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 »
Got Gmail? Get Gmail Into Your Mac’s Menubar For Instant Email Access And Alerts
By - Friday, May 4, 2012
How To Use Your Mac To Improve Your Typing Skills (or, teach you how to type)
By - Friday, May 4, 2012
Other than family and religion, typing is my life. I slave over a hot keyboard all day and county my lucky stars that my mother made me take a typing class in high school. Naturally, we want our children to … Continue Reading »
Feed Your Mac A Video And Let A Magic App Convert It For iTunes Automatically
By - Friday, May 4, 2012
Chances are good you have plenty of videos. If not iMovie clips, then TV shows or movies you’ve downloaded from the web (or, ripped from your DVD collection). Getting those movies into iTunes and ready for iPhone or iPad used … Continue Reading »
Learn To Draw On Your Mac With A Free Pixel Art Editor And Become A Pixel Pusher
By - Thursday, May 3, 2012
What price fame and riches? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. My husband and I have three daughters that we’re training to become future famous digital artists (who will be rich and care for their aging parents … Continue Reading »
How Tracking Your Diet With A Mac App Can Be Perfect Fun (or, not so much)
By - Thursday, May 3, 2012
Do you weigh now what you did in the last century? Alas, I confess. I weigh the same. In between last century and the 21st century I’ve gained and lost and gained a few hundred pounds (children will do that … Continue Reading »
How Do You Make Final Cut Pro X Better? Add Some Sugar FX To Your Mac
By - Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Let me mix a few metaphors. Putting all your eggs in Apple’s basket is the way to ride a roller coaster from hell. Take Final Cut Pro. Please. I’ve been an FCP user for over 10 years (since version 1.1). … Continue Reading »
How To Use A Cheap Mac App To Diagram Work Processes, Flow Charts, Org Charts, Drag And Drop
By - Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Work processes. Just the thought of detailing how and when things should get done gives me the shivers. Well, actually, they’re shivers of delight. Years ago, my husband turned me on to the world of flow charts and diagrams. That’s … Continue Reading »
The Coolest, Funnest, Most Creative Mac Drawing And Painting App Ever
By - Tuesday, May 1, 2012
My Mac and I have a plan. We plan to teach our three girls to be digital artists who become rich and famous. Their wealth will help to care for their parents in their old age (that would be me … Continue Reading »
How To Turn Digital Photos Into Movies On Your Mac In Four Simple Steps
By - Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Everyone has digital photos. Photo slide shows are acceptable and commonplace, but the Ken Burns Effect is what makes the difference between boring and interesting. Even iPhoto and iMovie add basic video movements to static digital photos. Your Mac can … Continue Reading »
2 Cheap Mac Apps You’ll Love To Use But Don’t Need (plus a bonus app you will love and need)
By - Monday, April 30, 2012
Do you have Mac apps you love but don’t need? We’ve all been there and done that. We find an app online, download it, try it out, and then what? It’s too good to throw away. Not good enough to … Continue Reading »
How To Add More Fonts To The Fonts On Your Mac
By - Monday, April 30, 2012
Typography on the Mac has changed dramatically since our favorite personal computer was launched back in 1984. The original Mac was thin on fonts and it took a couple of years before the font industry began to give us what … Continue Reading »
The Future Of Time Tracking And Attention Management Is A Free Mac App
By - Friday, April 27, 2012
How many ways can our overloaded brains be reminded of things we need to do? If it’s not Post-It Notes on the refrigerator door, it’s the mini-white board and marker. If it’s not Stickies on the Mac, it’s Reminders on … Continue Reading »
Review: The Cheap Super App Converter For Mac (money, units, and calculators)
By - Friday, April 27, 2012
How many calculators do you own? Most families have plenty of calculators. There are plastic calculators, wrist watch calculators, and both Mac and iPhone have digital calculators. One of my favorite iPhone apps is a unit converter. There’s a Mac … 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 »
Mac Games: Space Invaders Takes On Kitten Sanctuary In A Battle To The Death
By - Thursday, April 26, 2012
Despite what you may think (or what you’ve heard from my neighbors), my very first video game was not Pong. I was little more than a twinkle in my father’s eye back then. No, dear friends, I cut my gaming … Continue Reading »
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