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Steven Coburn

Steven Coburn has written 7 posts for MacFocus Magazine
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OS X’s Missing Audio Recorder - Tape Deck

The Mac can do almost anything you want it to. And what really sets the Mac apart is how elegantly and simply the Mac does these things. But it can’t always do everything so wonderfully, and when it came time for me to recorded some simple audio, quickly and without hassle, I had a problem. [...]

jUploadr- The Mac’s Best Way to Upload to Flickr

Flickr, being one of the most popular (for good reason) photo websites, seems to have no end on ways to upload pictures. There are two ways to upload from the web site its self (Web Uploadr and basic web Uploadr), via email, Flickr’s own desktop uploader application (available for Mac, Windows, and Linux), and from [...]

Google Reader on the Desktop

Like some people, I prefer having the control and flexibility of a desktop RSS aggregator (although some people would say these are reasons to go with an online reader). All of this is opinion of course, but the best general solution I’ve found is to use desktop applications that somehow synchronize with online services for the added convenience. NetNewsWire, one of the most [...]

How many languages does your Mac need?

I don’t know about any of you guys out there, but I only speak two languages. (English and Spanish) Your Mac, on the other hand, can speak dozens. I doubt that i will ever try learn to speak Finish, Russian, Thai or any (other non-romance language for that matter) so all this support for tons of [...]

Summarizer: the little known life-saver

Even the geekest of the Mac geeks done know everything about their Mac. This is what makes things fun. Although its all ways fun to be going through small, little known utilities and things of the like on rainy days, you can’t ever seem to be able to explore all of your Macs folders and menus.
One of the [...]

Homework Management on the Mac

I, like most of the contributing writers here at MacFocus, are teens and students, and everyone that I know integrates, in one form or another, school and technology. Whether it be simply using a word processor to type up a paper, or utilizing the internet as the valuable information resource it can be, it is definitely an asset.

Essential background applicaions

There are several small, simple applications that, by themselves, do very small tasks but serve an important purpose. Things like Growl, probably one of the most popular background applications, is something most people consider ‘essential’.
The first of these applications is a menu bar item called Caffeine. The concept seams simple, click it to prevent your [...]

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