by Cheryl Riley, Kachemacs
Title: MacBook Pro Portable Genius
Author: Brad Miser
Publisher: Wiley, Inc
Price: $25.00
As a beginner in the Apple Computer World and a new MacBook Pro user I found this book very useful. First of all it is set-up and written in such a way that a beginner can navigate through various [...]
BudFits
by Diane Petersen, Kachemacs
Manufacturer URL: www.budfits.com
Distributor: Amazon
Price: $8.99
Pros: Makes better use of an item most people already have. Discreet.
Cons: Takes up all the slack in the cord so built in microphone is behind the ear. Difficult to place around ear.
Anyone who has an iPod or an iPhone knows about those headsets you [...]
MacSpeech Dictate v1.2
by David Marusek
Developer: MacSpeech
Developer URL: www.macspeech.com
Price: $199.00, includes headset
My config: MacBook, 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB SDRAM
My review in a nutshell: If you want to dictate your speech directly into text, this is a good time to jump into voice recognition software. Dictate v1.2 is far from [...]
Z.buds by Zagg
by Diane Petersen, Kachemacs
Manufacturer: Zagg
Manufacturer URL: www.zagg.com
Manufacturer phone: 1.800.700.ZAGG (9244)
Price: $79.99
I live with earphones on. I’m an audiobook freak and when I’m home alone I multitask in the kitchen and around the house while listening to podcasts, books, and music. It is imperative that I have a [...]
InvisibleSHIELD for MacBook Air
by Diane Petersen, Kachemacs
Manufacturer: Zagg
Manufacturer URL: www.zagg.com
Manufacturer phone: 1.800.700.ZAGG (9244)
Price: $54.95
Pros: Tough protection, adheres tightly to MacBook (no room for grit and dust underneath), totally invisible.
Cons: Intensive application procedure, 24 hour downtime while product cures.
I already was familiar with the Zagg InvisibleSHIELD since purchasing one for [...]
BusySync
by Diane Petersen, Kachemacs
Distributor: BusyMac
Distributor URL: www.busymac.com
Price: $25 per seat
Pros: Syncing can be tricky, but this software does it remarkably well.
Cons: Cost of product is per computer, can get pricey quite quickly.
Busy Sync
As the name suggests, BusySync from BusyMac helps busy people like me continue to be busy using our [...]
OmniFocus
by Diane Petersen, Kachemacs
Distributor: The Omni Group
Distributor URL: www.omnigroup.com
Distributor Phone: 1-800-315-OMNI
Price: $79.95
Pros: Intuitive organizational based on acclaimed GTD system, integration with Mail and iCal, available (for additional charge) for iPhone for mobile access.
Cons: Only alpha releases compatible with iPhone mobile app (purchased separately for $19.99), some strange behaviors in [...]
Product: InvisibleSHIELD for iPhone 3G
Company: Zagg
Contact: (800) 700-9244
Price: $24.95
Pros: Allows au naturale effect for the device, non-skid surface helps keep a hold on the phone when “shoulder shuffling.” Tough!
Cons: Application of product can be a bit maddening.
This past July I went all out and got myself a brand spanking new white [...]
Skitch, by Plasq
I made a web tutorial of this cool service. It’s a bit long, so feel free to “fast forward.”
Mac OS X LEOPARD
ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE For Dummies
by Susan McLane, Kachemacs
Author: Mark L. Chambers
Publisher: Wiley
Publisher URL: www.wiley.com
List Price: $29.99
This reference book is quite large (713) pages and took me a while to work through. I recently bought a new IMAC which came with Leopard 10.a5. Before that I had [...]
