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  • Tired Of The Mac’s Dock? Try A Tab Launcher Instead

    It’s not exactly a secret the my Mac is loaded with apps. Hundreds. And a few dozen that I use each day. Through the course of the year I’ll try out a few hundred more apps. That means my Mac’s Dock is cluttered to the point of nearly unusable. Even the time honored DragThing floating palette launcher…

  • This Is Microsoft’s Free Gift To Mac Users

    What’s going on at Microsoft’s headquarters these days? Are the executives that hang out there very clever or very desperate? Whatever it is, Microsoft is cranking out a bag of change since they kicked out former CEO Steve Ballmer. The trail he left isn’t pretty. The Zune is gone. Xbox doesn’t make any money. Sales…

  • 3 Ways This Mac Alarm And Timer Manager Is Better

    My two greatest secrets to productivity—beyond my Mac and iPhone—are simple. A couple of pairs of glasses in every room. And half a dozen timers scattered around the house. Simple, right? No matter which room I’m in, I can see. No matter which room I’m in, there’s a timer nearby. Yes, my Mac also has…

  • Got Too Much Stuff? How To Use Your Mac To Build A Home Inventory

    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 of Cure, then there must be an app for that. If a tornado or flood…

  • Ghostnote: An Idea Whose Time Is Now

    Based upon the number of Mac notes apps I’d say that note taking is a pastime enjoyed by tens of millions. Even Apple’s notoriously anemic Notes app in OS X is getting a min-word processor-like refresh. Notes are handy. They’re good ways to think about something, and write it down for keepsake, later retrieval, or…

  • How Much Do You Use Each App On Your Mac? Here’s An App That Tracks You And Your Apps While You Work

    Maybe it’s a good thing that Apple doesn’t build in app usage tracking functionality. All it would take is a click to find out that we’re not as productive on our Macs as we think we are. For the past week I’ve been using Activity Audit on my Mac and the results are nothing short of staggering.…

  • Mount Mac Storage With Mountain

    It’s interesting how computer terminology comes and goes. Does your Mac boot up? Why does the iPhone or iPad merely start up? Back in the day we would mount a storage device connected to our Macs or PCs. These days we merely connect devices. Hence the Mac utility app Mountain is appropriately named for those users who still use the term mount. What does…

  • The Most Fun You Can Possibly Have With The Screen Pointer On Your Mac

    Yes, boys and girls, guys and gals, I likes me some big screen real estate on my Mac. The more pixels, the better. Multiple screens even. There’s only one thing wrong with having all those pixels and all that delicious screen real estate. Where the dickens did the screen pointer go? I know it’s on…

  • A Cheat Sheet For Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

    You love Mac keyboard shortcuts, right? Can remember what they are? I have a similar problem, but I’ve learned the most efficient way to use a Mac is to stop using the mouse or trackpad. Keyboard shortcuts are what power users use to become more efficient when using a Mac. Almost every Mac app has…

  • FinderPop: The Classic Mac Utility Is Free

    Way back in the day, long before OS X and Intel Macs took Mac sales to new record levels, there was a little utility that could do no wrong. It’s baaack! The old Mac Classic Apple menu was how tried and true Mac users navigated from app to app, file to folder. Here’s the free…