Category: Mac

My Mac is loaded up with a dozen or so photo enhancing apps that add custom borders, effects, and filters to my iPhoto collection. The latest app in my collection brings back a touch of the past to my digital photography efforts. Proof sheets. Contact sheets. Small photos on a grid. Proof Sheet is the Mac app…

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.…

Way back in the days before Intel became a staple of the Mac community, back when OS X was but a shell of its current self, there was Mac Classic OS and all the problems associated with that era. If you can remember that far back, and have both good and bad Mac experiences, then…

One of the sure-fire and most popular ways to secure computer files, sensitive eyes-only documents, and incriminating evidence from prying eyes, government spooks, and nefarious Eastern European and Asian hackers, is to encrypt the files. Encryption encodes a file (or files or folders of files) so that only authorized people can open and view the file.…

This may sound a bit crazy, but there are some things about Windows that Mac users might appreciate. No, it’s not malware. or the blue screen of death. or the Start button. As simple as the Mac’s Dock is to understand and use, the Windows task bar is even easier to figure out and certainly…

As I was reading the media death knells of Dell Computer, I remembered it was about 10 years ago when Apple almost died. How many deaths can one company endure? Plenty, if Apple’s success and Dell’s woes are to be considered. Regardless, it was the mid 1990s and Apple was nearly dead. Said who? Nearly…

Uh oh. There are thunderstorm clouds on the technology horizon, and the once shining beacon of hope for the tech sector has it a wall (it’s Friday; mixed metaphors are on sale). Apple is projecting not just slower growth in the future, but no growth, as in revenue and profits in the next quarter that are going down; lower than…

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…

If less is more and small is beautiful, then Muzzy for your Mac is the most wonderful iTunes utility that money cannot buy. What has me excited about Muzzy is what you should find exciting and useful, too. Finally, we have an elegant and free iTunes controller that does everything but buy music or recommend TV shows…

Our neighbor has a car alarm that goes off constantly. A loud car goes by, the alarm sounds. A dog barks, the alarm sounds. I guess their car alarm works. No one comes into our little cul-de-sac without everyone in the neighborhood knowing about it. How about your Mac notebook? Is it equipped with an…