I searched and searched for an FLV to MOV video converter for Mac OSX and ended up on MPEG Streamclip as the best option
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Verdict: It’s sleek, fast, and stable – so far… I don’t see myself going back to Safari as my default browser for awhile…
My only problem with it so far – can’t access Bookmark Manager… Oh well – minor disturbance.
Download Google Chrome For Mac
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Parallels Desktop launches version 5 today. It’s a virtualization application to run Windows on Mac. I’ve been using it since version 3 and it’s great. You can use your Mac Spaces to have Windows running on one desktop that you can switch to easily.
This latest update supports Windows 7 – supposedly faster than VMWare’s Fusion product. You can also run Windows applications right alongside your Mac applications. It’s like you aren’t even using a virtual machine at all. Best of both world’s I’d say…
Parallels launches latest software to blend Mac and Windows apps | VentureBeat
Are you using Parallels or VMWare? What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Today we discussed why your business needs to use Amazon S3.
Well, we didn’t discuss how you actually use Amazon S3. Here are 4 apps you can use to manage your Amazon S3 account on your Mac…
1. Transmit (free trial, recommended)
We use Transmit for FTP on the Mac, so it was a natural fit to use it for Amazon S3 access. They say “Manage your simple storage service, Mac-style”. That’s a great explanation – it’s easy, simple, and just works. Download Transmit.
2. S3Fox – Firefox Plugin (free, also recommended)
S3Fox is a great solution to manage your Amazon S3 account on both a Mac and PC. We use it extensively on our PC’s – and sometime on the Mac when Transmit isn’t already open. S3Fox also helps you manage your Amazon CloudFront (CDN) service by setting up your distribution URLs and authorization. Download S3Fox.
3. S3Hub (free)
I’ve not personally tried S3Hub but seems to have the standard feature set – upload/download/folders/permissions – as the other S3 Mac clients do. However there are some killer features for S3Hub that put it at the top of my list for software to try. First off there is a share features that lets you give access to other S3 users – by sharing buckets and granting access to files with other. It will also let you automatically set permissions on newly uploaded files. You can also rename files – which you are surprisingly unable to do with Transmit. Download S3Hub.
4. Jungle Disk
I have also yet to give Jungle Disk a try because I’ve been happy using Transmit and S3Fox – and Jungle Disk isn’t free. But, I’ve heard good things about the service that claims to let you “store files and automatically backup data easily and securely to Amazon.com’s S3 Storage Service”. The Apple Blog says,
The best feature of Jungle Disk Desktop is the fact that your Jungle Disk mounts just like your iDisk – allowing you to access your files directly from the Finder. Drag and drop, copy and delete. You can use your Jungle Disk just like any other hard drive.
What software do you use to manage your Amazon S3 service on your Mac? Let us know in the comments!
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For my post on Social Business Cards I included a screenshot walking through my new website along including inline video (picture-in-picture) from my iSight camera. TJ asked what software I used, so I thought I’d elaborate on how I created this screencast. Screenflow is a kickass application for doing screencasts on a Mac. I’ve used Camtasia, Jing, and other applications before but ScreenFlow was by far the best solution. I purchased ScreenFlow for use in the membership website I am putting together, among other things, and have loved it ever since – although this is the first video I’ve actually published.
Features include:
- Record from desktop, iSight, video camera, microphone, and computer’s audio AT THE SAME TIME
- Full editing studio
- Video Actions, Callouts, Audio Actions, etc
- 3D video positioning
- VERY easy narration of presentations
- High quality exporting
ScreenFlow also won the Best Mac OSX Leopard Application and Best Mac OSX Leopard Graphics and Media Application at The Apple Design Awards 2008.
You can download a fully functional demo of ScreenFlow here. You can do everything that the paid app can do – except the movies that are exported have a watermark. The application is $99 for the full version and worth every cent. Pick it up here. And guess what – they have a full library of screencasts on how to use their Screencast Studio…
Other Reviews:
ScreenFlow: The killer screencasting app is here
ScreenFlow: Screencast for the Mac with Style
Digital Web Magazine Review: ScreenFlow
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