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 »
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 »
Got Gmail? Get Gmail Into Your Mac’s Menubar For Instant Email Access And Alerts
By - Friday, May 4, 2012
Not every Mac user has Gmail, but there’s an app that makes Gmail more fun to use. Instead of having to switch back and forth from what you’re doing to Mail or a browser window to check email, have the … Continue Reading »
A Cheap Mac App That Gives You A Pain Free, Instant Backup Experience
By - Friday, April 27, 2012
If there’s a trend among apps for the Mac, it’s in the arena of simple backups. Everyone wants a cheap Mac app that does one thing very well. How about an instant backup of your valuable files? A full backup … Continue Reading »
Do You Like iCloud Or Dropbox? Guess Who Has A Mac App For Another Free Cloud Storage Service?
By - Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Remember Apple’s iDisk? That was a cloud-like storage service that didn’t last. Then along came Dropbox, then Apple’s iCloud, and others. Guess what? Everybody wants to give you a piece of the cloud. For free. All you have to do … Continue Reading »
Get The Mac App That Knows When Your Mac’s Hard Disk Drive Is Dying
By - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
My office Mac system has multiple hard disk drives for backup. Files, apps, Time Machine, and a few backup apps still don’t give me the peace of mind I’d like. Is there a way to know when a Mac’s hard … Continue Reading »
How To Teach Your Mac To Remember Everything You Copy Or Cut
By - Tuesday, April 10, 2012
What’s the one function all Mac users learn early and use often? Cut, copy, paste. Command-X, Command-C, Command-V. Everything we copy or cut gets stored on the Mac’s clipboard so we can paste it somewhere else. What’s wrong with that? … Continue Reading »
Got Backup? 4 Ways To Love Get Backup (free or pro) While It Saves Your Mac’s Bacon
By - Tuesday, March 27, 2012
How many ways can Mac users backup their Mac’s files? More ways than politicians can find to put their hand in the government till. Time Machine is useful. SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner make bootable clones. Sometimes you need more … Continue Reading »
A New Way To Use Your Mac To Wake Up Each Day
By - Thursday, March 8, 2012
How many ways can you use a Mac? Our favorite Cupertino computer does more than browse the web, check email, display photos, play music or video. If we could add iPhone’s Siri intelligent assistant to a Mac and have it … Continue Reading »
An Easy Way To Find And Replace Text In Multiple Documents At The Same Time
By - Monday, March 5, 2012
Here’s the scenario that’s baffling to many Mac users. You have a dozen documents that have the wrong address. The normal way to change the old address to the new address is to open all 20 documents, and paste in … Continue Reading »
The Mac App You Don’t Need But You’ll Love To Hate
By - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Mac users love a bargain. A few times every year, someone comes along with a Mac app bundle. A dozen or so useful Mac apps for, say, $49, which would sell for $500 or so if purchased separately. Usually, such … Continue Reading »
A Simple, Easy Way To Backup And Sync Folders Mac To Mac
By - Tuesday, February 21, 2012
We practice what we preach. Mac360 believes in file backups and synchronizing. There are a few dozen Mac apps to help you save your files in more than one location. An extra hard disk drive, another Mac, or a remote … Continue Reading »
ControlPlane Helps You And Your Mac To Know Where You Are And It Knows What To Do
By - Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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 … Continue Reading »
How Much Is This Handy Calculator Worth To Mac Users?
By - Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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 … Continue Reading »
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