SVMUG - Book, Software and Hardware Reviews

How I use Toast 8 to get more hard drive space

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:39:37 -0700

Toast 8: More space on your hard drive! By Dave Strom

Due to a slight mix-up (they thought I was a journalist instead of a technical writer), Roxio was kind enough to supply me with 2 free copies of Toast 8 (which I gave away at the SVMUG and SMUG raffles).

I already own Toast 8. Since I burn DVDs by the bale, I have found Toast 8 is handy when I want to burn or copy DVDs. Toast 8 can also do disc spanning (saves lots of hard drive space!) and video conversion.

* DISC SPANNING *

Disc spanning is the main reason I bought Toast. Do you have files or projects so big that you cannot fit them onto a single CD or DVD? I had lots of iMovie projects that were filling up my external hard drives.

Book Review: iPhone - The Missing Manual

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:57:20 -0700

Book Review: "iPhone - The Missing Manual"

reviewed by Robert Brown
July 25, 2007

This review is based upon a pre-release version, issued July 20, 2007, in a digital PDF format. A printed version is expected in August.

Title: "iPhone - The Missing Manual"
Author: David Pogue
Print History: August, 2007 First Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.™
Type: Non-fiction, technical, consumer electronics
Theme: essential information and user guide for the Apple iPhone™

292 pages.

Book review: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:11:11 -0700

Title: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book, Author: Charles Edge Publisher: Paraglyph Press, distributed by O’Reilly Published: 2006 Price: $34.99 URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097140/

Roger Smith, SVMUG, June 18, 2006.

Audience: Users and system administrators trying to get the most out of Mac networking with Tiger Server.

Content: The book is divided into 18 chapters, each focused on some aspect of server functionality.

My opinion: Very much task-oriented, this would get a lot of use next to the console of a Tiger server. It is setting next to my server and will stay there.