The Mac App Store is making a trinket collector out of me. In the past month I’ve grabbed half a dozen cheap Mac photo enhancement apps. Each doesn’t do much, but what they do, they do well. And, cheap. Sometimes … Continue Reading »
A Crazy, Cheap, Fun Way To Make The Photos On Your Mac Look Horribly Ancient
By - Thursday, April 26, 2012
Got Too Much Stuff? How To Use Your Mac To Build A Home Inventory
By - Thursday, April 26, 2012
Look at all the natural disasters that plague humankind. From earthquakes to tsunamis. From floods to tornadoes, we’ve been given a close up look at what destruction Mother Nature can provide. If an Ounce of Protection is worth a Pound … 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 »
How Much Time Do You Spend In Each App On Your Mac And How To Know
By - Wednesday, April 25, 2012
You slave over the hot keyboard of your Mac day after day, right? Which apps do you use the most? How do you know? I asked myself that same question after my husband asked me what I did all day … 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 »
A Cheap, Fun, Easy Way To Drag And Drop To Password Protect And Encrypt Mac Files
By - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Protecting files and folders on your Mac shouldn’t be a strain on your daily workflow. It should be easy. We backup our Macs using apps that work automatically. Why can’t we protect and encrypt important, sensitive files just as easily? … Continue Reading »
A Tip And A Trick Makes Your Mac’s Camera See Better
By - Monday, April 23, 2012
It’s no longer a question of when the world becomes a village. It’s a face to face village already. iChat, Skype video, and FaceTime have paved the way for us to communicate with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Both Skype … Continue Reading »
24 Ways This Personal Wiki App Makes Your Mac Work Better Than An iPad
By - Monday, April 23, 2012
I know what you’re thinking. “Why can’t a Mac be more like an iPad?” You’re thinking that, right? Small. Wafer thin. Long battery life. Apple’s latest darling gadget seems to do a little of everything with little more effort than … Continue Reading »
This Mac App Is The Best On The Planet To Manage Secret Information
By - Friday, April 20, 2012
Our digital lives are becoming increasingly complicated. Who among us doesn’t have multiple email accounts, multiple site logins, multiple PIN numbers? All those require a login ID and a password. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We also … Continue Reading »
How To Bring Google Voice To Your Mac’s Menubar (cheap)
By - Friday, April 20, 2012
When I first saw GrowlVoice, I thought, Alright! Siri comes to the Mac. Alas, not. It’s about Google Voice and an easier way to use it on your Mac. If you don’t have Google Voice then you’re missing out on … Continue Reading »
A New And Easy Way To Use Your Mac To Focus More On Your Writing
By - Thursday, April 19, 2012
If there’s one thing most of us can agree upon, modern life is complicated. The distractions are numerous and increasing at an alarming rate. Henry David Thoreau would look aghast at our society. So it is with one of the … Continue Reading »
The Classiest Mac App Ever Captures Memories Of Your Child’s First Years
By - Thursday, April 19, 2012
One of my all time favorite books is Anne Geddes‘ My First Five years. The photographs are gorgeous and stunningly displayed. There’s a whole set of these My First Five Years books (nursery room, flower, early childhood, baby record, fairy … Continue Reading »
Use This Mac App To Become A World Famous Comic Strip Creator
By - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
There once was a time when I aspired to be a starving artist. Food and clothing were secondary to my art. My art? I wanted to be comic strip artist. The dream lived on for a few years as I … Continue Reading »
4 Ways This Mac Graphic Tool Works Better Than Photoshop
By - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Got Photoshop? Then you know there’s not a more powerful Mac or Windows graphic design, photo enhancement app on the planet. Photoshop is expensive and the learning curve can be a killer. Not only that, Photoshop wastes your time with … Continue Reading »
20 Ways This Mac Super Finder Is Better Than The Mac’s Built-in Finder
By - Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Love it or hate it, the Mac’s Finder is where we all go to meet up with files and folders. Compared to Finders of yesteryear Macs, today’s Finder is more powerful, more complex, yet retains a basic window where we … Continue Reading »
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