What’s the rage in personal computing? Online backups. The cloud (whatever that is). Bolted alongside the cloud as a buzzword is file synchronization. We can sync our Mac files to the cloud and back to other Macs or … Continue Reading »
5 Ways This Email App Is Worth The Extra Cost
In the age of super browsers, Facebook, Twitter, email is making a comeback. At least, basic email apps seem not to be enough for power users with needs that Apple’s Mail cannot fulfill. That means app developers jump … Continue Reading »
How Fast Is Your Mac? Test It With Free NovaBench
In technology, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. If your Mac really, truly fast? How do you know? You need a test that generates statistics. Through the years, Mac users have had various benchmark testing apps that … Continue Reading »
What Stickies Would Be If It Had Real Features
When it comes to keeping notes I am decidedly old school. Life is too complicated and busy to learn an app with 200 features. I want simple and I want it now. That means I’m a Stickies fan. … Continue Reading »
How To Turn A Mac Into A Cool Online File Service
Online storage is all the rage this year. Cloud storage is cheap, fast, works in the background, easy to set up, and gives you one more way to backup your important files. What if you could use your … Continue Reading »
3 Easier Ways To Use Address Book On A Mac
I’m on a mission to improve my Mac productivity. No matter the requirement, I’m sure there’s an easier, faster way to get things done, to improve a workflow. If you’re like me, you spend too much time in … Continue Reading »
Where Did That File Go? Find It With Blast
It should not be shocking to Mac users that we don’t use our Macs the same way as all other Mac users. After all, the Mac is a personal computer. For example, how do you find and launch … Continue Reading »
Flash 10.1: The Best Flash Player Ever On A Mac?
Is there a single Mac utility that has incurred more wrath, hatred, and negative publicity than Adobe’s Flash Player? Apple refuses to put Flash on the iPhone or iPad due to well known performance issues. CEO Steve Jobs … Continue Reading »
4 Ways To Make A Live Movie Of Your Mac’s Screen
You may not know it, but your Mac is a video instruction video factory. Seriously. Whatever is displayed on your Mac’s screen can be captured in a movie, saved to your Mac, and sent to or used by … Continue Reading »
Does Your Mac Need Another Boring Browser?
There was a time in our Mac lives, not too many years ago, where Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was about the only browser game in town. Then Apple announced Safari for Mac (and Windows), Internet Explorer for Mac was … Continue Reading »
How To Trash Mac Apps For Free Or Not So Free
You know there’s trouble in Mac paradise when your Mac-loving mom asks, “Honey, how do I delete something I downloaded to my Mac?” Ouch. Mac users of yesteryear had only the need to drag and drop an unwanted … Continue Reading »
Use A Mac To Give Your Camera A Wide Angle Lens
Late last summer I bought my parents an inexpensive Canon pocket camera. The photos are great. It even does 720p movies which are stunning in available light. It auto loads everything into iPhoto. The only thing it’s missing … Continue Reading »
Good Mac Games vs. Not So Good Mac Games
I need to confess a few things. First, I’m a gamer, and the Mac isn’t much for games compared to Microsoft’s Xbox. That’s OK. Xbox doesn’t run Photoshop. Second, I have plenty of games on my Mac, but … Continue Reading »
A Free And Easy Way To Make Mac Browsers Faster
A visit to my next door neighbor became and adventure to make our Macs browse faster. At my urging, he switched from a Windows PC to a Mac a few years ago. I asked if all was going … Continue Reading »
A Free And Easy Way To Find Mac Wi-Fi Hotspots
The vast majority of the world’s computer users are on Windows PCs. Mac users are not just eye candy aficionados. We tend to prefer substance over style. So it is with Mac software. For example, how many ways … Continue Reading »
4 Steps To Better Manage Tasks, Time On A Mac
I have this little problem with time. I don’t know where it goes. For whatever the reason, I cannot associate a task with a specific amount of time. That causes problems at work because I cannot accurately track … Continue Reading »
iApps Gone Wild: Tweak Your Mac With iTweaX
One of the more memorable surprises about switching from Windows and becoming a Mac user is all the little secret features hidden in OS X. For whatever reason, Apple chooses to make dozens and dozens of useful, functional … Continue Reading »
Which Of These 20 iTablets Will Be Your Next Mac?
To say that Apple is on a roll is to understate the obvious. Since the introduction of the iPod and Mac OS X in 2001, Apple has been on a growth path of massive proportions. Unit sales of … Continue Reading »