MacLife (February 2010)

MacLife (February 2010)

It's hard for me to think of these Macs as "retro" but this issue of MacLife is over 10 years old now. A decade is a long time in the computer world. This issue includes:

Features

• 50 Killer Mac Apps Under $50 - We present the staff's picks for the 50 must-have apps under 50 bucks that will realign your universe. Or at least make your day-to-day much more efficient, productive, and pleasant.


• Shop Different - iTunes may have revolutionized the way we buy music, but it's not the only fish in the song-buying sea. We examining and rate nine other MP3 stores to gauge how they stack up.


• Appstravaganza - Where all the best iPhone stuff comes to party.


• Odd Jobs - How Amos Winbush secured venture capital funding and launched a successful business, all from is iPhone.

Departments

• Online at maclife.com - Get the dish on all the latest Mac rumors and news in articles, how-tos, and videos and podcasts on MacLife.com.
• Consider - In search of the perfect laptop bag.
• Share - Buggy things and family scenes.
• Start - What's really behind all the hubbub on net neutrality? Hint: follow the money.
• Win - Check out a smattering of the 10 can't-live-without iPhone apps offered up by this month's winners. Plus, show us your coolest vintage Apple gear and enter to win a Mysterious Box of Mystery.

Create

• Ask - Need to transfer photos from your iPod, make backup copies of software discs, send video messages to your grandma, or email your iTunes playlist to a friend? You ask, we show you the way.
• Make a Bootable Rescue SD Card - If your new Mac has a built-in SD card slot, you can make the smallest rescue disk ever.
• Back Up Your Gmail - Keep a local copy of your Gmail messages - thanks to Mail, Automater, and iCal.

Reviews

• Droid
• MacHighway Easy
• PHS300 Personal WiFi Hotspot
• Bluetooth Comfort Laser Mouse and Compact Optical Mouse
• InfoSafe
• OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro "Triple"
• Store 'n' Go USB Drive for Mac OS X
• Sanyo Xacti HD2000A
• Pentax Optio P80
• SuperDuper!
• BusyCal

Listen

• Quiet Comfort f15
• iTunes Dupes Barrier
• Winshield/Vent Car Mount with Sound Amplified Cradle for iPhone
• iBlink

Play

• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
• Machinarium
• The Movies Superstar Edition

...and more!