APPLEMATTERS REVIEWS

Pages: A Dusty Diamond

When someone asks, “Why do you use a Mac?” an incredulous “Why wouldn’t you?!” is a good answer. I say the same of Apple’s Pages. …(read more)

My Shuffle Doesn’t Need Protecting

There are iPod purists out there who feel their iPod should exist unprotected from the elements. They argue using protective cases hide the beauty of …(read more)

How to Autofill your iPod Shuffle from your iPod Or iPod Mini

In last week’s article, I took a look inside the invisible folder on the iPod Shuffle and talked about methods for moving your music off …(read more)

Portable Audio-listening Heaven, Part 2: The Simpl A1 Headphone Amplifier for iPod

Last week, in Portable Audio Heaven, Part 1, I reviewed Shure’s E3c Sound Isolating Earphones, which can be used both with your iPod, iPod mini, …(read more)

Portable Audio-listening Heaven, Part 1: A Review of Shure’s E3c Sound Isolating Earphones

We were all blissfully unaware of how good portable music could be back in the pre-iPod days. A few of us were fooled into thinking …(read more)

Making Something Great even Better! Four Useful iMovie Additions

In 1999 I was a happy owner of a beige 233 G3. As far as I was concerned it was a perfectly serviceable machine, able …(read more)

Tattoo your iPod

$15 for 10 HP Printable Tattoos for the iPod is a waste of money, you say? As with most things that are cool, you are …(read more)

Review: BZFlag

We are now in that state of limbo between Thanksgiving and Christmas where despite best intentions, no one at work really concentrates on anything. Because …(read more)

Mac Your Wedding

A little over a week ago, I was married. The wedding was a very nice affair, and during the two years of planning that went …(read more)

Toy Sight

I love my iSight. But unfortunately there just aren’t enough of my iChat buddies that have one. So instead of looking at myself all day …(read more)

Chess on a Mac

I love playing chess.  They say it is the game of Kings and Queens and guillotinesÑ:No, wait… That’s an Aerosmith song. Anyway, my problem:  I’m …(read more)

Tigerize Panther

I’m going to quickly run you through some online freeware / shareware / donationware, that you can load up on your current Mac running Panther …(read more)