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Cool! A Mac App Store!

If you ever had an iPad, iPod touch, or iPhone, you would know what the App Store is. Now there is going to be an App Store for Macs, called the Mac App Store. It is coming January 6, 2011. The Mac App Store is a basically a marketplace for various Mac apps. You can look at the Mac apps through different categories. You can also use the search box on the top right to quickly search for the app you are looking for. When looking at app, you can look at the developer description, user reviews, and screenshots. If you decide that you want the app, just click to buy it. The Mac App Store allows you to download and install apps easily. You just need to type in your iTunes password to purchase and download apps. The app you decide to download and install goes directly to your Dock. If you bought the app, you can easily download it on every Mac that you use so you don’t have to buy the app for each Mac you own. You can also update your apps one at a time or all at once. The Mac App Store always keeps track of your apps and will inform you when an update is available to keep your apps up to date.

Apple also has a program called the Mac Developer Program. It costs $99/year to enroll in the program that allows you to distribute Mac apps on the Mac App Store. The program also helps you develop your apps. Apple is confident that the Mac App Store will be just as successful as the iOS App Store. What do you think? Are you looking forward to the launch of the Mac App Store? Do you think it will be successful?

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How to: Record Your Screen with a Mac

Post author By Joe
Post date December 27, 2010
2 Comments on How to: Record Your Screen with a Mac

Do you ever wonder how people on YouTube make videos of their screen with no camera? Well it is super easy and you will not have to buy any software. First, you have to open QuickTime Player and scroll up to “File.” Then select “New Screen Recording” and select the red button when you are ready to record. Also you can change settings like quality and where to save your video on the drop down menu located on the bottom left of the recording screen. When you are done recording on the top right of the Menu Bar is a button that says “Stop Recording.” After that your new video should be saved in your “Movies” folder. This is a great and easy solution for screen recording when you want to show people how to do something on your computer.

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The Real Mac Genius.com 2010 Best Holiday Gifts

Post author By Nick Young
Post date December 26, 2010
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Every Christmas, your wish list should contain two things. The first being the things you want, while the second being the things you need. We at The Real Mac Genius.com have gathered our genius minds together to find the best Holiday gifts to purchase will all the Holiday money. Like many geniuses, we couldn’t keep the number at 10, we had to better ourselves by going to our top 12 gift items.

1. Flashcard Touch
Who: The Students
What: This app is amazing. It allows you to create your own flashcards by hand, or by just entering in a term and automatically looking for a definition online. With this app, you can also get information off of Quizlet or another flashcard resource. Flashcard Touch will help the student in your life for their studying on the go
Price: $5

2. MacBook Family
Who: The Adults and Students
What: Some of the most favored features of Apple are the clean design and user interface of their MacBook lineup. Literally anyone can use that, and use them well. Depending on the flavor of MacBook each is made for different types of use. Therefore, even the youngest student of most un-tech-savvy adult can use an Apple computer.
Price: Starts at around $1000.

3. iPhones and iPads
Who: The Adults, Students, and Kids
What: Like the Apple Computers, these are also user friendly. But in this case, it is more than that. These devices allow you to do a large portion of your work on the go, be it using apps or answering email.
Price: iPhone starts at $199, iPad starts at $499

4. iWork
Who: The Adults and Students
What: This is Apple’s version of Microsoft Office, but of course made differently. However, unlike Microsoft Office it is a lot easier to use. Replacing Word’s complicated options, is a simpler and quicker software solution allowing users to write anything from newspapers to reports. iWork contains the ability to make slideshows, and charts on top of their version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which have the similar improvements to them. Additionally, Apple has created a mobile version of iWork for your editing needs on the iPad.
Price: Starting at $79

5. Dragon
Who: The Adults and Students
What: One of the best speech recognition software on the Mac software market. This means you talk into your computer and it automatically writes what you say with the free iPhone and iPad app. This is helpful when writing a long report or when you don’t have time to write anything, like while driving.
Price: Starting at $99.99

6. Bower and Wilkins P5 Hi-Fi Headphones
Who: The Avid Music Listeners
What: Bower and Wilkins’ first mobile product, the P5 headphones. These headphones boast only the best materials creating beautiful headphones. Bower and Wilkins have incorporated their renown Hi-Fi sound into these headphones.
Price: Starting at $299

7. Targus Velos Messenger Bag
Who: The Traveling Apple Users
What: A stylish, fun, bag features interchangeable color straps giving it a whole different look with different straps from Targus. The Velos Messenger easily protects up to a 15.4 inch laptop.
Price: Starts at: $74.99

8. Flip Mino HD
Who: The Traveling Camera Man
What: A sleek pocket video camera meaning to capture those moments you’ll want to remember. The Flip Mino HD captures 720p video (2 hours on the 8 GB model). It also features a flip out USB arm to fit directly into either a PC or Mac.
Price: 8 GB model starts at $229 (Available in a variety of different flavors)

9. Popular Science+ App
Who: The Geek
What: Enjoy the Popular Science Magazine on the go with the iPad app. Popular Science+ brings reading a magazine on the iPad in a new way with interactive photos and text taking full advantage of the beautiful iPad screen and multi-touch interface.
Price: $2.99 during December

10. DODOcase for iPad
Who: The iPad user
What: The beautiful handmade DODOcase make in the heart of San Francisco brings the traditional moleskin cover with a crafted bamboo case to the modern day iPad. The DODOcase puts the iPad in incognito of peering eyes with the carefully crafted binding and colors. Keep your iPad away from your bookshelf!
Price: Starts at $59.95

11. Shure SE115m+

Who: The Music Enjoying Driver
What: Lightweight and compact headphones, the Shure 115m+ boast the Shure SE sound. The Shure 115m+ also include a three button remote located on the cable, allowing hands free calls, and less accidents!
Price: Starts at $119.95

12. Shure SRH240m+
Who: Over the ear lovers
What: A set of very comfortable Shure Over the ear headphones. This set has 40mm Neodymium drivers, as well as a three button remote. The Srh 240M+ are a great bargain for those iPhone users wanting to listen to quality music, and take calls.
Price: Starts at $79.95