One of the problems with having relatives scattered all over the world is keeping track of who lives in what time zone. Check out the Mac App Store and you’ll find a few dozen Mac clock apps. The one that … Continue Reading »
Try The Mac World Clock That Tells Time In 479 Cities (24 cities, 10 cents)
By - Monday, May 21, 2012
The Free And Secret Mac Menubar Tool That Reduces Clutter And Improves Your Thinking
By - Friday, May 18, 2012
In my never-ending effort to improve my Mac life, I’ve come across a few apps that help reduce the clutter on my screen, and help improve my focus, my thinking, and my productivity. Both solutions are free, easy to use, … Continue Reading »
The Problem With The Mac’s Menubar And How To Solve It For Free
By - Friday, May 18, 2012
What havoc has the Mac App Store caused Mac users? A bloated Menubar. MAS is full of one-trick pony apps that live in the Mac’s Menubar. Unless you’re using a 27-inch iMac or have the 27-inch Apple display attached to … Continue Reading »
How To Make Customized Folders On Your Mac (why you’ll love it, and how you’ll go crazy)
By - Thursday, May 17, 2012
When it comes to the folders on your Mac, it’s total bah humbug. What doesn’t Apple do something about those bland, boring, anemic, generic folders? Come on, Apple! Spruce it up a little. Kill the embossed look and add some … Continue Reading »
The Drop Dead Easy, Cheap, Simple Way To Add Frames To Your Photos
By - Thursday, May 17, 2012
When you share photos from iPhoto on your Mac how do you manage the picture frames? The answer is easy. Frames? What frames? Exactly. In iPhoto you can share photos, upload photos, add photos to a book or card, but … Continue Reading »
How To Use Your Mac To Turn Digital Photos Into Moku Hanga On The Cheap (hint: wood block printing)
By - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
When I was a young child in school I wanted to be a famous artist. Why? Artists were cool, did only what they wanted to do, and were blessed with creative talent. The good ones made money, too. So, I … Continue Reading »
How To Plan And Track Your Day With The Mac’s Best Free Onscreen Day Planner App
By - Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Way back in the day we used to cut down trees so we could plan our day. Day Planners were all about stuffing the details of a day into a bound notebook full of tree parts. Then, we had to … Continue Reading »
How To Use The Menubar To Navigate Your Mac’s Folders With A Click
By - Tuesday, May 15, 2012
How do you navigate the folders on your Mac? If you’re like most of us, you use the Finder. It works, but navigating through a bunch of folders requires plenty of extra clicks. Click to get to the Finder. Click … Continue Reading »
A Tale Of 5 Apps To Clean, Repair, Optimize, Customize Your Mac (and 3 are free)
By - Friday, May 11, 2012
What’s the latest trend on the Mac? Apparently, it’s apps that clean, repair, optimize, and customize Macs. They’re everywhere. Some even advertise all over Mac-oriented web sites with promises to improve performance. The price tag for apps that do all … Continue Reading »
Finally, A Mac App That Organizes And Manages Your Books And Papers
By - Friday, May 11, 2012
My wife is a teacher and a writer. Not necessarily in that order. That means our household is paper bound. We have books, more books, and dozens of notebooks, and binders full of papers, research papers, and more paper. So … Continue Reading »
A Secret Way To Bring Each App’s Menu Right To The Mouse Pointer On Your Mac
By - Thursday, May 10, 2012
You know what the first thing that catches my eye about a new Mac app? No, it’s not price. Or, a list of features. It’s the app’s icon. I’m a sucker for cute icons. If the icon is visually worthy, … Continue Reading »
5 Ways This Swiss Army Knife App Keeps Your Mac Running Better
By - Thursday, May 10, 2012
Despite a plethora of free Mac apps that clean and protect your prized computer, there are still plenty of users willing to shell out some coin to do that which can be done for free. A case in point is … Continue Reading »
Guess What? There’s A Mac App That Cleans Up A Messy Desktop (and it’s cheap)
By - Wednesday, May 9, 2012
My day-to-day life is one of cycles. Not bicycles. Not that time of the month, either. I’m clean and neat and tidy. Except when I’m not. My Mac knows the story. The Desktop is pristine, well organized, with files where … Continue Reading »
How To Sync Your Tasks With Evernote On Your Mac (but why?)
By - Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Here at Mac360′s world headquarters, we’ve become big fans of Evernote, the multi platform notes app. What’s not to like? It’s free. It’s easy. It syncs your notes and other documents with the cloud and back to Macs, PCs, iPad, … Continue Reading »
Revealed: My Secret Mac Backup Plan (how to save your Mac from disaster)
By - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
As a very, very long-time Mac user (probably longer than anyone you know), I’m very much into set it and forget it when it comes to backing up. I don’t like losing files. I don’t like messy, convoluted settings. I … Continue Reading »
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