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File Commander for Mac - FastCommander
Earlier today I saw something quite frightening a messy desktop on a Mac. The thought of clicking and dragging a few hundred documents and folders to their appropriate location ga
Resurrecting Old Macs with GNU/Linux #txed #txeduchat
Wondering what to do in your school district with old Intel Macs that can't be upgraded to Mac OS 10.9? I recently shared my thoughts on this in this email, but realize that older
Dual Booting Linux Mint and Mac OS 10.9 Maverick
Prior to this week, OS 10.7/10.8 had co
Quintet of Desktop Computer Tools
A truly amazing quintet of
BYOT Your Way to Success @haikudeck
The following Haiku Deck was created with the web version of Haiku Deck! I made up the BYOT slides from the top of my head. I hope that it is OK to share that this was made with th
Open Source Encryption Tools to Protect #Privacy #nsa (Updated 11/2018)
I was totally unprepared for today's bombshell revelations [describing the NSA's efforts to defeat encryption](
Playing with Markdown Text Editors #iPad #android #Mac #windows
Yesterday (or was it early this morning?), I [shared how much fun I was having replacing Evernote note taking options with text editors that would work with Dropbox](
Encryption on the Mac
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Extracting Audio (MP3) from FLV Video
While using lUbuntuLinux machine, I found myself needing to "extract" or pull out the audio from a video in FLV format. The video happens to be a [YouTube video](
Goodbye, Old Friend. #mac #firefox #lubuntulinux
Arriving in my inbox was a
Differentiating Yourself - GoogleDocs Drops Support for DOC, XLS, PPT Formats
Update: Conversation continues on Google+ Don't you love vendors who make decisions about what's right for yo
Converting AppleWorks Draw Documents
Earlier this week, a principal shared with me that
Clean Your PC - Mac or Windows - #DNSChanger
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#iPad Reflection App...for Windows?
[youtube How old is the person who recorded the video above? It doesn't matter, right? Nifty! A colleague recently told me that
Must-Have iPad Apps (07/18/2012)
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R.I.P. - Farewell, Jing Pro
Let's have a moment of silen
Inserting YouTube Clips in #iBooks
Fascinating... how do you insert YouTube video clips in iBooks? Source: [
Streaming Video to #iPad #iTouch or #Android with #AirPlayIt
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Encrypting Files the Easy Way
Update: Are you a school district administrator? You may want to [read this article, 5 Encryption Tips for Administrators , as well!](
#Giveaway - Free #SnowFox Screen Recorder
There are lots of different screencapture/screencasting tools available for free on Windows, Mac and Linux! Some of
Expires Nov 6 - #Mac X DVD Ripper Pro
Just received exciting news about MacX DVD Ripper Pro...it's a nice piece of software that works for Mac and Windows platforms. Here's the press release: We are giving away MacX
Having Fun Reading RSS Feeds
The other day, I had to shake myself awake as I pored through my RSS feeds. Certainly, looking at the feeds in GoogleReader isn't as visually engaging as watching a few hundred twe
Shopping for a New Mac
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Loading Peppermint Two on Macbook 2,1
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Quark Express for #Free for Teachers #edchat
A colleague recently shared.... For a limited time, QuarkXPress 9 is free for teachers. This short article tells you how you can register for a free license for the software and
Unetbootin on Mac Update
A little while ago, I wrote about [ Unetboo
Media Converter for #Mac Roundup #video
Amazing to find new additions to video conversion tool
Convert Jing SWFs?
When I saw a twitter conversation between @bethstill and @mbteach about converting SWFs, my hopes were raised by the Online Converter web site: [!
Screencasting Apps Update (Revised 6/30/2013)
Updated: Now includes Mac, Windows, and UbuntuLinux Recently, a few technology directors were sharing their favorite screencasting/capture tools. Be sure to check out
Videos, Screenshots, Dropbox, Oh My!
While free hosting of videos and images isn't hard to find these days, you do ha
Optimizing Your Mac Hard Drive @cbell619 @anotherschwab
Earlier today, I shared that I was opt
Product Review - Picture Collage Maker
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Free Open Source ScreenCapture Tool
As much as I like [Skitch on Mac](http:/
Comment Hoist - Batch Convert Documents with Your Mac
Thanks to John Johnston (World Wide Wall Display Blog) for his comment on how to batch convert documents on your Mac computer. I'd just shared [on
Press Release -Free iPhone DVD Video Converter Pack Giveaway
FYI Free video converter.... Happy u
Ripping Songs from Your iPod
Question: What is the best way to get music from an iPod to a new computer? The old one crashed. (via Plurk) Response: Having access to
Anti-Theft Solution - Prey
Thanks to Bernie Dodge for sharing this link to Prey, a free, open source anti
Mac Server (XServe) is Discontinued
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Yet Another Free Video Converter for #mac and #windows Expires 11/15/2010
Looking for a free video converter? Apparently, MacX folks
Don't Miss This (Ends 11/4/10) - Free Video Converter for Mac and Windows
Update 11/5/2010: This offer has been extended as a Thanksgiving Giveaway. Read details here at 7:30 AM (CST) on 11/5/2010. [
Compressing Video from Your Flip Camera
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Cross-Platform and SmartPhone ActivSync Support on MS Exchange 2010
Yesterday, an organization near and dear to me upgraded to MS Exchange 2010. I immediately started imagining the questions the end users might be asking. One of those questions was
THE GIMP Video Tutorials @elpzimmerman
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Mac Antivirus Solutions #windows #ubuntulinux
If you're a Mac user and I am, although I prefer UbuntuLinux most of the time, my Mac work mostly done at work rather than home unless I'm getting ready for a keynote presentation
Recording Skype Calls on UbuntuLinux 10.04 Lucid Lynx and Win/Mac
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Unetbootin on Mac (Updated)
Update: Here's my screenshot walkthrough Although Unetbootin (or [PenDriveLinux.com's the USB Universal Instal
Seeking the White Hart
When I was young, I wondered about the White Har
Plurk This, Twitter! (Updated)
It's been a year or longer since I stated I was dumping Twitter for Plurk (I joined in 2008), but to be honest, I was back on Twitter within the day. My network was bigger on Twitt
Converting Videos to WebM Format
If you're like the folks I work with, [conver
Mac Related Solutions
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Converting SWF on Mac
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Speeding Up OS X Snow Leopard
On my now "old" Macbook running 2gigs of RAM and Snow Leopard, I found that it had slowed down considerably since I installed OS X Snow Leopard. In fact, I have never reformatted t
Windows Tip - Copy Files/Folders Fast on Windows (Updated)
The following question came up: Is there a fast and easy way to copy one hard drive to another?They are not identical in size one is 320 and the other 500. They are the same ma
Adding ClipArt to OpenOffice
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Export iCal to CSV
Source: [Mozilla Sunbird
Virtual Box Portability - From Dell to Mac
Success! Without any problems (unless you count this a problem), I was able to mount a Windows Virtua
Virtual Box Portability
After playing around with Virtual Box today, including successfully copying a Windows Vbox container file (if that's the appropriate term) to an external USB drive that was setup o
Search for a Mac 7zip Archiver (Updated 2012)
Update 2012: Get Keka for Mac. Awesome! [ ](
Updated - Must Have Mac Apps
I updated my list of Must Have Mac Apps...what am I missing? [
Virtual Box
Shown above, a screenshot of VirtualBox with Win
Convert YouTube Video to MP3 Audio (Updated)
Someone recently asked me, "You know how singers publish their songs as music videos on YouTube?" Required Software I am using Ubuntu Linux, but the concept should be
Encrypt Your Gmail Email Messages
Encrypting one's email and messages seems a bit paranoid, yet I find myself doing so for stuff I just don't want to drop in "plain text" in my inbox. As access to the cloud makes
VeraCrypt for Data Protection (Updated 01/03/2015)
Update 05/28/2014 TrueCrypt is now defunct but... as of 01/03/2014, [VeraCrypt has replaced i
Accessing NTFS 1 Terabyte Formatted Drive on Mac
A new 1 tera
AudioTools - Encoding to OGG Format
One of the comments on
Top 7 Software Apps I'm Thankful For
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Converting Videos on Various Operating Systems
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Application Launchers for Your Computer
While most folks are accustomed to going to START:PROGRAMS, then selecting their program on
Revisiting Slithereens
One of my favorite games and my daughter, who at the time, sat o
Social Media Desktop Apps - Finding THE Solution?
Looking for a desktop app that will do it all on
iPod Touch Passcode Recovery
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Will Ping.FM work? (Updated 08/30/2009)
I didn't realize Twhirl had compatibility with a
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
Find them online.
Bootable Leopard OS X Flash Drive
As I shared before, I needed a bootable Mac OS X Leopard USB Flash drive. Booting up from a DVD takes too long, but an 8gig flash drive works just fine (a 16gig or bigger is nice,
Premier Mac RSS Reader--NetNewsWire--Works with Google Reader
What thrilling news to find out that NetNewsWire
Gaming: Urban Terror
A new game I'm taken with...Urban Terror. Great graphics, works on Linux, Mac and Windows. Urban Terror
16gig Flash Drive
A short time ago, I pointed out a reduced price offer on 16 gig lanyard USB flash drive. While a colleague pointed out I
Converting Video Formats
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Audion 3 Revisited
Although iTunes can do the job, I hate to run iTunes. Something about it
FTP Server on Mac OS X
Although
Reformatting to Leopard
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VMWare Fusion for Mac - $39 !!
As a veteran user of VMWare Fusion a program that allows you to run Windows on Mac computers I was thrilled to read the following announcement that arrived in my email. I'm curre
Windows Boot Fails
Well, my experiment with triple boot on a Macbook Pro ended in failure. While I was able to get Mac and U
Mac OS X on Netbooks
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Convert MS Publisher to Whatever Format You Want
Someone asked via twitter, "How can I convert a MS Publisher document so that it will work on my Mac's NeoOffice?" Wild laughter is the usual response, however, [Chris Craft](http:
MySQL/PHP/Apache on a Mac
Would a dual core Mini, with 4Gigs Ram and a 320Gig Harddrive work nicely, sufficiently, or not at all? If it will work, could you recap the process....and would Joomla also work
Bypass Content Filtering with Toonel
Fascinating approach to bypass content filtering: 1. Download and install Java Runtime
Downloadable PDFs
While downloading PDFs seems so yesterday, there's still a need for quality printable manuals that people can hold in their hands while they struggle to figure something out. I sel
Jing Pro Updated (Mac users only)
TechSmith has released an update to Jing Pro, which started not working when Apple released it's Quicktim
ScreenToaster - No Cost Screencasts
Early last week, I received an email advising me of a new screen recording tool know
Jing Pro - A Bust!?! (Update with Solution)
UPDATE 01/26/2009: TechSmith technical support s
Top Cross Platform FTP Tools Roundup
What a nifty tool...AnyClient FTP tool. If you only occasionally need to
Skim - Adding Comments on Mac PDFs
This evening, I scanned a document in GNU/Linux, emailed it to myself and found that I couldn't open it as a PDF
Must-Have Mac Software (Updated 12/2012)
The following is my list of must have Macbook software (check out the Must Have Windows list), followed by my list
Mac GPG
On the Macintosh, there are several privacy tools you can use. While the Personal version of the [Pretty Good Privacy](
GUI 7zip Compression on UbuntuLinux, Windows and Mac
Screenshot of Q7Z GUI to P7zip on UbuntuLi
Ubuntu Intrepid Setup Help
Note: This post is divided into two sections, one specific to Macbooks and the other for any PC running Ubuntu. I hope it's helpful to you. It reflects my own preferences and ser
Web Whacking
Web whacking a site is rife with copyright violations, etc. However, some folks find it useful...for example, you want to show off a web site you've made to grandparents who lack I
Creating Dynamic, Engaging Online Learning Experiences
Note: The following is an article submitted for publication to the TCEA TechEdge magazine. If you have other suggestions not mentioned in this article, feel free to leave a com
TechForumSW08 - Open Source Goes to School
Christine Weiser (Technology and Learning) has written an article regarding the TechForum 2008 Southwest event that
Best of Both Worlds
Are you a brand new Intel Mac user? I am. After using Windows and GNU/Linux exclusively for the last five years, I was persuaded to buy one of the new Intel based Macbooks. Like te
Mac Software Worth Buying
As I walked the streets of a small Latin American town this summer, street vendors sold Spanish translations of movies such as the recently released Pirates of the Caribbean 3 —
Meme: Share Your Skitch Art
Skitch.com is a webservice that works hand in hand with our appl
Wipe a Mac Hard Drive
I would like to clean up the hard disk of some macs before donating them. Can I just drag the disk to the trash can and then empty the trash? I realize this will cause the mach
Heroes via Netflix via Mac
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Toast8 on the Cheap
Toast8 is a powerful CD/DVD burning tool. Here's an excerpt from an emailed advertisement received today: Roxio Toast® 8 sets the standard for burning CDs, DVDs, and now, Blu ray
5 Games for Your Macbook
Spend any time on your Macbook, and you may soon have the need to take a break. Although choosing the right game to play is really a reflection of what makes you tick (e.g. shoot '
Create a Bootable Mac OS X Flash Drive
If you have an Intel Mac, want to optimize your hard drive (or something else), don't reach for one of those CDs
iPod Initiatives
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Using OpenOffice 3 Yet?
If you're not using OpenOffice 3 yet, you should definitely do so! It works great, opens MS Office docx files with ease, and is a winner on GNU/Linux, Macintosh and Windows platfor
Convert FLV to MOV using VLC Media Player
NOTE: Be sure to read this blog entry regarding an easy to use converter—Format Factory—that simplifies the process in
Criminalizing Ripping CDs and WGET
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Hacking DVD Region Codes
Ok, hacking may be too strong a word to use, but it's all about exciting titles, isn't it? Well, I encountered my first DVD Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the Macbook.
Grabbing Video from YouTube - Using VLC to Convert Video
VLC Media Player is an awesome program that is just under utilized because folks don’t realize it’s power. Not only can [VLC Media Player](
Keynote and Quicktime Disaster Averted
Yesterday evening, after driving through the torrential rain that afflicted Interstate 35 North in Texas, causing me to miss m
Sad News - Visual Hub and iSquint are Gone
Converting videos on a Mac can be difficult. Just ask two colleagues who struggled with Flip for Mac codecs and i
NVU Replacement - Kompozer
A colleague dropped by and bragged that he'd heard from a student in college. "Yeah, she made an 'A' in her proje
Audio Converters
MediaCoder Audio Edition is an audio transcoding tool based on MediaCoder. It nicely integrates many audi
DasBoot - Create a Bootable USB Drive
If you have an Intel Mac, want to optimize your hard drive (or something else), don't reach for one of those CDs
Erase Free Space on Your Mac HD
This request came in at work...not as memorable as "O Captain, My Captain" but I won't complain too loudly... Mac God, Do you have any recommendation for a Hard Drive Cleaner
Tweak Windows Keys in BootCamp
Although I run VMWare Fusion on my personal Macbook, I found myself at the end of a budget year without the funds to buy Fusion for the work Macbook (by design, it's all by design)
WGET on Mac, Windows and Linux
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Mac Zoom In Shortcut
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Ubuntu on Macbook Dual Boot
Not my [macbook](