Speech recognition is one of those rare categories of software where the Mac has been playing catch-up for many years. Mac wielding dictators rejoiced when MacSpeech Dictate began using the Dragon engine and made huge strides toward reliable speech recognition on the Mac. A…
Continue reading →Cleartones Organic
I wrote about these last year. There is a new set of quality ring tones at Clear Tones and I’ve already installed them. I love my R2D2 ringtone on the weekends but when I’m at the day job, it’s Clear Tones for me. ∞
Continue reading →FotoMagico 4
There is a nice update to my favorite slideshow program for the Mac. Every time I put one of these together for a friend’s wedding, I make the paid photographer look really bad. ∞
Continue reading →5by5 | Mac Power Users #106: Finder Alternatives
In this week’s MPU episode, I talk at length about third party tools that improve upon the Mac OS X Finder. ∞
Listen & read notes →Zuckerberg on 1 Billion Facebook Users
“But the bigger question is, what services can get built now that every company can assume they can get access to knowing who everyone’s friends are.” Ugg. via Shawn Blanc ∞
Continue reading →Sponsor: O’Reilly Titles on Inkling
For years, those who’ve wanted to teach themselves programming have been caught between the trusted content found in books and the ease of use with online materials. Now, O’Reilly Media and Inkling have teamed up to reimagine the world’s most trusted technological resources for…
Continue reading →Maps at Night
I used the Maps app through much of the beta and never had any problems. I used it to drive from Orange County to San Diego and Los Angeles several times. It didn’t route me any different than my prior driving app, Motion X.…
Continue reading →iTunes Screencasts from the Cutting Room Floor
At one point during development of the 60 Tips book, I had a chapter on iTunes tips but I was never really happy with it. When Apple announced they were re-jiggering iTunes last month, it gave me the excuse I needed to pull the…
Continue reading →MPU 105: Workflows With Music Video Director Greg Jardin
I saw this video and was fascinated. As soon as I realized it was created with a Mac, I pestered its director, Greg Jardin, until he agreed to do a MPU episode. Little did I know at the time Greg was busy shooting another…
Listen & read notes →New Field Guide: 60 Mountain Lion Tips
I’m pleased to announce the newest MacSparky Field Guide is for sale: 60 Mountain Lion Tips. This is the first Field Guide I have co-authored and who could possibly be better for this collaboration than Brett Terpstra? Brett and I, along with Merlin Mann,…
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