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Apple has an odd fetish regarding hidden features. Mac OS X and Apple apps come with features we don’t know about and Apple isn’t telling. For example, how many libraries do you have in iPhoto? One, right? Most Mac users who have iPhoto have one, very … Continue Reading »
What’s on your Mac? Apps, of course. So, you’ve carefully selected, cultivated, and engaged yourself on new Mac apps. And you’re still not satisfied? Here’s a list of 10 Mac apps you probably haven’t heard about or used. But here they are. 10 free Mac apps … Continue Reading »
Well, fellow Mac users, who’s the daddy you love to hate? Microsoft, Adobe, and Intuit, the makers of Quicken. Microsoft and Adobe because Office and Photoshop CS apps have more features than a committee could figure out how to use. And Intuit, because their on-again, off-again … Continue Reading »
Got photos on your Mac? Of course you do. While iPhoto is the photo storage app of choice for most Mac users, it’s a bit thin when it comes to enhancing those photos. Maybe that’s why I have at least a dozen photo effects and filters … Continue Reading »
Purging my Mac of unused apps is not easy. A little digital housecleaning is a good thing, but I have files and apps that I’m not always willing to say goodbye to. Take Mac text editors. Please. I have a dozen but use one about 80-percent … Continue Reading »
My Mac is loaded up with a dozen or so photo enhancing apps that add custom borders, effects, and filters to my iPhoto collection. The latest app in my collection brings back a touch of the past to my digital photography efforts. Proof sheets. Contact sheets. … Continue Reading »
Who watches your home while you’re gone? Your Mac. We’ve all read of the Mac camera apps that act as motion sensors. They grab a photo or video of anyone or anything that walks in front of the camera. Add to that slick security system a … Continue Reading »
Mac users rejoice. Choice abounds. When it comes to office suites we Mac users have choices. Three choices. One of the free (or almost free) Open Office-like suites, Microsoft Office for Mac, or Apple’s iWork. Assuming you prefer to pay for your office apps, how does … Continue Reading »
If you’re an iPhoto user then you’re likely stifled by the limitations on photo editing? There are a few point and click options to enhance, remove red eye, and crop, but iPhoto is more of a storage place for photos than it is a photo editor. … Continue Reading »
When we think of word processors which ones come to mind? Microsoft Word? Of course. Most of us use about 10-percent of Word’s laundry list of features. How about Apple’s Pages? It’s not Word, but it’s easier to use and priced right. Assume for a moment … Continue Reading »
Danger, Will Robinson. There are too many photo enhancing apps. It’s official. Let the confusion begin. Just when I think my collection of a couple of dozen photo effects apps is complete, along comes another one that pretty much does what the others do. Improve your … Continue Reading »
How’s the brightness on your Mac’s screen? No matter what I try, my Mac’s screen is never quite the correct level of brightness. If I set the Mac to automatically adjust brightness, it does. But it’s never what my eyes tell me I want. If I … Continue Reading »
I travel, therefore, I’m tired. For years when I would travel across multiple time zones I’d keep my watch on Eastern Standard Time. That required me to do a mental calculation every time I looked at my watch. Back in the day my Mac wouldn’t help … Continue Reading »
Every Mac comes with a calculator app. Calculators are almost a dime a dozen. Many are free, most are inexpensive, and even the good ones won’t set you back much more than lunch. How much is a handy calculator that goes beyond Apple’s calculator worth to … Continue Reading »
So you have a Mac and it’s loaded up with iLife and iWork and now what? What other apps does your Mac need to make you a pseudo power user? You’re the kind of Mac user that goes for app gusto so long as the price … Continue Reading »
