Recent Posts Tagged With 'mac'

• Orb For Mac Now Available

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 21:48 in Software, apple, mac, streaming, orb, media streaming

  Orb for Mac is now available for download. There are lots of people that have been waiting for this especially since they released the iPhone app. “The free Orb application and service enable the streaming of any media type from computers running ...

• FiOS TV Updates for Mac Support

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 15:29 in TV, cable, mac, HDTV, fios, verizon, cable satellite

  Verizon has updated FiOS TV to work with Mac. The Media Manager for Mac streams iTunes playlists, albums and slideshows. It’s not as full featured as the version for Windows but it’s great to see and will only get better. I’m wa...

• Plex Media Center Updates for Snow Leopard

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 19:22 in apple, mac, streaming, media center, plex

  Plex, media center for OS X, has updated for Snow Leopard. There were also some new features added to the update. * FIX: On Snow Leopard, 5.1 audio had issues. We’ve cleaned up the code, fixed the problems, and it now runs great on 10.6. Ma...

• Live Mesh Updated for Snow Leopard

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 20:10 in apple, Microsoft, mac, mesh, update, snow leopard, live mesh

  Microsoft updated Live Mesh to work with Snow Leopard. There are no new features so Leopard users don’t have to do anything. I still use Live Mesh occasionally and it’s nice to have the updated client. To upgrade to this new release, ...

• GlideTV Navigator: Media Center Trackpad

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 16:05 in windows, ps3, mac, remote, media center, glidetv navigator, glidetv

  GlideTV Navigator is a trackpad for home theater PCs. It works with Windows, Mac and PS3. The shape is strange and I would love to see a video of someone actually navigating around with this. There are some other HTPC keyboards with trackpads tha...

• Use iTunes 9 Home Sharing Across the Internet

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 13:19 in Software, apple, itunes, mac, streaming

  When I first read about Home Sharing in iTunes 9 I thought that I would have the ability to stream from home. It wasn’t like that but it’s still a good feature. Mac OSX Hints has a how to on streaming music over the Internet with Home S...

• doubleTwist Provides Alternative to the iTunes Store

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 14:07 in Software, MP3, apple, mac, Cellphone, cellphones, doubletwist

  doubleTwist offers up a very nice alternative to iTunes. The new version allows you to purchase music through the Amazon MP3 Store. Browsing and buying music has a very basic and clean look. The best part about the doubleTwist software is that it ...

• Review: BlackBerry Desktop for Mac

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 17:44 in apple, review, mac, blackberry, blackberry desktop

  BlackBerry Desktop for Mac was released today. This is great news for BlackBerry owners that use Mac. The software auto-launches when you connect your BlackBerry. My options are a little more limited than others because I’m on a BES server t...

• EyeTV Releases Placeshifting iPhone App

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 18:21 in apple, DVR, iphone, mac, application, app, media center, elgato, eyetv, ipod touch

  Elgato has released a placeshifting app for the iPhone. The app is $5 and allows you to watch, record, and enjoy live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch. I always like the eyeTV software because of its OS X look and feel. I haven’t...

• I Fell in Love at the Apple Store

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 09:32 in apple, video, mac, apple store, fanboy

  This song is really catchy and was filmed at that 5th avenue Apple Store in NYC. You just have to watch it. (via Gizmodo) Related Posts:No Hacking Snow Leopard Install on a Hackintosh PCAxiotron ModBook First Looks VideoEyeTV Releases Placeshi...

• Wacom Adds Multi-Touch To Windows and Mac

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 21:57 in windows, hardware, mac, wacom, tablets, multi-touch

  Wacom has added multi-touch to it’s bamboo touch and stylus models. The Bamboo Touch starts out at $69 and I want one. It would be perfect to have on my Mac desktop. The video above shows some of the multi-touch features. (via CrunchGear...

• Video: Apple Will Let You Know How Incredible They Are

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 18:56 in apple, video, products, mac, keynote

  While watching Apple’s keynote you might not have realized that you were bombarded with amazing, easy, great, wonderful, exciting, awesome, incredible, better products. The video above will take out all the fluff of them talking normally and j...

• No Hacking Snow Leopard Install on a Hackintosh PC

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 12:23 in apple, video, mac, hackintosh, snow leopard

  I posted a few weeks ago about installing Snow Leopard on a Hackintosh. Lifehacker has a new post on how to install Snow Leopard with no hacking required. It doesn’t get much easier than that. As before there is a complete hardware list if y...

• Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 15:23 in Software, Mobile, mac, Cellphone, blackberry, desktop manager

  Blackberry users that use Mac have been waiting a long time for Desktop Manager to become available. It’s not official available but there are leaked versions of the program available. I usually don’t post about leaked software but I am...

• Snow Leopard is HDTV Ready

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 20:56 in apple, TV, mac, HDTV, lcd, plasma

  If you connect your Mac to a LCD or plasma you might have experienced some issues getting it to output the display properly. Now in Snow Leopard’s display preferences you can set the resolution to 720p, 1080i or 1080p. This will help out a lo...

• iTunes Streaming with pulpTunes

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 11:14 in apple, windows, Linux, itunes, mac, streaming, pulptunes

  pulpTunes allows you to stream your iTunes music over the Internet. It works with Mac, Windows and Linux. It is also free of charge. The only configuration is to open up a port on the firewall. It is recommended to setup a username and password s...

• Hulu Launches Labs with Desktop Client

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 16:16 in Software, windows, mac, streaming, hulu, hulu labs

  Hulu labs has launched with some new offerings. The one of note is a desktop client for Windows and Mac. They call it the lean-back experience. It has a media center feel and you can use the Windows Media Center remote or Apple remote to control i...

• Windows Home Server Console on Mac

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 11:48 in Software, Microsoft, mac, windows home server

  I use Remote Desktop on my Mac to connect to my Windows Home Server. The directions on the Windows Home Server Team Blog take it a step farther by using Remote Desktop but only launching one app. I’m not sure why I didn’t think to even ...

• Plex Update Adds Netflix Plug-in

  Posted on Saturday April 11th, 2009 at 09:37 in Software, mac, update, netflix, appletv, media center, plex

  Plex has added Netflix plug-in to it’s app store. Plex is a media center application based on XBMC. There were a lot of other updates and fixes in the new release. A couple fixes were big ones. I would definitely upgrade to the newest versi...

• New Macs Today

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 21:44 in apple, hardware, mac, mac mini, imac, mac pro

  Today Apple announced new Mac Mini’s, iMac’s and Mac Pro’s. I posted about a video of the new Mac Mini a couple of weeks ago. I said the video was a fake and stated my reasons. I was wrong. While the Mac Pro and iMac line got so...

• Mange Your Digital Media in a Mac and Windows Environment

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 18:51 in Software, windows, mac, hp, windows home server, mediasmart

  Having Mac and Windows computers sharing the same network is increasing in popularity. Mostly as the Macs move in but you still have some older Windows computers laying around. Sharing and managing your data across both platforms is the ideal situa...