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Philip Goward of Smile is back to bring us up to date on the latest features to their essential PDF editing tools, PDFpen 10 and PDFpen Pro 10. New features lie watermarks, headers and footers, and precision editing make  PDFpen 10 the most powerful version yet, and with batch optical character recognition in the Pro version, you can make short work of that folder full of PDFs that need to be edited. Philip details the features, and talks about how Smile reviews user input in selecting what gets included in future versions.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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Philip Goward  is a co-founder of Smile, developers of PDFpen for Mac,  TextExpander, and more. He lives in San Francisco and has a passion for opera. You can find him on Twitter.

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Take Control of PDFpen by Michael E. Cohen and Take Control Books

Michael E. Cohen was back to do a Facebook Live to explain why there is an extensive update to his just-updated Take Control of Pages. Michael covers why this update was bigger than the last, why you may want to invest in an Apple Pencil, and how you can now do annotations in the iOS version. Michael also takes some questions from audience members, including page layout and mail merge challenges.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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Michael E. Cohen  has worked as a teacher, a programmer, a Web designer, a multimedia producer, and a certified usability analyst. He’s the author or co-author of several books, including Take Control of Pages, and Take Control of PDFpen 9.

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Mail Merge and Labels in Pages by Michael E. Cohen on the Take Control blog

Adam Engst has been working hard to finalize and launch a re-design of the TidBITS web site, and gives us an in-depth look at why the project was necessary to remain relevant. The new site is brand new and built from the ground up, but Adam and crew have worked hard to make sure that none of the legacy information contained on the site was lost. He tells us about the challenges that had to be overcome, the compromises that had to be made, and why he still feels the need to apologize to users for some things that were just not possible. Adam also talks about some of the features that still might change, and why.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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Adam C. Engst  is the publisher of TidBITS and the TidBITS Content Network. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles - thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of the first advertising program to support an Internet publication in 1992, the first flat-rate accounts for graphical Internet access in 1993, and the Take Control electronic book series. His awards include the MDJ Power 25 ranking as the most influential person in the Macintosh industry outside of Apple every year since 2000, inclusion on the MacTech 25 list of influential people in the Macintosh technical community, and being named one of MacDirectory’s top ten visionaries. And yes, he has been turned into an action figure. Want more? Follow Adam on Twitter for 140-character musings on a variety of topics.

In the MacVoices Update for May, Chuck mentions the Apple Quarterly Earnings results, looks back at NAB and the SuperMeet, and looks ahead to a special MacVoices Live on Facebook and a special discount for Macstock Conference & Expo.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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At NAB in Las Vegas, we caught up with Jim Tierney in the Digital Anarchy suite to talk about the evolution of Transcriptive from “just” an AI-based transcription option into a metadata generator that aids the editor as well as the end user. In response to user feedback, they have added new metadata options as well as collaboration capabilities that makes it even more useful. Jim talks about their support of Adobe Premier and their plans for Final Cut.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done.

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Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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At NAB in Las Vegas, BirdDog CEO Dan Miall discusses how their products can simplify live production by connecting any video source using NDI. Going beyond that, BirdDog announced Comms at the show, which is the first intercom system that integrates with those video feeds. That means less cables, no wireless interference, and total control to make your production better, faster, and easier. 

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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At NAB in Las Vegas, we caught up with Benjamin Nowak, the founder of Cinamaker, to learn about the latest improvements to their iOS-based streaming software. Some new additions include their Live Editor, capture of video streams for later use in post-production software such as Final Cut, and integration with Adobe Premier. External cameras can also be part of the production; Benjamin talks about how that works and what it costs.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done.

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Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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At NAB in Las Vegas, we were reminded that Monoprice should be one of your first stops when looking for tech and AV solutions. Product Manager Manny Hernandez shows off some of those solutions that include new SlimRun AV HDR High Speed Cable HDMI cables, changeable modular connector HDMI cables and ultra-slim HDMI cables. Just a couple of the other products offered are an affordable  video wall controllers, and a multi view switch.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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At NAB in Las Vegas, Drobo was talking about some of the new capabilities that have been added to their hardware with the latest DroboApps. Nick Manocha, Director of Products, walks us through the capabilities of Drobo in general and the Drobo 5D3 in particular, what the new version of DroboPix adds to their devices photo  storage functions, and how their new partnership with FileShadow gives Drobo cloud integration.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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At the SuperMeet at NAB in Las Vegas, we caught up with David Abramov, Senior Account Executive at Pond 5, to talk about their new integration with Final Cut that lets editors download and insert and work with a comp version of their stock video clips, then purchase and insert the full version automatically. David explains their philosophy about getting their photographers paid properly, why there collection of 10 million videos is really 10 million, and how you can find what you need, no matter what you are looking for.

This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done.

Show Notes:

Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he’s doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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