174: GarageBand for Everyone and Macworld 2014
Chris Breen joins David and Katie to talk about all the things musicians and non-musicians can love about GarageBand. We also sit down with Paul Kent to talk about what's happening at Macworld/iWorld in March.
Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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The ultimate calendar app for OS X.
Guest Starring:
Christopher Breen
Links and Show Notes:
Links for this episode:
Apple - GarageBand for Mac
The new GarageBand is a whole music creation studio right inside your Mac
Hair-Breened Ideas
- Chris's Blog – Hair-Breened Ideas
- Chris Breen (BodyofBreen) on Twitter
- Christopher Breen (chrisbreen) on App.net
- Christopher Breen Macworld
Macworld Podcast
Mac Power Users 144: Workflows with Chris Breen | Mac Power Users
David and Katie chat with Macworld Senior Editor Chris Breen to talk Music, Podcasting, Writing Workflows and his favorite Mac Gems.
Search results for Chris Breen GarageBand | Macworld
Chris Breen's GarageBand Articles for Macworld
GarageBand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve Jobs Introduces GaragBand 1.0 (assisted by John Mayer)
Macintosh 512Ke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Creating ringtones with GarageBand | Macworld
Tribble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tribbles are fictional animals in the Star Trek universe who first appeared in the episode titled "The Trouble With Tribbles".
Dave Hamilton (DaveHamilton) on Twitter
Mac Geek Gab Podcast - The Mac Observer
MIDI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MIDI, short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface
M-AUDIO - MIDI Keyboard Controllers
Apple - Logic Pro X - Music production. Cranked up to X.
Mac 101
Getting started with GarageBand | Macworld
Get your groove on with GarageBand loops | Macworld
How to 'play' GarageBand | Macworld
How to create iOS ringtones | Macworld | Video
Macworld / iWorld 2014
The best place for all things Apple. March 27-29, 2014 San Francisco, California
Cirque du Mac X and the Macworld All Star Band - YouTube
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144: Workflows with Chris Breen
David and Katie chat with Macworld Senior Editor Chris Breen to talk Music, Podcasting, Writing Workflows and his favorite Mac Gems.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
Our exclusive sponsor for this episode: Smile:
With productivity boosters like TextExpander and PDFpen, Smile makes you a Mac Power User.
Guest Starring:
Christopher Breen
Links and Show Notes:
Links for this episode:
Chris's Blog - Hair-Breened Ideas
Chris Breen (BodyofBreen) on Twitter
Christopher Breen (chrisbreen) on App.net
Christopher Breen | Macworld
Sonos
Rdio
MOG
With MOG you get over 16 million songs everywhere. No more need to buy MP3s, store them on your computer and sync them to every device. With MOG, you get all the music everywhere.
Rhapsody
Pandora Internet Radio
Songza - Listen to Music Curated by Music Experts
iTunes Radio
Four music subscription services compared | Macworld
Apple - iTunes - Match
Google Play
Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10
BBEdit - Mac App Store
Mac 911
Markdown
Byword
Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Byword - Mac App Store
Byword for iOS - App Store
Macworld Podcast
GarageBand - Mac App Store
Adobe Audition recording software
Enhanced Podcast - Wikipedia
Mac 101
Mac Power Users 135: Workflows with Serenity Caldwell
David and Katie sit down with Serenity Caldwell to talk about working from home, her favorite Apps, standing desks, authoring ebooks, and a whole lot more.
Google Drive
HBO Go on Apple TV a no-go for DirecTV customers | Macworld
BusyMac
BusyCal - Mac App Store
Training, tutorials & online classes by expert Christopher Breen
Apple - User Groups
Snapz Pro X | Ambrosia Software, Inc.
ScreenFlow - Mac App Store
ScreenFlow is powerful, easy-to-use screen recording and editing software for the Mac.
Apple - Final Cut Pro X
Final Cut Pro X - Mac App Store
Automator
With Automator, you can accomplish time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and scripting that is normally required to create automations. Instead, you assemble individual steps into a complete task by dragging these actions into an Automator workflow.
MPU 070: Working with Automator
Apple automation guru, Ben Waldie, joins David and Katie to discuss incorporating Automator and AppleScript into your Mac workflows.
Automated Workflows, LLC
Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, has been a vocal evangelist of AppleScript, and a developer of professional AppleScript-based solutions for businesses across the globe for years. Automated Workflows, LLC was created from his strong desire to provide clients with solid, reliable AppleScript-based solutions, complete with impeccable customer service and support.
Ben Waldie (applescriptguru) on Twitter
Articles by Ben Waldie | Macworld
Sal Soghoian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keyboard Maestro 6.0.1: Work Faster with Macros for Mac OS X
Whether you are a power user or a grand parent (or both!), your time is precious. So why waste it when Keyboard Maestro can help improve almost every aspect of using your Mac. Even the simplest things, like typing your email address, or going to Gmail or Facebook, launching Pages, or duplicating a line, all take time and add frustration.
Hazel
Hazel is a System Preference pane that works silently in the background, automatically filing, organizing and cleaning.
David's video on Hazel 3.1 Date Matching
Chris's Band System 9 on YouTube
PG Music Inc. - Band-in-a-Box
"Intelligent Music Accompaniment Software" Just type in the chords for any song using standard chord symbols (like C, Fm7 or C13b9), choose the style you'd like, and Band-in-a-Box does the rest.
Kurzweil Pro Keyboards
The Magazine
About DragThing
Puts all your documents, folders, and applications a single click away. It allows multiple docks,stores frequently-used clippings, and lets you easily paste them into other applications.DragThing also allows you to define a wide variety of hot keys that can open items in docks, control various other aspects of DragThing and even control the visibility of and switching between other applications running on your Mac.
iTunes - Of Eve by Christopher Breen
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