ClamXav – ClamXav 2.0 Public Beta
Our choice for free (donations accepted) anti-virusware for all you Macs and Mac-ettes out there:
Dr. StrangeMac or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Install a Bigger Hard Drive
“Oh my goodness- my laptop has turned itself inside out!”
You wouldn’t believe how often we hear that– but in this pic, it’s merely what our favorite early-style MacBook Pro looks like when you open it up to swap out the hard drive. The original 160GB drive was getting long in the tooth, we have a thing for preventative maintenance, and our local shop (Central Computers) was having a sale on fast 2.5″ 500GB drives, so it was an easy call to go ahead with the change. We thought we’d share our procedure– including migrating existing data to the new drive- in case you want or need to do likewise. (more…)
Macintosh Performance Guide
We have been reading this site quite thoroughly the past few days- highly recommended for all your general Mac hardware questions:
7D Shoot out
Canon 7D in our hands today and available for rent.
Stay tuned for results from a side-by-side test of the 7D, 5D mkII, 1Ds mkIII and a Phase back.
Order the Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalog for use with your favorite application
Many thanks to David Riecks for this. www.riecks.com
Order the Controlled Vocabulary Keyword Catalog for use with your favorite application.
Alexx Henry Blog – What is inspiring is contagious. A collection of artistic inspiration filtered through the eyes of a photo studio.
Heres a blog from a shooter we met at last week’s Collision conference in LA.Truly on the edge of hybrid motion/still image making. Check out his “Live Art” work.
Snow Leopard: Complete Coverage | Mac OS X | Macworld
The comprehensive skinny on the new Mac OS:
Apples new OS geared for multicore future | Deep Tech – CNET News
Semi-technical take on what the new OSX is:
Apples new OS geared for multicore future | Deep Tech – CNET News.
Combo updaters for OS X Leopard. – MacFixIt
Handy links to each Combo Updater for OS 10.5.x. Strictly for big nerds. Incidentally, I always check with MacFixIt before updating my system, just to see if anything terrible is likely to happen.
AppleInsider | Apple may extend antiglare display option to more Macs
AppleInsider | Apple may extend antiglare display option to more Macs.
The Megapixel Myth: How to Do More with Less
by Mark Rutherford
Not so long ago a 11mp (megapixel) camera cost over $20,000. Today that same 20K+ will get you over 30mp.
Wow, a 3-fold increase in quality for the same money! Right? Not even. Here’s why. (more…)