Wouldn't it be great to have a highlighter pen for what you see on your Mac's screen? Right. When pigs fly! Guess what? Pigs are flying. FlyingMeat's FlySketch does highlight and annotation with screen captures. Full Story »

The best selling Macs are notebooks, which means we often take our work, music, photos, files with us. What about when you don't? What about using your Mac's files when your Mac is at home or work, and you're not? Not so easy, right? Not so fast. FarFinder is a handy Mac utility and service which lets you get to your Mac's files even when you're not in front of your Mac. Full Story »

Every now and then someone comes up with a clever new way of doing something on our Macs that's so perfect we wonder why it wasn't done already. TimeTable is such a utility. Alright, many of us use iCal for daily projects, scheduling, but not for tracking our time. TimeTable tracks what you do in iCal and gives you a simple way to track hours, bill for your time, keep a record of projects in iCal. Full Story »

If there's one part of Mac OS X that receives the most criticism, it's the Mac's ancient Finder. Mac power users have long decried the Finder's instability, clunky interface, network dysphoria, and hereditary ties to Mac Classic. For average or new Mac users the Finder quickly becomes inadequate. If you have a problem with the Finder, replace it. Full Story »

Apple gives our Macs a lot of professional level capability. Just look at what you get in iLife (still free on each new Mac). For example, iPhoto lets us take our digital pictures and create an attractive photo slide show, complete with background music, with just a few clicks. How does the end result look? Great, right? Not as good as what you get with this Mac application. Full Story »

One of our directives at Mac360 is to search out and use valuable new Mac tools that work better, work easier, and let you have fun. Fun? Yes, like the fun you see when kids jump up and down on a trampoline. Full Story »

It's time for obsessive compulsive Mac users to unite, grab the Windex and clean up our favorite computer. Or, use a good cache cleaner to keep the insides of your Mac running well. After all, a clean Mac is fast Mac, right? Mostly. Still, the Mac is loaded with files and settings which need to be cleaned-- dozens of them. Full Story »

All Mac users are part of a family-- a family of users. The Mac family is growing, with members all around the world. All of us come from a genetic family, too. Have you ever created a family tree to track your family's roots? It's easier said than done, but Mac users can rejoice. The choices for family tree tracking are numerous. Full Story »

Five years is half an eternity in computer years. It seems like only yesterday that Mac users were all using Stuffit to store, archive, and send files to others. Does anyone still use Stuffit, now at version 13? Mac OS X ushered in a generation of Unix zip capability, and archiving took a new direction. Disk images are all the rage these days. What of Stuffit? Full Story »

How big is your Mac's hard disk? Big enough, right? Hard disk space has never been more plentiful or less expensive. Guess what? Files we use have never been larger and sharing is what we do these days. How do you send large files to friends, family, co-workers? Email attachments have finite limits. Uploading can be complex for the average Mac or PC user. Is there a solution to a growing problem of file transfer? What's yours? Full Story »

Is it the tool? Or, is it the artist? If you use your Mac to make money, then you know that success is probably a little of both. How much of each? I was impressed by the story of Bob Staake, a talented, successful artist, a devout Photoshop user. That's Photoshop 3.0. Photoshop as in about 15 years ago. Is it the tool, or the artist? Can you become successful by going cheap? Full Story »

The competition between products is more than a little like the competition fostered in politics. When one candidate says this, the other candidate has a TV commercial the next day twisting and distorting the position. No matter the position, phrase, or statement, a political candidate can, and often does, take their competitors words and throw them back. Guess what? Apple and Microsoft do it, too. Who's winning? Full Story »