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"Skin. It's what holds your insides in." - Allan Sherman
As always, the English vocabulary takes words and either morphs them into new meanings or adds another definition to the word. Like skin. He escaped by the skin... <a href="/content/freshly-squeezed-reviews-go-swim">Read more »</a>
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For those new to the column, Macsimum Migration is our term for companies moving from Wintel machines to Macs -- or at least adding or increasing the number of Macs they use. A Migration Kit is an overview of Mac OS... <a href="/content/migration-kit-psychology-office-management-software-mac-os-x">Read more »</a>
Suitcase Fusion 2 from Extensis (http://www.extensis.com) is a next generation solution for single-user font management that can save creative professionals a lot of time.
Version 2.0 sports a completely redesigned user... <a href="/content/kool-tools-suitcase-fusion">Read more »</a>
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Gridiron Software's Flow (http://www.gridironsoftware.com), which costs US$299) cannot be fully explained in this amount of space -- it‚Äôs too vast and too valuable. Instead, I‚Äôll tell you what it does and what it‚Äôs good... <a href="/content/review-gridiron-flow-keeps-you-organized">Read more »</a>
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Making an external hard drive stand out when there are so many to choose from can be quite a challenge, but Western Digital (http://www.westerndigital.com) has always been an innovator in this realm. In addition, they... <a href="/content/real-people-reviews-new-wd-my-passport-studio">Read more »</a>
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If you want wireless audio throughout your house and office -- and don't mind spending some not-inconsiderable scratch to make it happen -- the Eos Converge from Eos Wireless (http://www.eoswireless.com) offers a... <a href="/content/review-eos-unveils-converge-system-macs-pcs-iphones">Read more »</a>
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If you want more than still images on your desktop, Mach Desktop (http://www.machsoftwaredesign.com/desktop.html) for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 spruces up your screen with Quartz Compositions, QuickTime movies or even web... <a href="/content/review-mach-desktop-can-bring-your-mac-desktop-life">Read more »</a>
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By Tamara Fry-Pietsch
Adobe Director 11.5 (http://www.adobe.com) will be familiar to users of previous versions but some additions improve productivity, for example: multiple undos/redos, stage docking, enhanced user... <a href="/content/macsimum-review-adobe-director-115-pretty-slick-pricey">Read more »</a>
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If you use iTunes (and if you're reading this, I know you do) and Last FM, you'll find life easier with Everyplay from Snarb.tk (http://snarb.co.uk/everplay.html). The US$19.95 app plays music from your iTunes music... <a href="/content/review-everplay-smoothly-brings-together-itunes-last-fm-radio-streams">Read more »</a>
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For those new to the column, MacNews Migration is our term for companies moving from Wintel machines to Macs -- or at least adding or increasing the number of Macs they use. A MacNewsMigration Kit is an overview of Mac... <a href="/content/macnews-migration-kit-grant-writing-software-mac-os-x">Read more »</a>
<a href="/content/review-ntrconnect-offers-solid-tool-accessing-home-computer-when-youre-away">Review: NTRConnect offers a solid tool for accessing a home computer when you're away</a>
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If you need to access your home computer from work, can you? How about access your Mac at home from your PC at work? Or your Mac at work from your iPod touch or iPhone?
How about if you could do all that for free?... <a href="/content/review-ntrconnect-offers-solid-tool-accessing-home-computer-when-youre-away">Read more »</a>
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Tagtrum's beaTunes (http://www.beatunes.com/) is a pretty cool iTunes tool for Mac and Windows users. It can detect various types of metadata, such as beats-per-minute and musical key, as well as find and fix typos and... <a href="/content/review-beatunes-makes-fine-companion-app-itunes">Read more »</a>
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The Super Bowl has come and gone. Now, I do have baseball beginning -- my favorite sport. But what if I crave a little pigskin from time to time?
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After Effects has had z-space for what seems like forever and you can do a lot with it, but it‚Äôs limited to the point that many people refer to it as 2.5D instead of real 3D. Digieffects (http://www.digieffects.com) has... <a href="/content/macsimum-review-freeform-ae-good-what-it-does-you-wont-use-it-every-day">Read more »</a>
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For those new to the column, Macsimum Migration is our term for companies moving from Wintel machines to Macs -- or at least adding or increasing the number of Macs they use. A Macsimum Migration Kit is an overview of... <a href="/content/macsimum-migration-kit-notarial-software-mac-os-x">Read more »</a>
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Once you've used Yellow Lemon Software's FolderGlance (http://www.scsc.no/products/folderglance/), a utility for browsing files and folders, you may wonder how you lived -- or at least used your Mac -- without it. The... <a href="/content/macnews-review-folderglance-mac-os-x-will-speed-your-workflow">Read more »</a>
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So which virtualization product do you go with? Which solution is faster? Should you run Windows XP or 7? 32-bit or 64-bit? One virtual processor or more? In short, there are different answers for different people: it... <a href="/content/head-to-head-parallels-vs-vmware">Read more »</a>
Laptops are great, but those who use them as their primary computer probably connect them to an external monitor, printer and other devices when they're at home or at the office. That can mean lots of peripheral... <a href="/content/kool-toolz-bookendz-0">Read more »</a>
There's more to life than tech and computing. There's also food designed to help keep us using our tech and computing. At least that's the take of Brain Toniq (http://braintoniq.com) and GamerGrub (http://www.gamergrub.... <a href="/content/kool-tools-nutrition-products">Read more »</a>
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There are lots of screen capture apps available for the Mac, but these four stand out in the crows. TechSmith Corp.'s Camtasia for Mac as screen-recording, or screencasting, software. Voila, an image capturing,... <a href="/content/kool-toolz-catching-screen-capturing">Read more »</a>
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