Today we bring you a great freeware app that lets you easily modify your global file type associations in Mac OS X. We’ll also show you how to quickly and easily change your dock appearance.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download RCDefaultApp
• Hot Mac Tip: Quickly customize your dock
• Software Giveaway: Art Text (details here)
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• Next Week: Completely remove unwanted software, identify unsaved documents, and more!

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

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! Stomp is a fast, easy-to-use app for re-compressing video files down to smaller sizes! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

Hide a running app’s icon from the dock and application switcher with Dock Dodger, a great little freeware utility. We also show you how to customize menubars and finder windows, as well as a tip on how to quickly find any word on a web page.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Dock Dodger
• Hot Mac Tip: Customize finder windows and menu bars
• Viewer Questions: How to find text in a web browser
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• Next Week: A fun action game, two different windows apps in one mac app, and more!

Episode Sponsors

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

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! Stomp is a fast, easy-to-use app for re-compressing video files down to smaller sizes! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

Today we bring you another awesome freeware application called Onyx. It is a system maintenance utility that lets you fix problems and keep your Mac performing at it’s peak. We also show you how to easily take screenshots of your desktop, as well as show you how to easily rip DVD movies to your iPod.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download OnyX
• Hot Mac Tip: Take screenshots of your desktop instantly
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• Next Week: Stream the media on your Mac to your Xbox360, PS3, and more!

Episode Sponsors

Today’s episode is brought to you by Shinywhitebox, the makers of Stomp.

Stomp is a fast, easy-to-use app for re-compressing video files down to smaller sizes! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

All the applications on your Mac have the potential to connect to the internet without your knowledge, and send whatever information they want. Little snitch is an outgoing software firewall that provides network monitoring and filtering for your Mac, keeping you in control, and your personal data safe.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Little Snitch
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Today’s episode is a short but good one. We are showing you Caffeine, a handy utility for keeping your mac awake, the screen bright, and prohibit the screen saver from activating. We also show you a great practical joke you can do on any mac!

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Caffeine
• Hot Mac Tip: Play a prank on someone else’s Mac!
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• Next Week: A great utility for keeping your Mac running fast, screenshots, and DVD Movies on your iPod

Episode Sponsors

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!

Sometimes the preference files for applications can get corrupted, making the app unstable or even unusable. Today we bring you an indispensible utility for finding and cleaning those bad preference files! We also show you how to create zip archives from right within the Finder on OS X.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download PreferenceCleaner
• Hot Mac Tip: Create ZIP archives in the Finder
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• Next Week: Create photo collages, access hidden menu options, and more!!

Episode Sponsors

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

iShowU is a super-powerful screen recording application, great for making screencasts and tutorials! Little Snitch is an essential app everyone should have to protect your private information and data! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!

If you are tired of the limited file support that OS X’s built-in archive utility has, you’ll definitely want to get this great freeware app! Open zip, ace, rar, 7z, sit, gzip, tar, exe, hqx, lha, and more! Instantly access the OS X character palette from anywhere in the OS, and learn how to get sweet discounts for online tech training.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download The Unarchiver
• Hot Mac Tip: Easily access the OS X Character Palette
• Power User Training: Get sweet discounts for online training
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• Next Week: Create icons from any image file, how to use ICNS files, and DVD Movies 101

Episode Sponsors

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!

Have you ever wondered what is taking up all the space on your hard drive? With GrandPerspective you can visually find and delete those big (and small) files you forgot about, and clear up a bunch of free space on your drive!

We also teach about Force Quit Applications, which is the Mac equivalent of the Windows Task Manager, useful for exiting out of a hung application.

In Power User Training we discuss the differences between lossy and lossless codecs, and examine the MP3, AAC, and Apple Losssless (ALAC) audio file formats.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download GrandPerspective
• Hot Mac Tip: Force quit hung applications
• Power User Training: Digital Music 101: Part II
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• Next Week: Convert DVD video, audio file encoding settings, and more!

Episode Sponsor

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! Check it out here.