Apr 10
I happened upon a cool app today called Anxiety, which is a todo list application for your Mac. One of the great things that I found about Anxiety as soon as I downloaded it, is that it interfaces directly with my iCal calendars, and my iCal application interfaces with Google Calendar. When I saw this feature, I thought that it would be great to be able to add todos to my Google calendar straight from a window on my desktop, but unfortunately, it would not allow me to use a CalDAV server from within (that is the server on which Google Calendar runs). I then found out, though, that the reason for that was that it was not using iCal, but instead was using Mail’s todo list. However, it still did the trick.
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Feb 12
I was sent an interesting Mac application recently called MathMagic, which is called the “Ultimate Equation Editor” by its creators, and so far it seemed to live up to that to me.
It seems that the chief purpose of MathMagic is to be able to use advanced mathematical calculations and to utilize therein symbols that would not be available to the end user without the software who wants to do such types of calculations.
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Jan 30
Hello, everybody, Ben Fryxell here. As we get ready to start our fifth season of podcasting (I hope everyone is as excited as I am!), I wanted to get some feedback from the audience. As you may recall if you have been a regular listener for awhile, I used to do scripted shows and post the exact transcript of the episodes on the website complete with links to use as show notes. Do you think that I should continue that or do it in a more off-the-cuff style? Please leave responses below!
Dec 31
Hello MacMania readers, I hope you are having a great New Year’s eve! Today, I have a wonderful product to review for you called Data Recovery Guru. If you are like me, there are times when you probably have deleted something you shouldn’t have on your Mac, and really wish you could get it back. However, what most people do not know is that with most deleted files, they are able to be recovered. Granted, if you do a secure erase of the files, they most likely will not be able to be salvaged, but they usually can be if you simply do a regular trash empty. Data Recovery Guru has the fantastic ability to scan your Mac’s hard drive and get these “lost” files back for you.
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Dec 14
Today, I would like to tell you about a wonderful website that many of you will find useful, especially if you do anything related to software development or things of the like relating to Mac, iPhone, iPod, or anything Apple, really. The site is called prMac, and the idea behind it is simple: create a vibrant community where users can submit press releases to the Apple community and have wide distribution of their products. For those of you who are software developers, this is a tool that should come in very handy, but also is quite useful for those of you who simply want to discover the newest, freshest, best apps and accessories for your Mac or iOS device, as well as new and innovative websites.
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Oct 05
It is with great sadness that I announce to the MacMania community that Steve Jobs, an Apple founder, died today. Apple officially released it in a press release this evening. Steve was a wonderful innovator, and an inspiration to millions. Please leave your Steve Jobs memories below to share them and to add to his continuing legacy.
Sep 30
Today I wanted to review a really cool game I came across called Netrikulator. Netrikulator is an addictive puzzle game with a real tech twist. In the game play, which is similar to the ’80s game called Pipe Dream, but instead of connecting pieces of plumbing, you connect nodes of a computer network together. Continue reading »
Sep 29
iFrogz, the company you may know best for making custom iPod cases, sent me an email with a review request for their all-new Timbre line of earbuds. If you listen to one of the earlier MacMania episodes, you will notice a review of their EarPollution NervePipes series, which are similar except for that they are full-blown headphones, as opposed to earbuds.
The Timbre earbuds have a frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 KHz (20,000 Hz), which is a pretty standard response for both microphones and headphones alike. This means that the speakers, or drivers, in the earbuds will project that entire range of sounds, which is more than enough.
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Sep 28
Today, I’d like to review for you a really cool application I’ve come across by the name of Pzizz. Pzizz is an application with a funny name but a realistic purpose, as it generates audio files to help you fall asleep under different conditions. For example, you can generate audio files of different lengths for sleep, energizer, or meditation naps, and they are all different. The Pzizz application itself presents a very small interface, consisting only of three buttons for selecting the aforementioned modules. Continue reading »
