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The MacReviewCast #236: HardCandy Cases, PDF2Office, MacStitch, iCasual

Surfbits — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:58:31 +0000

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.
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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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The MacReviewCast #235: Wacom Bamboo, iKeeper, Cinch, iCasual, Freeware
Surfbits — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:18:27 +0000
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.

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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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The MacReviewCast #234: BookEndz, Expresso, Socialite and More
Surfbits — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:02:47 +0000
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.

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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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The MacReviewCast #233: Tom Bihn, ShooApps, Keyboard Maestro and more
Surfbits — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:47:50 +0000
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.

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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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The MacReviewCast #232: Dexin Bluepack, iCasual, New Contest!
Surfbits — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:51:23 +0000
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.

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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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The MacReviewCast #231: PS Elements 8, Fusion 3, Clickfree Backup, iCasual
Surfbits — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:39:02 +0000
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.

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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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The MacReviewCast #230: Popcorn, PageHand, ScreenFlow, Gourmania
Surfbits — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:22:25 +0000
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.

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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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More iTunes Woes Episode 229
Surfbits — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:55:09 +0000
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..

http://media.libsyn.com/media/macreviewcast/MacReviewCast229e.m4a

or

You can subscribe to the regular mp3 podcast feed for now from here,

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73330202
Thank you for your patience. I’d hate to have to make a living off the podcast and iTunes. 

Thank you,

Tim



The MacReviewCast #229: ColcaSac Sleeves, Band in a Box, Melon Golf
Surfbits — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:49:29 +0000
This week we look at ColcaSac Sleeves, Band-in-a-Box, Melon Golf, 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.

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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:

MailSteward: http://www.mailsteward.com

Gruml: http://www.grumlapp.com

Flip4Mac: http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm

GarageBuy: http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageBuy

Timer Utility: http://jrproductions.no-ip.org

David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews:

Band-in-a-Box: http://www.pgmusic.com

Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review:

TextEdit from Apple in all OSX systems.

Robert Lachman, L.A.Times Staff Photographer joins us. His Web site is PhotographyandtheMac.com, and he talks about:

ColcaSac MacBook Sleeves: http://www.colcasac.com

Michelle Lopez joins us today from the The Portable Gamer and iCasual Report to review the iPhone/iPod Touch game:

Melon Golf: 2up Games, http://www.melongolf.com

Jeff Powell joins us and talks about:

Layar Reality Browser: http://layar.com

Screen sharing with iChat: http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Sharing sites with friends and co-workers: http://delicious.com

Firefox add-on:  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615

Safari add-on: http://delicioussafari.com

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The MacReviewCast #228: Yojimbo, ForeverSave, EOS Wireless Audio
Surfbits — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:14:57 +0000
This week we look at EOS Wireless, Foreversave, Yojimbo, Cable locks, 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.

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Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast:

EOS Wireless Audio: http://www.eoswireless.com

Invoice Machine: http://invoicemachine.com/home

Evernote account switcher: http://www.jazzaround.net/eas

Syrinx: http://mrrsoftware.com/MRRSoftware/Syrinx.html

TV Shows: http://deathtobunnies.com/tvshows

TED: http://www.ted.nu

Scheduler for Mac: http://www.macscheduler.net

Time Machine Editor: http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor

Ed Winstead visits the podcast today to continue his reviews of Security products for the Mac. Today it’s Cable Locks and Stop Plates.

Stop Security Plates: http://www.stoptheft.com

Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at:

ForeverSave: http://tool-forcesw.com/foreversave

Tom Piraino from MacinTom.ca looks at:

Yojimbo 2.0: http://www.barebones.com


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