Apple sits on top of the portable music industry, and the online music industry. The iPod is king of players. The iTunes Music Store is king of online music, music videos, TV shows, and maybe movies. Is the king on a death march? Will your cell phone become the new iPod? Yes. Full Story »

It's one thing to organize files on your Mac, it's something else again to use your Mac to organize your time. Can you use your Mac to organize your thoughts? Can a Mac application help you bring order to the activity in the brain? Full Story »

I'm a self-avowed, dues paying, experienced Apple Watcher™. By default, that makes me a Microsoft Watcher™, too, right? Well, it's what I do. The following is an outliine of a recent series of events, characters, situations, quotes, and blunders that tell me that Apple will continue to do well, and Microsoft is learning how to weather a storm. Or two. Or a dozen. Full Story »

Security and backup seem to be hot topics these days. Just when you thought it was safe to backup, along come two new Mac utilities that do more, do it different, do it for less. What's a gal to do? Try 'em out, of course. Full Story »

Even in the digital age I use a scanner; actually, I use three scanners; an HP, an Epson, and a Canon. I don't use their scanner software on my Mac. I use VueScan. Is there anyone who knows more about scanners for Mac than Ed Hemrick? Full Story »

Bambi and Tera both have a history of page layout applications on the Mac. Both extend back to Aldus Pagemaker, now they prefer Adobe InDesign. I use BeLight's Swift Publisher. This week I found Ragtime. Again. I thought this page layout application had died. It didn't. Full Story »

Worse than death and taxes is change. Those who manage it, fare well. Those who can't manage change, farewell. Two of Apple's long term, top executives are set to leave the company this week. One departure was announced last year. One was announced today. What's Up? Who's next? Who fills the shoes? Full Story »

You can tell The Mac is Back™ because developers are writing great software for the Mac. One of the most important applications you'll have is the one you use for backup. Regarding backup and synchronizing, I have two needs, but only one solution. Full Story »

Organizing your Mac. Everyone does it, everyone does it differently. A recent Mac360 article got me thinking of ways to improve my own organization using my Mac. Here's what I came up with. Full Story »

Can you imagine being lectured by Bill Gates on how to secure your Windows PC? Or, the value in Oracle's Larry Ellison telling you what kind of relational database you need for your company (hint: Oracle)? A Microsoft manager told Apple how to handle security issues. Full Story »

What's with the French? First, they're friends of the US for over 150 years, then there's that whole Jerry Lewis thing, now lawmakers in France want to open up Apple's iTunes Music Store to the competition. Is this good for Apple? Is it good for customers? Full Story »

We live in an information age. So much is available, yet there's so little time. Sometimes we spend more time looking for a "how to" than the actual "how to" takes in the first place. Mac360 welcomes TidBits' Take Control series of Ebooks. Full Story »