Connecting Cricut to Your Computer
Hi all! Just a quick video sharing my experience of hooking up the Cricut Expression to my Mac. There’s some good tips for Mac users, but also for PC users as well. :)
Enjoy!
EDITED TO ADD: Here’s a link directly to Robyn’s Cricut video series. Some were having trouble finding it over at YouTube.
geat!!
July 19th, 2009 at 8:16 pmI know you mentioned not being able to use the Design Studio through Parallels, but I have been able to run Design Studio using VMWare with Windows XP
July 19th, 2009 at 8:44 pmThanks for taking the time to share the Cricut info!
July 19th, 2009 at 9:01 pmLove the idea of the cricut, but i looked in my local shop and the cartridges are $159 each! I live in Aus and haven’t looked around that much but that alone put this machine so far out of reach I can’t even see it. haha. its a shame though… it loooks great. Thanks for all the details. love your blog.
I agree – even here in the US the cartridges are super expensive, not to mention the space they take up for storage! *LOL* But that’s the beauty of using SCAl software – you don’t HAVE to buy the cartridges at ALL! You can cut out any font on your computer, draw your own cutable designs (or buy them through 2Peas or others), etc. Super inexpensive that way!
What is SCAI software?
It’s Sure Cuts a Lot. You can read more about it at their website: http://www.craftedge.com
Hi Kristina!
Thx for the video – I’ll finish watching it as soon as I’ve commented!
Seems like you’v forgot to post the great link for the other cricut videos – and I’d love to see more!
Lovely greetings from over the ocean
Katharina from the BlackForestRegion/Germany (;
The link is in the video annotations. You might need to watch it over at YouTube to see the link on the video.
I tried the links as well and I only get to the point where you have to sign up for her store info… no tutorials?
I’ve edited the post so there’s a link directly to her Cricut series. You should be able to find them there. :)
Hey, thanks so much for the Mac info. When I bought my Cricut, I had a PC. Now I’m Mac-based at home and have been unsure about making the leap to SCAL. I’ll have to think about how to do the firmware update, but at least I have the info on how to get everything set up. Thanks again.
July 20th, 2009 at 8:04 amThanks for the vid! Is it just me or do you look a bit like Kirsten Dunst? Love your shiny hair, what do you use to make it look so great?
(P.S. There are many rude people, so I thought I’d share this thought :))
Many greetings from Germany
July 20th, 2009 at 9:40 amThanks for the video! It was a lifesaver…. lol
How do you get the picture of the card to be the snapshot of the video? Does that make sense??? Like when people want to see the vid on YT, its not a snapshot of the vid, but the picture of the card
I think you’re referring to a custom thumbnail photo for the video. YouTube members that are a part of the Partner Program have the option of uploading a thumbnail photo. I’m super grateful that my Partner application was accepted just because of this one feature! I really think they should make it available to all YouTube users. :)
If I could make the word THANK YOU any bigger I would. I love learning things that I had no idea about and this is WONDERFUL!
July 21st, 2009 at 12:07 pm~AmyLynn
Wow! Thank you for linking me, Kristina! I am truly honored. I really enjoy your blog and you are also an amazing teacher!
Sincerely,
Robyn
The Pink Stamper
No, thank *you*, Robyn! Your videos have helped me out so much as I learn more about the Cricut. Seriously, I went into this completely blind and your videos have been a great resource. :)
Thanks again!
girl you so just made me spent all my craft money for the month but it is so worth it!!!!!! I linked your blog video about the cricut on my resent post hope you don’t mind!!!!
go take a look at the pages i did with sure cuts a lot!!
http://sarah331980.blogspot.com/2009/07/scrap-booking-o.html
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:52 am