Ryan Lusvardi

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Handbrake is an excellent software tool to make a backup copy of a DVD on your MAC. Christopher Breen over at Macworld.com has an excellent article on how to use Handbrake. http://www.macworld.com/article/142301/2009/08/beyond_handbrake_defaults.html.

Evernote has a good thing going: Cross Platform (Windows and Mac) note syncronization with mobile access from iPhone, Windows Mobile, Web OS (Palm Pre), and Blackberry.  Very convenient and very easy to use.  They have both a free and a paid version depending on what your needs are.  Check it out here.

Airfoil is one of the coolest apps invented.  It allows you to take sound/music from your computer and pipe it to any Windows, Mac, or iPhone on your network or in your house.  This allows you to play the same music on all your computers throughout your workplace or home.  This is one of the least expensive ways that I know to have a whole house music system.  Use this in combination with your iPhone remote and you can have a great setup.  There is a small charge assoicated with this software $25 (Single License) but it is well worth it.  Check out Airfoil here.

Quicksilver is one of my favorite Apps for the Mac.  Here is a description from the blacktree website: “When opened, it will create a catalog of applications and some frequently used folders and documents. Activate it, and you can search for and open anything in its catalog instantly. The search is adaptive, so Quicksilver will recognize which items you are searching for based on previous experience. It also supports abbreviations, so you can type entire words, or just fragments of each. When not in use, Quicksilver vanishes, waiting for the next time you summon it.”

As promised in a previous post here is my Quicksilver Tutorial Series.  Make sure you have Quicksilver downloaded.  You can download it here.

Tutorial 1: Getting Started With Quicksilver
Tutorial 2: Quicksilver The Guide from the Apple Blog

More advanced tutorials to follow shortly…

xCuts is a terrific Mac widget that reminds you what the shortcut keys are in the Mac OS. Get it here.

I have been using Jing for sometime now as my number one screen capture tool.  However, sometimes I really like to write and draw all over screen captures and for that I use Skitch.  Skitch rocks check it out.

I wanted to be able to sync iTunes and iPhoto between multiple Macs.  I really wanted to be able to accomplish this by syncing over the cloud with my favorite syncing app, Sugarsync.  However, most syncing apps don’t support Apple libraries like iTunes and iPhoto.  This app does the job and works pretty well.  It isn’t the most intuitive app out there but after playing around with it I was able to get iTunes and iPhoto syncing on the LAN.  Check it out here.

Quicksilver has gotta be my favorite application for the MAC.  For the average user Quicksilver is an application that helps you launch applications, documents, and open folders.  However, it can be customized into a very powerful tool.  You can create personalized shortcuts, create macros (create a keystroke to preform multiple events like attach an item to an email), and much more.  I will post a tutorial on how to use Quicksilver in the next few days.  For now here is someone elses tutorial.  Download Quicksilver from here.

YouTube Quicksilver

Shadowbox Quicksilver Video