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Apr 07

MAG 46: Powerful Image Editing Made Easy With Pixelmator

Today we bring you Pixelmator, a simple-to-use yet extremely powerful image editing program for Mac OS X that we know you’ll love! We also show you how to access your recently used files, applications, and servers.

Episode Show Notes:

Software: Download Pixelmator
Hot Mac Tip: Access recently used items
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Next Week: Make apps disappear from the dock and application switcher, find text in browsers, and more!

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Mar 17

MAG 43: Stream Media Content From A Mac To Your PS3 or XBox360 with Playback

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Today we show you playback, a great application that allows you to easily stream all of your photos, music, and videos from your Mac into your living room, using a Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or many other UPnP or DNLA devices. We also show you how to straighten up a cluttered desktop, as well as show you how to securely erase a hard drive so that nobody can harvest your data.

Episode Show Notes:

Software: Download Playback
Hot Mac Tip: Clean up your messy desktop
Viewer Questions: How to securely erase a hard drive
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Next Week: Make apps disappear from the dock and application switcher, find text in browsers, and more!

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Today’s episode is brought to you by Yazsoft, the makers of Playback.

Playback is an easy to use streaming media server that lets you access all your multimedia content from your Mac on an XBox360 or Playstation3! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

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Feb 24

MAG 40: Create Photo Collages, Hidden OS X Menu Items, & Spotlight

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Today we bring you a great application that makes it simple to create your own custom photo collages. We also show you how to access some hidden menu items in Mac OS X, as well as show you a neat trick for revealing spotlight items within the enclosing folder.

Episode Show Notes:

Software: Download Shape Collage
Hot Mac Tip: Access hidden menu items
Viewer Question: Reveal Spotlight results in the Finder
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Next Week: Keep your mac awake when you want, a great mac prank, and more!

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Today’s episode is brought to you by Shinywhitebox, the makers of iShowU HD Pro.

iShowU is a super-powerful screen recording application, great for making screencasts and tutorials! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

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Jan 27

MAG 36: How To Make Custom Icons in OS X with Img2icns, ICNS files, and DVD disc Types Explained

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Ugly icons are a thing of the past! Today we show you a great freeware app that creates icons from any image file that you have. We also teach you about ICNS files, and how to use them. Then we explain the differences between the various DVD disc types, their formats, and capacities, and how that relates to DVD Ripping.

Episode Show Notes:

Software: Download Img2icns
Hot Mac Tip: How to use ICNS files
Power User Training: DVD Movies 101: Different DVD disc types
PUT Discount Code: Click Here
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Next Week: Another great work-day time waster, stationary pads and file locking, and more!

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Today’s episode is brought to you by Shinywhitebox and Objective Development, the makers of Stomp and Little Snitch 2.

Stomp is a fast, easy-to-use app for re-compressing video files down to smaller sizes! Little Snitch is an essential app everyone should have to protect your private information and data! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

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Dec 16

MAG 32: Rip DVD Movies with HandBrake

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Use HandBrake to rip and encode DVD Movies into other formats, including compatible files for iPod, PS3, XBox, and more! Learn how to send text to stickies from anywhere in the OS, and see the differences between CBR and VBR encoding.

Episode Show Notes:

Software: Download HandBrake
Watch: MAG episode 20 about VLC
Hot Mac Tip: Send text to Stickies
Power User Training: Digital Music 101: Part III (CBR vs. VBR bit rate encoding)
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Next Week: An exciting space game, delete forwards, CD ripping issues, and more!

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Today’s episode is brought to you by Shinywhitebox and Objective Development, the makers of iShowU HD Pro and Little Snitch 2.

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Nov 18

MAG 28: Create Digital Postcards With Fun Card Maker

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Easily create customized photo postcards in seconds, with this great freeware mac app. Also learn about precise audio adjustments in Mac OS X!

Episode Show Notes:

Software: Download Fun Card Maker
Hot Mac Tip: Precise audio volume adjustment
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Next Week: A fast-paced game inspired by a popular movie from the 80’s!

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Today’s episode is brought to you by Roxio, the creators of Toast 10 Titanium. Toast is the ultimate software package for multimedia enthusiasts! Check it out here.

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Aug 05

MAG 24: Free OS X Image Editor (Bitmap, Paintbrush, MacPaint)

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A mac-native bitmap image editor for OS X! A great alternative for Microsoft Paint / MacPaint. We also show you how to find the full path to any open file or folder in seconds with a great hot mac tip!

Episode Show Notes:

Download Paintbrush from the developer’s website.
Get a copy of this week’s epsisode here. (iPod compatible, 32 MB)
Hot Mac Tip: Discover an open file’s full path
Viewer Email: NeoOffice & Virtual Hosts
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An addicting Motorcycle side-scroller game that we know you’ll love!

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Jul 08

MAG Ep.020 – VLC

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A super-powered multimedia framework and player for your computer, today on Mac App Guide!

Episode Show Notes:

Download VLC from the developer’s website.
Check out the file compatibility list at VLC’s site.
Get a copy of this week’s epsisode here. (iPod compatible, 30 MB)
Hot Mac Tip: Customize the iTunes MiniPlayer!
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A fun puzzle game where you need to guide little chicks through the maze!

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Jun 10

MAG Ep.016 – Switch

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Batch convert audio files to and from many different formats, with this awesome multimedia application!

Episode Show Notes:

Download Switch from the developer’s website. Make sure you select the free version, and get the right one for your platform.
Hot Mac Tip: Access OS X’s built-in text-to-speech synthesizer from most applications!
Get a copy of this week’s epsisode here. (iPod compatible, 25 MB)
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An addicting Tetris clone that’s even better than the original!

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May 13

MAG Ep.012 – Miro

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Find, download, and watch podcasts, television shows, viral videos, and more, with this powerful multimedia player!

Next Week: Save your penguins with a fun Lemmings-clone game!

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