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October 11, 2011
Since the dawn of ... YouTube, man has wanted to record his Mac's screen to share a nerdy tutorial with the World. In the past people might use Quicktime's built in screen record feature, but it is a little clunky and quite limited, however ScreenFlow is a more advanced screen record application. The main appeal of screen flow is the intuitive editing suite that comes after a screen record completes. This suite has feature upon feature to give your screen capture a quality finish. First we will talk about record options and settings. When you launch ScreenFlow you will see a semi-transparent...
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September 27, 2011
If you consider yourself an Apple nerd then you will undoubtedly know of "Apple's October 4th Press Event" With A Tagline Of "Lets talk iPhone". The tagline suggests the introduction of apples new iPhone 5, But what else could we expect from Tim Cook? Here's My Top 5 Things To Expect! Number 1: iPhone 5 (Duh): I would expect to see the new iPhone landing with an; upgraded camera possibly 8MP, Apple A5 bringing increased processor speeds, upgraded display and a change to body design. Design mockups seem to show an enlarged home button, this seems a little out of Apple characture but worth...
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September 25, 2011
Apple's Mail, it's always been the perfect aid to your productivity. However there's a new kid on the block, its name? Sparrow! Sparrow's not going to replace Mail for everyone and we're sure Mail's going to continue its dominance - but it definitely has some real competition on the block now. Setup Much like Apple Mail, Sparrow asks for you full name email address ect, It flies off to fetch POP and IMAP info for your account. Once you've given it all your details it load the main window. This...
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September 18, 2011
Disaster, at some point it might strike your Mac, Its always best to be prepared for situations like this and if your not using Time Machine as often as possible or your simply a little clumsy and you spill the odd drink too near that Mac of yours, This might be just the thing for you! When Apple released Lion it shipped with the ability to make a hidden 'Recovery HD' on your Mac's Internal Hard Drive, but what if your whole drive fails, Not only will you have lost your data and Mac OS you will have also lost your only way of restoring your OS. Fast forward to now and Apple have released their...
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