Category: Mac
Apple Pay And The Usability Syndrome
A funny thing happened along the way to the 21st century. Payment methods didn’t change much for decades. Then along came Apple Pay. First, we humans bought what we needed with cash. Often, that meant we had to save up enough money to buy what we wanted. Second, big banks and smart people came up…
What iPhone 7 Needs More Than Anything
Anyone who follows the legion of Apple-oriented websites, or the various and sundry news websites that decree anything Apple does as the next step toward doom and gloom already know what’s coming in iPhone 7. Thinner, lighter, faster, better camera, improved graphics, better antenna reception, and lots of eye candy in iOS 10. What we…
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…
What’s The Center Of Apple’s Universe In The 21st Century? Hint: It’s Not The Mac Anymore
Back in the day, just a decade ago, the entire center of Apple’s universe was the Mac. Apple had just completed a successful transition from classic Mac OS to Mac OS X (itself a legacy from Steve Jobs’ NeXT). The iPod had launched a year earlier, and the iTunes Store had yet to see the light of day. For all intents and…
Free: Yet Another Way To Run Windows (or Linux) On A Mac
How many ways can you run Windows or Linux on your Mac? Some Mac users might reply with a terse, ‘Too many ways.’ I understand the sentiment. Windows isn’t free. Linux isn’t easy. However, the Mac is the ultimate platform in that it runs almost any popular operating system for personal computers (what was once…
2 Simple Mac Apps To Organize That Which Is Not So Simple
We live in the golden age of applications. Whether it’s Mac, iPhone, or iPad, apps are everywhere, and they’re no longer one size fits all. One size fits all? Apps these days are inexpensive and often focus on just one feature set, do one or two things, and avoid the monolithic approach whereby an app…
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…
Rid Your Mac Of The Startup Chime
The Mincey plantation here in Georgia is high tech; lots of gadgets, plenty of Macs, iPhones, and iPads. What thing I appreciate about iPhone and iPad is that they cannot be scheduled to start up at a specific time. The Mac can. That’s both good and bad. It’s good, because the Mac, email, browser, Calendar,…
How To Get Freeze Frame Photos From A Video Or Movie On Your Mac
You know what they say about the Lord, right? ‘The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken away.’ Should we be surprised that Apple works the same way? They giveth, and they taketh away. Here’s an example that is near and dear to my wannabe videographer heart. Apple once made it easy to grab…
Seriously, Google? Really? How Google’s Math Kills The Web As You Know It
A close friend once told me that nothing improves without change. So be it. The journey toward improvement and change is often littered with the corpses of the innocent. Slowly, quietly, and with little public knowledge, it appears as if search giant Google is molding the world wide web into a more efficient money machine…