…I figured I’d mention Photomatix Pro (thanks TUAW). It’s a piece of software that helps you combine different exposures of the same shot, so in the end you can get some pretty awesome photos. I’ve never tried the software or even HDR photography in general, but as soon as I have a few spare moments I plan to!
Remember that time you wanted to video chat your friend abroad in Paris (or London!) while also taking photos in Photo Booth but you couldn’t do both at the same time? Well we don’t either, why would you? But if you ever did want to multitask in such a way, now you can! ManyCam is a piece of software that frees your iSight webcam to work with more than one application at once (thanks Macworld.com). So iChat- / Photo Booth- / scan your media collection- away!
You can get over $500 of software for $50 with the MacUpdate bundle - but only for the next 11 days. Relevantly, BetterZip is one of the included pieces of software. Other included software of note: Parallels Desktop 4, NetBarrier X5, TechTool Pro 5, RipIt, etc. It’s a great deal, if you need any of those apps.
For anyone that feels limited by OS X’s built-in compression options, Macworld posts about a free utility called Zipeg that provides a slew of possibilities. It also allows a user to see the contents of an archive without extracting it. It’s no BetterZip, but it’s free and I’m going to try it out as soon as I get home from work!
You can change you icons by hand, one at a time, and not be able to change them all… or you can jump on the icon customizing bandwagon and buy CandyBar to do it all for you in a few simple clicks. Lucky for you, CandyBar is ON SALE along with three other Panic titles (Coda, Transmit 3, & Unison). Thanks tuaw.com for the tip.
Good day to you all. I’m just posting to have a little talk about our meeting tonight (Feb 18). It will truly be a blast. Departing a bit from our usual routine of completely Mac oriented presentations, tonight Osvaldo will be giving us a talk from TED about all sorts of neat things. We’re going to blast Joe with rubber band guns, do artsy things, and have a generally jolly time.
Also, we’ll be talking about elections and start the nominating process! So make sure you’re there, or be square.
Don’t forget to sign up on facebook to go to our Mac BU Lunch. We’re going to get Indian food in honor of his Steve-ness. Namaste!
Hello!
Sadly, the end of the semester is upon us. It has been an AWESOME semester, we’ve made a lot of progress as a club, and I hope everyone’s met new people and learned a thing or two along the way! This Wednesday, December 3 at 7:30 PM is our FINAL meeting of the year! We’re going to have lots of food and take a look back at this past semester. We may also have a presentation for you, but that’s to-be-decided. We hope everyone can make it, it’s going to be a lot of fun. As usual, we’ll be in Photonics 205, so don’t miss out!
Also, sadly, I will not be returning in the spring. Trevor and I are both studying abroad, so this last meeting will also be a sad goodbye–but don’t worry, we’ll be back! I’ll be in Sydney, Australia for the semester and I’ll definitely miss you all! It’s been a great semester, and thank you all for making this club a HUGE success! If I don’t see everyone at the last meeting, have a wonderful winter break and I’ll see you next fall!
-Peter
Woah, hi there MacBU blog! Somebody missed posting about our last two events! Not it.. *taps nose*
Anyway, our penultimate meeting is this Wednesday, Nov 19 at 7:30pm in Photonics 205! As always Joe will give his punk-ass rendition of the last month or so of news, we’ll have our presentation, and then we’ll close out the meeting with a breakout where we can share tips and whatnot in small groups. Our keynote presentation for the meeting will be on iMovie HD! Mind you, we won’t be talking about iMovie ‘08 - in other words we’ll be talking about the version whose icon is a little clapboard with two people holding hands and running past the sun, we won’t be talking about the version whose icon is a star with a camer in the middle. If you have an older version of iMovie, a lot of what we say will be relevant so you should still come!
Also, just as importantly, on Thursday, Nov 20 at 3pm in CAS B18B we will be hosting a workshop for Final Cut Pro! The workshop will be presented by our prestigious guest Bob Trikakis, and will take us through a tour of editing with the Final Cut Suite. The event is free and open to all BU students, faculty, staff and alumni - we hope to see you there!
Hello MacBU!
I’m Juan/Jack, the secretary, and this is my first post. I hope everyone is having a great week. The weather is getting chilly and we are already half way through the semester so I know a lot of you have midterms. But don’t forget that tomorrow is our fourth general meeting of the year. We will be doing some hacks to your laptops using the Terminal! If you are not familiar with the terminal, this is a great way to learn one of the most powerful tools in Mac OSX. I encourage everyone, especially beginners to attend our next meeting. If you thought Mac’s are only pretty laptops with fancy effects, you were wrong. I will be discussing briefly about Darwin, the UNIX core of Mac OSX and explaining some cool hacks using the command line. So get ready for the geekiest presentation of the semester 
Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:30pm in Photonics 205.
See you soon!
Hello intarwebs!
Tomorrow is our iPhone 201: What Does This Button Do event! But don’t be deceived - all you iPod Touch users are welcome too! We’ll be talking about the iPhone’s pre-loaded software, free and paid apps from Apple’s App Store, and (*shhh* jailbreaking)! If you don’t know what any/all of that is, come out tomorrow and learn! So tomorrow night: Thursday, October 16, 7:30pm in Photonics 205!