Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

Remote Enable your G3, G4, G5, or MacPro w/ Manta TR1

Friday, July 24th, 2009

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Twisted Melon has a product on the market called Manta, which remote enables any Mac G3, G4, G5, or MacPro. It is also a good product to have if you store your mac in a different room (i.e. media closet) and want to use your Apple Remote from the couch. Combine Manta with Twisted Melon’s Mira software and you’ll be able to control most of your Mac through your Apple Remote. Buy it here.

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Warranty Hero for Mac

Monday, July 13th, 2009

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Warranties are a fickle thing. Everyone buys extended warranties for the added insurance or relies on the standard one, in case a product fails prematurely. But hard to remember when the warranty runs out. This is where Warranty Hero can be incredibly useful. With a focus on ease-of-use, adding new product (or service) information is as simple as entering its name, vendor, purchase date and a time the warranty expires.

Warranty Hero Benefits:

  • Remind Me feature
  • Save Money
  • Fast Entering
  • Receipt Managing
  • Works with iSight Camera
  • Fast Search
  • Inexpensive

Warranty Hero comes with a 30-day free demo and then costs $9.95 for a single-license copy or $14.95 for a 5-user license.

10 Mac Apps That Make Windows Users Drool

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Here is a great artcile written by Fast Company. Take a look.

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TuneUp your iTunes Library

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

TuneUp is a must-have organizational tool that automatically cleans up your digital music collection. Get 10% off TuneUp Gold with promo code: UNCRATE2. Promo code powered by Uncrate.

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Stealth Macbook Pro by Colorware

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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Colorware has just released the Stealth Macbook Pro ($6,000) limited edition notebook. The notebook is coated in black SofTouch material and features the following specs:

  • ColorWare Custom Stealth MacBook® Pro
  • 15″ Matte Widescreen Display
  • 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2×4GB)
  • 256GB solid-state drive
  • SuperDrive 8x
  • Backlit Keyboard

There are only 10 of these machines being produced so buy yours today.

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Understudy for Front Row

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Have a Mac with FrontRow? Now you can watch Netflix movies and Hulu directly from your computer using FrontRow. Download a free plugin called Understudy. You’ll also need to download and install Hulu’s free desktop program.

Understudy allows access to streaming video through the Front Row interface of Mac OS X. The user can subscribe to multiple feeds, and select a video to watch from them. Understudy currently supports Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and to some degree the BBC iPlayer.

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