Ruined iPhone…

The folks up north in good ole Canada are more than unhappy with the rate plans Rogers/Fido is going to offer for the iPhone. iPhone fans in Canada have set up http://ruinediphone.com to protest the pathetic plans. The creator has set up a petition and posted a copy of the letter he has sent to [...]

Making the switch to 3G

With the release of the 3G iPhone some will be very tempted to upgrade. However, making the switch may not be all that easy. TUAW reports all activation will be done in an Apple or AT&T store and not through iTunes.

For current iPhone users this presents a problem. With all iPhone activations taking place in [...]

uShow or noShow?

Its been a little while since I wrote my first post on iPhone video recording. (http://www.macfocusmagazine.com/2008/04/iphone-video-recording/) Since then we have seen some major enhancements and disappointments.

The most anticipated video recording app for the iPhone named “uShow” was previewed in December by Monster and Friends. Since then we have seen nothing more than a few screenshots, and [...]

Review: Vidnik

Vidnik is an open source app, created by Google, allowing you to easily upload videos straight to YouTube from your Mac.

Vidnik is a relatively simple app allowing you to keep track and make collections of videos you upload to YouTube on your desktop. It does this by letting you save different video collections just like [...]

Is your Favicon ready for Fluid?

Most mac users expect things to “just work”, however when using Fluid you may find some sites favicons aren’t anywhere close to being perfect. 

Review: Fluid

If you are a bookmark junkie you may have your entire bookmarks bar filled with so many sites its hard to find your favorites.  Fluid allows you to make site specific browsers for your favorite sites allowing you to easily access them from your Dock. Fluid can either find the favicon for the chosen site [...]

Thwarting Spam

Spam, spam, and more spam. It seems as if every time I open Mail thats what I’m greeted with. However, many people don’t realize you can fight spam right inside Apple’s Mail.

Living a more productive life

Everyone uses their Mac for something different. However, we all have one thing in common. We like to get things done quickly, easily, and as simple as possible. When I’m trying to help my sister with a project on her Macbook it seems to take forever, because I’m used to my Macbook Pro with all of my Apps and settings.

Social Mac

Sometimes keeping up with all of your favorite social networks can become a difficult task. Thankfully, there are many stunning Mac Apps to help you stay connected to all of your friends.
If you really like being alerted by Growl when your friends sign in/out of your favorite instant messenger you will find Subsume simply amazing.
After [...]

iPhone Video Recording

Anyone that owns an iPhone has made several sacrifices to own Apples outstanding multi-touch device. One of these sacrifices is basic video recording. Almost every other phone on the market has this basic functionality, and in many cases some of these phones are free.  Fortunately, there are several different developers working to bring basic video recording functionality [...]