MBW Picks

A summary of the featured books, hardware, & software apps as selected by the hosts of MacBreak Weekly.

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Entries from November 2011

Picks from MBW 275: Steve Jobs… The Opera

November 29th, 2011 · No Comments

Hardware & software: ZooGue iPad 2 Case Genius Black Leather for $51.90 (on Amazon) from Mac OS Ken (Ken Ray). Prey at http://preyproject.com for various $ (starting at free) from Andy Ihnatko. Tips: OS X: In System Preferences, Security & Privacy Setting – you can define what message will be shown on your lock screen. [...]

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Picks from MBW 274: Touch My Buttons

November 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Hardware & software: Quicksilver at http://qsapp.com for free from Leo Laporte. Scrivener (app store) for $45 from Jason Snell. Write or Die at http://writeordie.com for various from Jason Snell. National Novel Writing Month at http://www.nanowrimo.org for free from Jason Snell. Day One (App Store) for $9.99 from Andy Ihnatko. Books: Reamde: A Novel for $20.77 (on Amazon) from Leo [...]

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Picks from MBW 273: iTunes Mismatch

November 17th, 2011 · No Comments

Hardware & software: Miro Video Converter (app store) for free from Don McAllister FourSquare at http://foursquare.com for free from Sara Lane Jawbone UP Band for various (on Amazon) from Leo Laporte Pixelmator (app store) for $29.99 from Andy Ihnatko SCOtutor for Lion (app store) for %$5.99 from Don McAllister. Tips: iOS: Instead of “Archiving” gmail, [...]

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Picks from MBW 272

November 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Hardware & software: GarageBand (iOS) for $4.99 from Chris Breen. PlugBug Charger at http://twelvesouth.com for $34.99 from Andy Ihnatko. Take Control of iCloud for $9.99 (on Amazon) from Tonya Engst. The Amazing Type-Writer (for iPhone) for $1.99 from John Gruber. Tips: iOS tip from Chris Breen – Garageband 1.1 has been released. You can now import [...]

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Picks from MBW 271

November 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment

Hardware & software: Cinema 4d at http://www.maxon.net for free trial from Alex Lindsay. Forger for iPad for $2.99 from Alex Lindsay. OLLOCLIP at http://bitemyapple.co for $69.99 from Mike Elgan. Quotebook for iPhone/iPad for $1.99 from Adam Christianson. Tips: iOS: Tabs in Safari iOS… Get “recently closed tabs” by holding down the + in the tab bar in [...]

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