktime tell you “Unsupported Video?” Or have you clicked a movie and seen picture but no sound? Well my mac loving friends, there is a solution. Instead of downloading tons of audio and video “codecs” to get your files to play, there is a one stop shop media player that will play...
Read MoreSnow Leopard and Apple's dirty little secret
As one of the last of our WWDC posts, I want to talk a little bit about Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It may end up being the most important software upgrade Apple has ever done. To understand its significance and why you will want it, you’ll need a little bit of history to set the stage. For the most part, there’s not a whole lot of new stuff to get excited about. Yes, there are a...
Read MoreWWDC Review: New iPhones mean no more laptops?
Yesterday was a busy day. At BestMacs we had a couple of downed servers to deal with (stupid hard drives on both) so we didn’t get to sit huddled around a live broadcast of the keynote. The impact of all the new Apple gear is still settling in with us. All four of your BestMacs team will be commenting on the changes this week. In case you missed Molly’s cliff notes yesterday,...
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