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Whenever my friends or family members gather around unexpectedly I begin to worry about becoming the center of an intervention. Why? It’s my growing addiction to Mac and iPhone photo enhancement apps, a collection which is so large it needs … Continue »
Modern digital technology has a look and feel that doesn’t always meld with electronic devices from the not-too-distant past. At least, I like to think it wasn’t that long ago. Take audio recorders. These days, digital audio recorders are built … Continue »
At some point in the not too distant future I’ll run out of money to spend on photo enhancement apps. Or, my wife will ban them from my Mac because they appear to breed in the dark. My latest photo … Continue »
Just two years ago Apple had the most popular and highly valued video production package in Final Cut Pro Studio. Just two years ago Apple ditched the past and introduced the future in Final Cut Pro X. Though promising, the … Continue »
What do you collect? Clothing? Electronic gadgets? Tools? For me, it’s applications. Among the few hundred apps that grace my Mac these days are a few sub-collections. Clocks. Graphic tools. And calculators. I don’t use them often, but I seldom … Continue »
It’s not exactly a secret the my Mac is loaded with apps. Hundreds. And a few dozen that I use each day. Through the course of the year I’ll try out a few hundred more apps. That means my Mac’s … Continue »
iPhoto on my Mac is home to nearly 20,000 photos dating back to when digital cameras were expensive and crummy. Through the years I’ve collected and used dozens of Mac photo enhancement apps. I’ve got apps that sharpen, saturate, and … Continue »
Having survived a few careers in broadcasting and media production I found myself with a growing collection of half a dozen Mac audio recording applications (not including Garageband). Upgrade prices being what they are, I managed to winnow the number … Continue »
When it comes to video, my standard tool in trade is Apple’s capable Final Cut Pro X (which I’ve used since the last century). I was shocked and surprised when Apple launched a new version of iMovie, but found it … Continue »
What is your Mac collection sin? What do you collect on your Mac? For Mac old timers it might be fonts, or disk utilities, or Photoshop wannabe apps. For graphic designers it might be a collection of color management tools … Continue »
A close friend once told me that nothing improves without change. So be it. The journey toward improvement and change is often littered with the corpses of the innocent. Slowly, quietly, and with little public knowledge, it appears as if … Continue »
How many applications are on your Mac that you truly love to use? Safari? Browsers are pretty much the same. Mail? Please. iTunes? Too cluttered. iPhoto gets used often, but many of us who have used it for years often … Continue »
Any Mac media apps that deals with audio or video files has one thing in common. An inspector which displays information from the file’s metadata. Most Mac users don’t need to worry much about such metadata but serious users know … Continue »
Long before Mac OS X. Long before Apple Stores. People used to stand in line waiting for new Windows upgrades. The days of the masses standing in line for a new version of Windows are long gone. Mac users once … Continue »
For a few decades Apple’s fortunes rested upon the loyalty of tens of millions of Mac users who disdained the Windows way of computing life. Then, along came the next great thing. iPod? iPhone? iPad? No. Apple figured out how … Continue »
As an old school videographer with many years of linear video editing under my belt, I can tell you that today’s video production tools are freakin’ awesome. Any Mac and a decent HD camera are years ahead of production video … Continue »
Here at Mac360′s world headquarters, we’ve become big fans of Evernote, the multi platform notes app. What’s not to like? It’s free. It’s easy. It syncs your notes and other documents with the cloud and back to Macs, PCs, iPad, … Continue »
Sweet Home Analysis: Why Apple Needs A Facebook Home on iPhone But Without Facebook
Remember the ‘Windows Everywhere’ campaign of just a few years ago? Microsoft wanted to dominate every tech gadget market segment with a version of Windows, familiar to all. Unfortunately, the best laid plans of mice, men, and Redmondians err do … Continue »