Things roadmap hints at wireless sync, Web access

Cultured Code has been relatively quiet since gain a splattering with Things at Macworld Expo ’ 09 . Its Mac and iPhone clients have received a few underage update since then — and won an Apple Design Award — but now the company has laid out a kind of non - roadmap for the two merchandise . If you read between the personal line of credit , this tilt of upcoming , evolutionary improvements may reveal a somewhat important new feature article in the works ....

August 11, 2009 · 3 min · 523 words · Abigail Carter

Snap Art 2

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Some photographs would really look best as paintings . But for those who are not artistically inclined with a brush and palette , there ’s Alien Skin’sSnap Art 2 . This Photoshop plug - in is a one - click wonderment that promises to instantly transform a mundane ( or even great ) photo into a unique work of art . The programme uses advanced algorithms to simulate a massive array of brush stroke that turn your picture from , say , a humdrum landscape to a pictorial representation of that composition — a variation both unique and heart - catching ....

August 6, 2009 · 7 min · 1325 words · Gina Martin

MacBook Pro review (13-inch, Mid 2009)

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict With its lower price , the return of FireWire , farseeing battery life , better look display and a new built - in SD Card expansion slot that you could reboot from , the newest member of the MacBook Pro fellowship shit an telling first appearance . When we reviewed the atomic number 13 MacBook back in October 2008 , those MacBooks posted carrying out scores that were very standardised to the 15 - inch MacBook Pro that was also released in October 2008 ....

June 23, 2009 · 11 min · 2171 words · Andrew Mora

Wake on Oui 1.1 for iPhone

Our Verdict As more and more iPhone apps sync with desktop counterpart , a finical quandary has become more and more common : What if your Mac is asleep when you want to sync ? For case , I use the excellent thing for iPhone ( ) and thing for Mac ( ) to keep on top of my tasks and task , and when I ’m using the iPhone version — in other words , when I ’m away from my desk — my Mac is often kip ....

June 19, 2009 · 6 min · 1091 words · Timothy Kim

11 ways to sync your data with an iPhone

Can your data come along in two places at once ? With a little manual dexterity of handwriting and the aid of some overbold apps , you could get at your calendar , your file cabinet , and even your Mac ’s background from just about anywhere . Control your Mac You require to set off a backup but you ’re mi away from your Mac ? Much as you may control another Mac using Leopard ’s Screen Sharing feature , you may hold a Mac from your iPhone ....

May 4, 2009 · 8 min · 1596 words · Evelyn Cruz

Mac mini media center: Get content

We continue our marchland to the ultimate Mac mini medium center . So far we ’ve shroud advance the mini as well as connecting it to Ab constituent and configure Front Row . In part three , we look at ways to acquire extra content and use third - party media applications to get at that content . And where to get that content ? Much to Apple ’s disheartenment , euphony and video do n’t set out and cease with the iTunes Store ....

April 22, 2009 · 12 min · 2367 words · Amber Travis

Things 1.0.4

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict I ’ve brush up a number of to - do - list programs over the years , devoting most of that coverage to software that favour ease of employment over feature article . As I noted in my reappraisal of TaskPaper , many of the job - management apps out there “ have difficult learning curves and need you to master the program ’s intricacies before you’re able to even start using it ....

April 2, 2009 · 10 min · 1980 words · Denise Wilson

Tethering and the iPhone: The beginning of a beautiful friendship?

Ever since the intro of the iPhone over two age ago , it has been evident that its major speciality are the power to bring the whole Internet to the palm of your helping hand and 24/7 connectivity . In his prefatorial keynote in January 2007 , Steve Jobs referred to it as a “ breakthrough cyberspace communication gadget ” and Apple has take a firm stand from day one that net connectivity is one of the gadget ’s three main pillars ....

March 27, 2009 · 6 min · 1157 words · Christopher Stephens

Tags for iPhone

Our Verdict After you ’ve purchased and installed several apps for your iPhone or iPod soupcon , you realize that certain developer seem to have an intuition on how to plan their applications to make the most of the iPhone interface . Others , not so much . Tags — an program fromomz : softwarethat turn over you memory access to theDelicious Web service — is one of the former ....

March 4, 2009 · 2 min · 331 words · Dr. Amy Salazar

Analysis: Looking for a pattern in Apple’s App Store rejections

By one approximation , there are now more than 20,000 applications usable for download from Apple ’s App Store . Imagine how much larger that figure would be if every app did n’t have to win Apple ’s approval before seem on the store . Still that ’s the appendage Apple ’s had in berth ever since the company first expose plans for the App Store nearly a year ago ....

February 26, 2009 · 5 min · 1058 words · Matthew Torres

DVD ripping FAQ

As often as we compose about taking the DVDs you own and change over them to a format you’re able to enjoy on all your medium players , people go on to have doubtfulness . Here are answers to some of those questions . Q. I have a film on a commercial-grade videodisk that I ’d wish to play on my iPod . How do I exchange it ? A.There are a smattering of tools available for doing this ....

February 5, 2009 · 8 min · 1618 words · Andrew Stephens

Review: A trio of iPhone GTD apps

Our Verdict All of us ask to get things done . Few of us have the sensation or the vision to hail up with a organization for , you know , get things done . David Allen , smell out this special void in the productiveness and ego - assistant Bible marketplace , published the aptly titledGetting Things Donein 2001 , which was soon followed by a sequel calledReady for Anything ....

December 29, 2008 · 7 min · 1364 words · Carl Rocha

2008 in Review: The year in Mac gaming

In some ways , the most exciting developments in Mac gaming in 2008 did n’t affect the Mac at all . The iPhone , with its Software Development Kit enabling game - makers to bring their wares to Apple ’s spicy - selling mobile devices , stole most of the Mac ’s roaring during the retiring year . But a computer hardware development toward the end of 2008 could mean a Mac gaming revitalization in the yr to total ....

December 26, 2008 · 6 min · 1130 words · Marilyn Lopez