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Play Blu-ray Movies on Your Mac Without Converting Them First.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 | Author: OWC Chris H.

Lots of people want to watch Blu-ray movies on their Macs. Until now, though, doing so required ripping the movies to your hard drive and playing them that way. Mac Blu-ray Player from Macgo is a movie player that plays back Blu-ray movies from the original source discs.

How does it work?

First you need a Blu-ray drive. Fortunately, OWC just happens to sell some. ;-)

Download & install the Mac Blu-ray Player application from Macgo.

After inserting a Blu-ray disc and launching the Mac Blu-ray Player application, you will be prompted to select your disc or a backed up .iso image. You must be connected to the Internet for the application to decrypt the disc for watching (a point brought up when this was discussed in OWC Radio, Episode #57). After the application scans the disc, it begins playback. Article Continues…

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iOS App Review – Time Geeks: Find All!

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | Author: OWC Chris S.

While the iOS App reviews aren’t as frequent as they used to be, we haven’t forgotten them. We’re still looking at apps for our iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads to try and find those hidden gems that make using our iDevices a little more enjoyable. This time around, we’re going to check out the game “Time Geeks: Find All!” by Ivanovich.

App Store Description

Time Geeks: Find All! has been hailed by critics as one of the essential games for iOS for its great beauty, easy handling and fun. And defined by players as the best game of searches carrying seek & find games to a new dimension. Article Continues…

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iOS App Review – Friendly for FaceBook

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 | Author: OWC Chris S.

It’s been quite a while since we’ve had an iOS app review for you, but with all the exciting goings-on here at OWC, it’s been kind of tough to get the crew together so we could all contribute. At the same time, we all had fun doing this, and wanted it to continue.

As a result, we’re going to try and resurrect this feature, just with a slightly different format: only one of us is going to review an app at any given time, and the apps themselves won’t necessarily have to be free (though, ultimately, that’s still our goal). Of course, we’ll be counting on you, valued readers, to chime in on these apps, too. After all, more feedback eventually leads to better apps overall. :-D

So… without further ado, let’s take a look at Friendly for Facebook by Oecoway Inc.

App Store Description

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Facebook for your iPad – FEATURED in Apple’s TOP 10 iPad Apps of 2010

An amazing Facebook experience, designed just for iPad ★★★★★

  • Swipe through Facebook photos full screen
  • Chat with your online friends
  • Upload photos from your iPad
  • Edit photos, add fun effects, change your profile picture
  • Get friends birthday notifications
  • Easy switch between multiple Facebook accounts
  • Secure your Facebook Account with a PIN Code access
  • Customize colors and fonts to your liking

Notes:

  • Facebook® and the Facebook logo are trademarks of Facebook Inc.
  • Friendly is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Facebook

OWC Chris’s Review

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Keep your Mac up-to-date with AppFresh

Friday, March 11th, 2011 | Author: OWC Brian

If you’re anything like me, you like to try and keep all of your Mac’s software up-to-date. Until recently, your only options were Software Update and following software sites like MacUpdate. The newly created App Store has certainly made this easier but, like with Software Update, you’re limited to software available in the App Store or written by Apple.

About a year ago, I found an application called AppFresh that allows you to update any application installed on your Mac. After using AppFresh for the last year, I don’t know how I ever lived without it. AppFresh is still in development preview release, but don’t let that hold you back. I have yet to experience any bugs in my year of using the app.

AppFresh helps you to keep all applications, widgets, preference panes, and application plugins installed on your Mac up to date, all from one place, easy to use, and fully integrated into Mac OS X. AppFresh works by checking the excellent iusethis.com for new versions and lets you download and install available updates easily.

Setup is fairly simple. Once you have installed AppFresh, it will scan for available updates using iusethis.com. After the scan is complete, you will see a list of available updates. Highlight the ones you want and select “Install” from the drop down menu. Most updates are automatically installed, however, some require that you run the installer once it has downloaded.

A nice feature built into this application is the ability to customize what is updated. This includes options for always ignoring certain applications from updating, only free updates or to skip a version.

If you’re someone who likes to have all the latest updates and wants save time searching for them, then AppFresh is for you.

OWC has no affiliation with this software and receives no benefit related to this support (other than a benefit we all share in the continued support of these applications). If you appreciate the function or functionality this software offers, we encourage you to support the authors.
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App Review: Mac App Store

Thursday, January 6th, 2011 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Michael, and OWC Mike H.

Apple’s Mac App Store went live today. Introduced in October as part of the upcoming OS X 10.7 Lion, it was also announced to be offered as part of 10.6 Snow Leopard. Effectively, the Mac App Store allows you to buy and install applications on your Mac much in the same way that you do for your iOS device(s).

In order to use it, you will need to make sure you’ve updated your computer to OS X 10.6.6. Select “Software Update…” from the Apple menu to both upgrade OS X and install the App Store. You will be prompted to restart.

Once your computer has restarted, Select “App Store…” from the Apple Menu. However, don’t buy anything yet; restart your computer first—there have been reports of a glitch in connecting to Apple that can be remedied by doing this.

Once your computer restarts, relaunch the App Store and log in using your Apple ID (or get one if you don’t have one). Now you can find a piece of software you’d like to purchase and install. Simply click the price and the App Store will deduct the price from your iTunes account (or ask for a credit card if there are insufficient funds), then download and install the software on your Mac.

Though we plan on covering this a little more intensely in the next episode of OWC Radio, here’s a quick preview of some of our first impressions… Article Continues…

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iOS App Review: Word Lens

Friday, December 17th, 2010 | Author: OWC Michael and OWC Mike H.

It’s been a while since we’ve visited the iOS app review on the OWC Blog, but honestly this one got many of us excited and we just couldn’t keep it to ourselves.

App Store Description

Instantly translate printed words from one language to another with your built-in video camera, in real time! Use Word Lens on vacation, business travel, and just for fun.

Language pairs currently available with in-app purchase:
- Spanish to English (Launch Sale: 50% Off – expires Dec 31)
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iOS Free App Review: GodFinger

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Mike H., and OWC Michael

Every week, the OWC Blog staff pick a free iOS App to review. This week, we’re taking a look at ngmoco’s GodFinger.

App Store Description

Everyone gets the Finger. Customize, cultivate and wreak havoc on your world with a tap of your finger.

Own an iPad? Give it the finger with GodFinger for iPad – made exclusively for the big screen.

Perform an impressive array of Wonders to convert your planet’s inhabitants into devoted followers. Put your new followers to work – provide buildings, control the elements, and earn gold to continue leveling and customizing your planet.

OPEN-ENDED GAMEPLAY

Be a kind, caring god or a destructive demagogue. Level up and unlock new Wonders to perform on your followers and power their economy, including sun, rain, lightning, fire and flood.

WATCH YOUR WORLD

Every decision you make impacts the look of your planet. Use rain to grow a desert oasis, dense woods or lush rainforests. Use the sun to populate your world with exotic flowers. Activate powerful runes and your planet will expand – providing more land to shape.

GROW MORE POWER

Earn gold, perform Wonders and convert followers to gain experience. Level up to unlock powerful items, buildings and Wonders to perform on your followers.

BE A GOD AMONG FRIENDS

Invite your Plus+ friends into your world and get them to worship you. Give them a fright with your Wonders or turn them into powerful Mystics to earn cool bonuses. Send them gifts and postcards, and let everyone know what you’re up to through Facebook and Twitter updates.

TAKE GODFINGER EVERYWHERE

Your game is automatically saved in plus+. That means you can log into any device and continue playing right where you’ve left off. Play on your iPad while you’re at home, then continue your game on your iPhone or iPod touch while on the go.

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iOS Free App Review: NASA App

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | Author: OWC Chris S., OWC Michael, and OWC Mike H.

Every week, the OWC Blog Staff pick a free iOS app to try out and review. This week, we’re taking a look at the NASA App from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

App Store Description

The first official NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

The NASA App collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources in a convenient mobile package. Come explore with us.

FEATURES:

• NASA Mission Information
• Launch Information & Countdown clocks
• Sighting Opportunities (Visible Passes for the ISS and Shuttle)
• Mission Orbit Trackers
• NASA Image of the Day
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• NASAImages.org collection of images
• NASA Videos
• NASA Twitter Feeds/Mission Updates
• Facebook® Connect for easy sharing
• Integrated Twitter™ client

– WiFi, 3G or Edge network connection required. –

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