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Aug 13 2010

BookBook from Twelve South

The BookBook from Twelve South offers cushioned leathery protection in a stealthy disguise. With sizes for 13, 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros, the BookBook comes in Vibrant Red and Classic Black. Details include zipper tabs that look like bookmarks and the texture of the edge pieces show embossed ridges that simulate  book pages.

I’ve had a couple of days to wander around with the BookBook and I love it. As I said in the video, I was able to mark my table at Starbucks and not only did no one take the table, no one took my MacBook Pro.1 The protection offered is comparable to a higher end padded sleeve but I’d say it’s definitely superior to a Neoprene sleeve.

One suggestion I’d make is that you remove the MacBook Pro from the BookBook if you’re doing and processor-intensive work for an extended period of time—cases like this will decrease the airflow to the cooling vents and that is something you’d want to avoid.

Prices range from $79.99 US to $99.99 US depending on the size. iPad cases are coming soon.

I love creative cases like this and products that take tired, predictable product types and do something clever with them. Have you seen anything you think qualifies as Mac/iPhone/iPod/iPad awesomeness? Post a comment and let me know about it—I’ll give you credit on camera for the tip.

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  1. I would NOT recommend leaving your MacBook Pro unattended no matter how clever the case [↩]

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Apr 27 2009

Something to Chat About

Well, all over Mac-dom Apple enthusiasts will be gathering at their local Apple Store tonight for the proud unveiling of Apple’s new Jaguar.

One of Jaguar’s nifty new features is iChat, a nicely integrated AIM client. Well, what of the other chat clients? The last few weeks have seem some major updates…

Yahoo!

Dear to all of our hearts, many feared Yahoo messenger would never make it to Mac OS X. But the days of petition are over and Yahoo Messenger is out in all its Aqua glory. Pretty much identical to it’s older counterparts, the latest update provides file transfer, and introduces webcam support, an OS X first.

ICQ

Another chat system that most of the die-hard chatters are familiar with, ICQ had just made its OS X alpha debut (although people have been using 3rd party universal clients since Fire came out for OS X). With a par feature set including SMS message sending and POP email monitoring, this update puts ICQ back in an enviable position. Of course, now that ICQ has been merged with AIM you could also use…


AIM

As my pick for best utility, The recently updated version of AOL’s Instant Messenger is packed with features including POP email alerts, file transfers and direct and community chat. The most useful feature has to be the ability to share a selected folder with your “buddys”. Do be careful, this is a stupendous security risk if mishandled, but it can also be a great file sharing method with Macs not on your network.

MSN

While AIM is my pick for utility, MSN has to be my pick for style. MSN is the most Aqua-ish of the pack, and comes with a decent feature set. MSN boasts the ability to send files unlimited in size to Mac and PC users. It also sports the ability to send messages to mobile devices and monitor your Hotmail account.

Whatever chat network you chose to use, there’s a nice new OS X client out there for you. So now all you need is something to chat about.

Brian

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Apr 27 2009

Metadata In The Finder

By: Jon Gales

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welcomes feedback, don’t be shy.

Power users are all about making things quicker. Here’s how to display useful
metadata right in the finder:

  1. While on the Desktop, press Command-j to bring up “View Options”. Once
    in the dialog check the Show Item Info box. Don’t close the box yet
  2. Open a new Finder window and click on the info window that you opened in
    the last step. It should update with a few more options. Check both the Show
    Item Info box and the “All Windows” radio button. It should look something
    like this.
  3. Now you’ll notice that when you’re browsing around in icon view, you’ll
    see handy nuggets of metadata. For instance, dimensions of photos, times
    of movies and songs, number of items in folders, and remaining disk space
    for drives. Here’s a screen shot:

    window Metadata In The Finder

    Nifty eh? As an added trick you can check the right radio button under the
    “Label Position” header and you’ll see the information show up on the side.
    Some people like it icon smile Metadata In The Finder .

Speed up your computing with easy metadata!. Check back
next Monday!

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