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This week we look at Pogoplug, Unison, iStudio Publisher, Wi-Fire, iCasual, O’Reilly, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:
Glenn Haist, Bradley Metzger, John H. Norton
Wi-Fire: http://www.hfield.com
Oxidizer: http://sourceforge.net/projects/oxidizer
NameBench: http://code.google.com/p/namebench
MagicPrefs: http://magicprefs.com
QuickNotes: http://www.snarbsoft.com/quicknote.html
PhoneDisk: http://www.mypodapps.com/phonedisk
HDRtist: http://www.ohanaware.com/hdrtist
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
Pogoplug: http://www.pogoplug.com
Tom Piraino from MacinTom.ca looks at:
iStudio Publisher: http://www.istudiopublisher.com
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Crazy Train
http://www.theportablegamer.com/app/338778972
Developer: Simon Cragg
Price: .99
Acquired: Promo Code Supplied by Developer
Title: Plants vs. Zombies
http://www.theportablegamer.com/app/350642635
Developer: Pop Cap Games
Price: $2.99
Acquired: Purchased by Reviewer
Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:
AudioBook Builder: http://www.splasm.com/audiobookbuilder
Last but not least, Our Enhanced Podcast Producer, Steve Beyer reviews:
Unison: http://www.panic.com/unison
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This week we look at RipIt, Name Mangler, Pastor, Macworld Exo, iCasual, O’Reilly, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:
Ronald Proto, Stephen Lichtenberg, Sandy Foster
Fujitsu S1300 Interview: http://www.fujitsu.com
Sneaky Bastard: http://sneakybastard.co.tv
Colorful Calendar: http://www.rikandharrysoftworks.ca/cal/index.html
PassDirector: http://www.passdirector.com/passdirector.htm
Itsy: http://mowglii.com/itsy
Docs: http://obloo.altervista.org/blog/docs-2?lang=en
Ardour: http://www.ardour.org
Skim: http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/index.html
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Skrambler
Developer: Neuronic Games
Price: .99
Michelle also reviews:
Name Mangler: http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler
Greg Holdsworth from the Your Own Victory Garden Podcast joins us and reviews
Pastor: http://mehlau.net/pastor
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
RipIt: http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit
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This week we look at Hard Candy Cases, MacStitch, PDF2Office, Keep Your Word, iCasual, O’Reilly, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:
Matthew Wright, Trevor Tibbits, Bob Middleton
Hard Candy Cases: http://www.hardcandycases.com
SesaMouse: http://calftrail.com/sesamouse
Homesync: http://www.mhvt.net/quicktime/eng/homesync.php
Cord: http://cord.sourceforge.net
Rumlog: http://www.dl2rum.de/rumsoft/RUMLog.html
X Lossless Decoder: http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html
DMGConverter: http://sunsky3s.s41.xrea.com/dmgconverter/index.html
TotalFinder: http://totalfinder.binaryage.com
WineBottler: http://winebottler.kronenberg.org
ShortCuts: http://www.abracode.com/free/cmworkshop
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: Z is for Zombie
Developer: Jonathan Mulcahy
Price: $0.99 or FREE Lite Version http://www.theportablegamer.com/app/346479833
Michelle also reviews:
MacStitch: http://www.ursasoftware.com/macstitch/macStitch.html
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
Keep your Word: http://bambooapps.com/kyw
Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:
PDF2Office Professional: http://www.recosoft.com/products/pdf2office/index.htm
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This week we look at Wacom Bamboo Tablet, Cinch, iKeeper, iCasual, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:
Corey A. Serrins, David Lazarus, Larry Jackson
Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch Tablet: www.wacom.com
xVideoServiceThief: http://xviservicethief.sourceforge.net
QuickMask: http://www.mhvt.net/quicktime/eng/quickmask.php
Toady: http://www.mr-fridge.de/software/toady/index.html
Collabtive: http://collabtive.o-dyn.de
Snippets: http://www.snippetsapp.com
SecondBar: http://blog.boastr.net
MagicPrefs: http://vladalexa.com/apps/osx/magicprefs
Task Till Dawn: http://www.oliver-matuschin.de/en/Blog
Xee: http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/xee.html
00SooM: http://www.artenscience.co.uk/oosoom/Home.html
Fruux: http://fruux.com
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Title: DropZap
Developer: Amir Michail
Price: $.99 http://www.theportablegamer.com/app/338490375
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
Cinch: http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
iKeeper: http://www.yenco.com/ikeeper/index.html
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This week we look at Expresso, BookEndz, Socialite, iCasual, aLunch, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
The Winners for O’Reilly eBook were:
Kim Day, Frank Lopez, and Jerry Esposito.
BookEndz: http://www.bookendzdocks.com
NRuler: http://noutash.com/freebies/nruler/index.php
Econ Technologies: http://www.econtechnologies.com
Portraits and Prints
ImageCaster
DayChaser
Slices: http://creativebe.com/slices
Timer Utility: http://jrproductions.no-ip.org/TU/Home.html
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
impaXor: Review link http://tpgre.me/cv
Buy Game on iTunes link
Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:
Expresso: http://macrabbit.com/espresso
KeyCue: http://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue
App Store Expense Monitor: http://wetfish.de/software/app-store-expense-monitor
Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:
aLunch: http://mactips-lib.net/m/software/alunch/en/main.html
Matthew Hillyer from The Stealth Mac joins us this week to talk about:
Socialite: http://www.realmacsoftware.com/socialite
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This week we look at Tom Bihn, O’Reilly, ShooApps, Keyboard Maestro, iCasual Gamer, MyPantone, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer: http://www.tombihn.com
Evom: http://thelittleappfactory.com/evom
Perian: http://perian.org
VirtualBox: http://www.virtualbox.org
Hugin: http://hugin.sourceforge.net
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
The Treasures of Montezuma 2: iTunes Link
Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:
Shoo Apps - http://www.pariahware.com/shooapps.php
Google Chrome for Mac
Groundwork for Basecamp
Dragon’s Lair for the iPhone
Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:
Keyboard Maestro: http://www.keyboardmaestro.com
Steve Beyer, Our Enhanced Podcast Producer reviews
myPANTONE: For the iPhone/iPod touch
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This week we look at Dexim BluePack, iCasual, A New Contest from O’Reilly, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
The New O’Reilly Media eBook Give-Away coming next week!: http://oreilly.com
Tom Bihn Bags: http://www.tombihn.com
Wacom Bamboo Tablet: http://www.wacom.com
BookEndz Docking Stations: http://www.bookendzdocks.com
Free iPhone games During December: http://appventcalendar.com
Mouse Wizard: http://www.samuco.net/web/node/23
Sequenz: http://gwosdek.net/sequenz
Backuplist+ 7.0: http://rdutoit.home.comcast.net/~rdutoit/pub/robsoft/pages/softw.html
Mixxx: http://www.mixxx.org
Syncit and Workhorse: http://www.creativecag.com/software.php
HandBrake: http://handbrake.fr
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
Dexim BluePack S3: http://richardsolo.com
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
ShatterQuest 3D: http://www.csmartsoft.com
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This week we look at Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, VMware Fusion 3, MainMenu, Clickfree C2 Backup drive, Karnival, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
ScreencastsOnline Special November Half-Price!
ClickFree Automatic Backup and C2 Automatic Backup Drive: http://www.clickfree.com
FlexCal: http://flexgames.com/flexcal
Preezo: http://www.preezo.com
Voice Mac: http://mrgeckosmedia.com/applications/info/VoiceMac
Hulu Desktop: http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop
SecondBar: http://blog.boastr.net
BetterTouchTool: http://blog.boastr.net
Apple Mail to Evernote Script and more great scripts: http://veritrope.com/tips/mail-to-evernote
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
MainMenu: http://creativebe.com/mainmenu
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
VMWare Fusion 3: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion
Just a followup to Allison’s VMWare Fusion review. There is a great deal going on at at the moment. You can buy VMware Fusion 2 [OLD VERSION] from Amazon - under $20 after rebate and with a free upgrade to 3 until 11/30. (Thanks to listener Bob D.)
Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac
Apple Magic Mouse: http://www.apple.com/magicmouse
To Show Hidden System Files in any Snow Leopard Open / Save As dialog box press: Command Shift . (Command + Shift + Period Key)
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Karnival : iTunes App Store Link
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This week we look at PageHand, Popcorn, ScreenFlow 2, Gourmania, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more.
You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you.
Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:
ScreencastsOnline Special November Half-Price!
Whimsically Plucky Software: http://www.whimsplucky.com
BackityMac: http://www.whimsplucky.com
VideoVangelist: http://www.whimsplucky.com
RadioRocker: http://www.whimsplucky.com
DockChanger: http://www.whimsplucky.com
NewOCR: http://www.newocr.com
Bleep Blop: http://bleepblop.isnot.tv
Quiet Read: http://bambooapps.com/free-stuff
Fairmount: http://www.metakine.com/products/fairmount
Skreenics: http://code.google.com/p/skreenics
Sequential: http://sequentialx.com
Joomla: http://www.joomla.org
David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:
PageHand: http://pagehand.com
Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:
Popcorn: http://www.roxio.com
David Allen from Mac20Q.com podcast reviews:
ScreenFlow 2: http://www.telestream.net
Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:
Gourmania - $.99
Gourmania Lite - FREE
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iTunes and my enhanced podcast feed is giving me fits this week.
Until it’s settled you can get the enhanced podcast #229 direct from this link..
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You can subscribe to the regular mp3 podcast feed for now from here,
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