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)
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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 Pixelmator, the super-powerful yet easy-to-use image editor for Mac OS X.

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Today we’ve got a fun freeware game for you called OpenLieroX. It’s similar to the classic game Worms. We’ll also be showing you how to use TextEdit for both rich and plain text edting, as well as divulge the information on how to enter the first of our software giveaways!

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download OpenLieroX
• Hot Mac Tip: Rich and plain text with TextEdit
• Software Giveaway: Art Text (details here)
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: A powerful image editor, recent files and applications, 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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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 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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
• Subscribe: iTunes: (HD) / (iPod) | RSS: (HD) / (iPod) | Miro (HD) | YouTube (HD)
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• Next Week: Make apps disappear from the dock and application switcher, find text in browsers, and more!

Episode Sponsors

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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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!
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: Keep your mac awake when you want, a great mac prank, and more!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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!

Travel to anywhere in the world instantly with Google Earth, a fun freeware app that lets you explore our world, the moon, and even mars! Learn how to redirect printer jobs when you send a print command to the wrong printer, and find out what the different DVD copy protection mechanisms are and how they work, so you can see how to circumvent them in an upcoming episode.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Google Earth
• Hot Mac Tip: Redirect printer jobs
• Power User Training: DVD Copy Protection Mechanisms
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: Repair damaged Preference files, create file archives from right within the Finder, 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!

Have you ever wanted to play Minesweeper on Mac OS X? Now you can, with BombSquad, a great freeware game! Today we also teach you about making file stationary pads,  and how to create and delete locked files. We’re also announcing a new segment in the show, where you are the star! Viewer submitted video questions are coming to Mac App Guide, learn how to submit your question in today’s episode.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download BombSquad
• Hot Mac Tip: Stationary Pads and Locked Files
• Viewer Submitted Video Questions: Learn how to submit your question to the show!
• PUT Discount Code: Click Here
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: Travel the world in seconds, redirect printer jobs, and learn about DVD copy protection.

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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: Another great work-day time waster, stationary pads and file locking, and more!

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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Support: Twitter | Facebook | Viewer Survey | Review: HD / iPod
• 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!

Discover Firefox, one of the world’s most popular multi-platform web browsers. Learn how to easily change file type associations in OS X, and learn about Meta Tags and online track databases in Power User Training.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Firefox
• Viewer-submitted Firefox plugins: Adblock Plus, DownThemAll!, Evernote Web Clipper, Xmarks, TorButton
• Hot Mac Tip: Change file type associations
• Power User Training: Digital Music 101: Part V (Meta Tags & Online CD Track Databases)
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Support: Twitter | Facebook | Viewer Survey | Review: HD / iPod
• Next Week: Expand file archives, the character palette, and DVD movies!

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!

Today we bring you an awesome side-scroller called LaserFace Jones. Save the universe in your spare time with this fun game. We also show you how to delete forwards, even if your mac doesn’t have a delete forward key. And we cover part 4 of Digital Music 101, and go over an important checklist of things you should check before ripping, like drive quality, cleaning discs, scratched discs, etc.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download LaserFace Jones
• Hot Mac Tip: Delete Forwards
• Power User Training: Digital Music 101: Part IV (Pre-rip checklist to avoid common ripping issues)
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: A popular web browser, meta and ID3 tags, 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!

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)
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: An exciting space game, delete forwards, CD ripping issues, 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!

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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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.

Discover a great plugin package to enhance your Safari web browser, learn how to easily activate screen zooming, and Digital Music 101.

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Glims
• Hot Mac Tip: Screen Zooming!
• Power User Training: Digital Music 101 (Part 1)
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: Find out what’s taking up all the space on your hard drive

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.

Play a high-speed game of 3D chicken with this great game that’s inspired by the movie “Tron”. Also learn about word auto-completions, today on Mac App Guide!

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download GLtron
• Hot Mac Tip: Word auto-completions
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: A supercharged plugin pack for Safari!

Episode Sponsor

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.

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
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: A fast-paced game inspired by a popular movie from the 80’s!

Episode Sponsor

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.

We’ve got an awesome app to start off Season 2! Skype is a powerful communications program that lets you easily connect with family and friends all around the world. Today you’ll also learn how to instantly view word definitions from any cocoa app!

Episode Show Notes:

• Software: Download Skype
• Link: Macam USB drivers for Mac OS X (Sourceforge)
• Hot Mac Tip: Quick word definitions
• Download a copy of this episode: HD video | iPod video
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• Next Week: Monitor your Mac’s vitals at a glance!

Episode Sponsor

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.