News: “Clip & Convert Your Video Faster With Quicktime X & The New Handbrake 64-bit”

Posted: December 15th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Clip & Convert Your Video Faster With Quicktime X & The New Handbrake 64-bit [Mac] on MakeUseOf.com
Topics: MacBook Air, MacBook, ITunes, Intel Core 2, QuickTime

Recently a friend of mine asked for my help to find a video of a good presentation to be shown to one of his classes. He also requested for it to be iPod friendly as he would also distribute the video to his students. Three things came to my mind:…


News: “Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities #ok1to1″

Posted: December 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities #ok1to1 on Moving at the Speed of Creativity
Topics: ILife, IWork, QuickTime, ITunes, MacBook

These are my notes from Maria Henderson’s presentation, “Learning with Apple: New Content, New Connections, New Communities.” This session was shared at the Apple 1:1 Informational Event at MetroTech in Oklahoma City on December 1,…


News: “How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook”

Posted: October 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook [How To] on Gizmodo
Topics: ITunes, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X, MacBook, QuickTime

Here’s the pitch: a 10-inch, almost-pocketable computer running Snow Leopard, the latest, greatest version of OS X. It costs just $300. Sound good? Here’s how to make your own. Why You Should Do This Last time we threw together a guide like this,…


News: “Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro: big cat’s faster, 7 is better for games”

Posted: October 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Windows 7 versus Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro: big cat’s faster, 7 is better for games on Engadget
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook, QuickTime, MacBook Pro

CNET have taken the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Snow Leopard for a spin around a 2008 MacBook Pro, and produced a decent first peek at comparative performance. Of course, there are significant provisos to get through first — it’s only one…


News: “Why I chose Windows 7 over Snow Leopard (and you should, too)”

Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Why I chose Windows 7 over Snow Leopard (and you should, too) on Betanews
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, MacBook, ILife, Intel Core 2, QuickTime, Intel Core, Mac OS X v10.5, Boot Camp

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Last week, I returned to using Windows 7 after spending the summer on a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Apple almost had me there for awhile, but I’m back where I belong and satisfied with the switch. Given that Apple released Snow…


News: “Transferring cell phone recorded audio (voicenote) to a Mac computer”

Posted: September 3rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Transferring cell phone recorded audio (voicenote) to a Mac computer on Moving at the Speed of Creativity
Topics: Mac OS X, QuickTime, MacBook Pro, MacBook, System Preferences

I’m in Kansas, Oklahoma, this week leading a Celebrate Oklahoma Voices workshop for teachers in Kansas Public Schools. One of our participants, Carolyn Emde, is creating a story about one of her neighbors who went to Australia last summer on a…


News: “Must-have / essential applications on Mac OS X (10.6 – Snow Leopard)”

Posted: September 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Must-have / essential applications on Mac OS X (10.6 – Snow Leopard) on Planet MySQL
Topics: Mac OS X, ILife, IWork, QuickTime, MacBook Pro, ITunes, Safari, MacBook

This is a bit of a side-step from directly MySQL related information .. but I found myself installing Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro today (which I use for pretty much everything) and every-time I do I have to try and remember all the applications I…


News: “Front Row performance on the mini takes a dive with Snow Leopard”

Posted: September 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Front Row performance on the mini takes a dive with Snow Leopard on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: QuickTime, ITunes, MacBook

Filed under: Bugs/Recalls, Mac mini, Snow LeopardHere’s an interesting feature of Snow Leopard that you may or may not (probably not) find particularly useful. Apparently after upgrading to 10.6 several users at the Apple Discussion Forums — mostly…


News: “Mac OS X Snow Leopard”

Posted: August 28th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Topics: Mac OS X, QuickTime, MacBook, Safari

Apple released its new upgrade of the OS X operating system today. I had pre-ordered it, so the FedEx driver appeared in my driveway today about 11:00 AM. By 12:30 the new operating system was running on my desktop Mac. Installing OS X.6 (also known…


News: “Snow Leopard Review: Lightened and Enlightened”

Posted: August 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Snow Leopard Review: Lightened and Enlightened on Fast Company
Topics: QuickTime, Mac OS X, Universal binary, MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, Safari

OS X Snow Leopard seems to do nothing really new. And yet, it could be their most important OS since 10.0.0. Snow Leopard, as a follow up to Leopard, is almost absurdly insubstantial at first glance. The new operating system takes the same old…