Apple’s MacBook line is about as good as it gets to record notes in a classroom or meeting setting. It’s not uncommon to see students and business managers with MacBook in hand, heading or leaving a meeting. The Mac is … Continue »
How To Use Your Mac To Record Notes And Audio And Keep Them Synchronized Together
Thursday, May 30, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
Is Big Brother Watching You? Here’s The Big Brother iPhone App That Watches What You Do
Friday, May 24, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
The security guards in the school where I work are constantly being monitor and monitoring. Surveillance cameras observe and record video of their (and our) every move. Wherever they go on campus is tracked all the time. That sounds a … Continue »
PDF Reader Pro: PDF Reader Meet Note Taker. This PDF App Annotates And Speaks
Friday, May 17, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
From what I can tell about the teachers in the school where I work, there’s a love hate relationship when it comes to creating, editing, and using PDFs, Adobe’s portable document format. PDFs are a great way to share documents … Continue »
Social Network, Meet Word Game: Say The Same Thing Is The Funnest Free iPhone Word Game
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
The kids in the school where I work are iPhone and iPad savvy. And they’re into online games. Some games are cute, some are complex, and not enough iOS games are both educational and entertaining. Say the Same Thing is … Continue »
How To Create And Edit PDFs On Your Mac Without Renting From Adobe By The Month
Monday, May 13, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
There’s a new trend that seems to be sweeping the computing world. Software rentals. Is it just another way to extract money from users who don’t like annual upgrades? Or, is it a good way for businesses to get the … Continue »
The Latest And Greatest Way To Find New Music For Your iPhone Is Also Free, Fun And Messy
Monday, April 22, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
Music is not my life, but if I did just a little time tracking I’d find that music owns a surprising chunk of the waking hours in my life. That’s because I have iTunes running on either iPhone or iPod … Continue »
How To Put 120 Professionally Designed Email Templates On Your Mac (less than 5-cents each)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 | Posted In Cheap Mac Apps
Let’s face it, the killer app of the internet age is boring, full of tedium and stress, and not fit for personal communication in the 21st century. What can you do to jazz up, spice up, and make your email … Continue »
How To Become A Professional Animator. All You Need Is Talent, A Mac, And Animation Desk
Thursday, February 28, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
For Mac owners, it doesn’t take much to become a professional anything these days. As I’ve always said, ‘Have Mac, will become superior holier-than-thou professional technorati.‘ Well, actually, just owning a Mac is a good start. Talent helps. So does … Continue »
An Easier Way To Extract And Recover Images From Any File, PDF, Or Slideshow
Monday, January 7, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
One of the benefits of working as a Mac system administrator at a private school is solving problems. There’s always something new going on. For example, a teacher wanted to remove an image from a PDF. Another wanted to grab … Continue »
12 Reasons To Use PerfectTablePlan To Plan Seating Arrangements On A Mac
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
What’s an event without a good seating plan? A recipe for chaos. When thought is put into seating arrangements at a meeting, wedding, dinner, banquet, or event, the drama of musical chairs is muted. Mac users (and Windows PC users), … Continue »
What You Cannot Do On Your Mac You Can Do With PrintWindow: Print Finder Windows
Friday, October 19, 2012 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
There was a time in the past when printing the contents of a folder was easy on the Mac. Then, along came the 21st century, Mac OS X, and Finder folder printing was declared persona non grata at Apple. The … Continue »
250 Desktop Wallpaper Pictures In An App For Your Mac: Only 2-cents Each
Friday, October 5, 2012 | Posted In Cheap Mac Apps
Besides fighting crime as Chicago’s late night heroine with a cape (cape, mask, boots– a girl can dream, right), my day job consists of a career managing and administrating a few hundred Macs and PCs in one of Chicagoland’s finest … Continue »
Here’s Something Crazy Useful That Every Mac User Needs: Cheap Templates For Microsoft Word
Thursday, August 23, 2012 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
The private school where I work as a Mac system administrator and app grunt is still wedded to 1999. High on the list of regular computer training expenses, for Mac and Windows PCs, is Microsoft Office. Some teachers have made … Continue »
What To Do With Your Photos? Customized Posters, Photo Collages, Calendars All On Your Mac
Friday, August 17, 2012 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
How many photos do you have stuffed into iPhoto on your Mac? If you’re like me and most Mac users, iPhoto has many thousands, maybe tens of thousands of photos which date back to the early days of iLife. Besides … Continue »
Use Your Mac To Find Local Concerts For The Artists In iTunes
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | Posted In Cheap Mac Apps
There are a number of common benefits and drawbacks to living in Chicago. First, the weather here just plain sucks. Too hot. Too cold. Too windy. Too whatever. Second, the Cubs haven’t been to the World Series since 1908 (William … Continue »
One Free Mac App Can Turn You Into A Mac Power User
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Posted In Cheap Mac Apps
My claim to Mac fame is support. That’s my job. I support a few hundred Macs and PCs at a private school. That doesn’t make me a power user, but it gives me street cred with teachers and students. What … Continue »
Improve Your Mac Life With A Handy Dock Viewing Tool
Monday, March 12, 2012 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
Most Mac users are Dock users. I don’t have many complaints about the Dock. It’s convenient. It’s obvious. It can be customized. Tweaking is what I enjoy. My latest Dock tweaking tool adds a pop up window over each app … Continue »
A Free Mac App That’s Drop Dead Easy To Use Will Improve Your Typing Speed And Accuracy
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
If you’re a Mac user who can type anywhere around normal speeds or beyond, count your blessings. The rest of the world has trouble typing and the iPad and iPhone are not making it easier. What this world needs, besides … Continue »
