For Mac Eyes Only Reviews and Views – "Vector Tanks"

Review #005

This week Gary brings us back to his early pub days when he takes a look at Peter Hirschberg’s BattleZone inspired, Vector Tanks for the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Vector Tanks – $2.99

> http://www.vectortanks.com/
> iTunes Store: Link

System Requirements:
iPhone or iPod Touch with iPhone 2.2 Software Update

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FMEO-RAV005-041009 (6’46, 3.2MB, 64kbps)

For Mac Eyes Only Reviews and Views – "Today"

Review #004

This week Gary and Mike review the iCal event and to-do tracking app, Today.

Today 1.6.1 – $15

http://secondgearsoftware.com

System Requirements:
Universal, OS X 10.5.5+

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FMEO-RAV004-031309 (25’36, 11.8MB, 64kbps)

For Mac Eyes Only Reviews and Views – "Spotify"

Review #003

This week Gary reviews the music streaming service, Spotify.

Spotify beta – from free to £9.99/month

http://spotify.com

System Requirements: OS X 10.4+

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FMEO-RAV003-021809 (6’42, 3.1MB, 64kbps)

For Mac Eyes Only Reviews and Views – “Hazel and CoverSutra”

Reviews #001 & 002

This week Gary reviews Noodlesoft’s Hazel and Sophiestication Software’s CoverSutra.

Hazel 2.2.4 – $21.95 USD, Demo Available from http://noodlesoft.com.
System Requirements: OS X 10.4+, Safari, Camino, Firefox or Flock, Spotlight must be enabled. Universal Binary.

CoverSutra 2.1.5(Leopard)/1.2.1(Tiger) – 7.95 euro (~$10.95 USD), demo available from http://www.sophiestication.com/.
System Requirements: OS X 10.4+

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FMEO-RAV001-122908 (12’27, 5.7MB, 64kbps)

For Mac Eyes Only – “Random Maccess” (Tip Sheet) UPDATED

For Mac Eyes Only Tip Sheet #20

> For Mac Eyes Only REVIEW: Posterino 1.3.1

http://zykloid.com/posterino/

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Review: Disco 1.0.2

CD and DVD burning is one of those utilities you either find yourself content using the built in functionality of the operating system or quickly outgrow it.  OS X’s burning functionality is spread across multiple applications. Use Finder to burn files, Disk Utility to open and burn ISO or DMG images to disc and if you want to create a music CD from a collection of MP3 or AAC files, use iTunes which, as we all know, does not verify burned discs to ensure they’re coaster-free.

On the commercial side of things, the established burning application for years has been Roxio’s Toast, a fine, though perhaps bit overstuffed with features, program if all you’re looking to do is create disc image files or burn your data off to DVD for long term storage.

Disco steps in quite comfortably between the two extremes to provide all those features plus a couple extras in one, convenient, interface. [Read more…]