News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
MacTheater is a collection of tools that help you convert media resources into a format your Mac, iPhone and iPod can utilise, as well as some great applications for turning your Mac into the central hub of the ultimate Home Theater System!
Nicholas Pyers | Aug 21, 2009
Does your mailbox have:
Either way, The Post Man can help you manage your daily inbound emails and outbound bulk mail.
Nicholas Pyers | May 25, 2009
System Maid, the July 2009 Disc of the Month, is a collection of over fifty utilities that help improve and maintain peak performace of your Mac by providing Data Backup, Data Recovery and System Customisation tools.
Nicholas Pyers | May 25, 2009
Does your mailbox have:
Either way, The Post Man can help you manage your daily inbound emails and outbound bulk mail.
Nicholas Pyers | Apr 18, 2009
Presentation Assistant - A collection of applications and resources to help get the most out of your Keynote Presentations. These have been broken up in to three categories; one for applications and resources to help you design and create your presentation; the next contains applications for use during the actual presentation itself and finally a selection for creating material used after or at the conclusion of your presentation.
Nicholas Pyers | Mar 29, 2009
It doesn't matter which iMug (Internet Macintosh User Group) meeting you attend; you'll always be well entertained and thoroughly educated.
Nicholas Pyers | Nov 28, 2008
Queensland is home to both one of the "Elder Statesmen" of Australian Apple User Groups and, conversely, one of Australia's youngest MUGs. They are the Toowoomba Apple & Macintosh User Group and the Hervey Bay Macintosh User Group.
Nicholas Pyers | Oct 30, 2008
The CocoaHeads provide a forum for developers using Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on Mac OS X. In plain English this means they provide a place to discuss how to write programs for the Macintosh. Initially this was just for developing applications for the Macintosh, but now they also cover development for the iPhone (and iPod touch) as the tools used are very similar.
Nicholas Pyers | Aug 14, 2008
The South Australian Apple Users' Club (SAAUC) bas been in Adelaide since the late 1970s and now has a diverse range of members between the ages of 15 to over 80s. Skill levels vary from raw beginners to professional and power users. It is an ever-evolving group that still provides a wide variety of services and assistance to its members. It produces a monthly magazine, called AppleSauce, which is provided in an easy-to-read on-screen PDF format. Back issues of AppleSauce can be downloaded from the web site and when you visit the site be sure to say Hello to Englebart!
Nicholas Pyers | Jun 24, 2008
This month's MUG Shot covers two of Australia's largest Mac User Groups: AMUG Sydney, based obviously in Sydney; and AUSOM Incorporated, which is Melbourne-based. In recent weeks both groups have totally revamped their web sites, making it easier to find out about the extensive range of services and benefits they both offer their members. Services range from meetings to libraries, online stores to printed magazines — and a whole lot more.
Nicholas Pyers | May 19, 2008
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
