What was the Number One song when you graduated from high school? When you became engaged? What was the top song when you were born (you’re not likely to remember)? This is a feature we need in iTunes. … Continue Reading »
Tips and Tricks
Is A Flood Of Trouble Coming To Your Mac?
The so-called First Mac Virus™ turned out to be a poorly engineered trojan horse not capable enough to do more than irritate; like dental floss after chewing on a pulled pork bar-b-que sandwich. Still, the headlines were of … Continue Reading »
New Mac Tips And Tricks And Quick Fixes.
My backup failed. Uh oh. Houston, we have a problem. Customer support still works but requires a few more clicks, and good choices in software purchases. Take for example, backups. I have SuperDuper! running on a small Mac … Continue Reading »
News Comes To You: Hunting For Mac RSS.
Looking through the Mac360 server logs I noticed that only around one in four readers uses RSS. What’s the reason for the low numbers? If you view a dozen web pages a day, then RSS is just what … Continue Reading »
Mac Freebies, Ideas, Updates, And More Nonsense.
Slow news day? With Apple, the Mac, iPod, and lawyers, there’s no such thing. From free applications to ridiculous and frivolous lawsuits, we cover it all. Mostly. Mac Freebies Free Mac applications are usually the Friday domain of … Continue Reading »
Mac Odds & Ends And Things We Forgot.
Apple’s world continues to grow. Macs. Chips. iPods. OS X. Market share. Will it ever end? There’s just so much to write about, and so little time. Here’s what we forgot this week. Widgets. At 2,000 and counting … Continue Reading »
Blogs: Putting My Talk Where My Mac mini Is.
Desktop publishing revolutionized the printed word from the mid 1980s. Thank you, Apple, Adobe, and early adopters. Online publishing has come of age. Anyone can create a literary masterpiece. For free. Here’s my version and a new outlet … Continue Reading »
Scared Of Apache, PHP, MySQL? Try MAMP.
Recent articles on Mac360 discussed options to create web pages and manage web sites. The range of choices is from free to complex, ridiculously easy to mildly complex. One area of complexity is now shattered forever on the … Continue Reading »
Playing Favorites: What’s On My Mac And Why.
I’ve been a Mac user since the original 128k version set me back $2,495 back in early 1984. Since then I’ve purchased and used hundreds and hundreds of Mac applications. What’s on my Mac now? What do I … Continue Reading »
Use A Yank To Uninstall Mac Applications.
If you’re like me, you try different applications on your Mac. At Mac360, it’s what we do. It’s our lot in life. It’s not a lot, but it’s a life. Getting rid of Mac applications that are not … Continue Reading »
What Can You Do Before Your Mac Gets Stolen?
The last FBI report says over 600,000 laptops were stolen in 2004. Desktops get stolen, too. 97-percent of stolen computes never get recovered. What can you do? Anti-theft software doesn’t work. Why do I say that? Because software … Continue Reading »
Run Windows On An Intel Mac? It’s Coming.
Now that Apple’s Intel Macs are “in the wild” how long before the new machines can run Windows? Apple’s official statement is that the Mac maker won’t do anything to prohibit Windows from running on an Intel Mac. … Continue Reading »
Windows Media in QuickTime. Flip4Mac Works. Again.
updated – You want to play Windows Media (WMV) files on your Mac? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Microsoft hasn’t updated their Media Player for the Mac in years. Now they won’t have to. Get your free … Continue Reading »
iFile Converts Files. Drag And Drop. Click. Done.
I know what you’re thinking. “Alex, how do you come up with such nifty utilities that do so much, and don’t cost a dime? And you’re with child? Where do you find the time?” It’s a gift. So … Continue Reading »
Make Your Mac Do More For Less. Quicksilver.
If you’ve read Mac360 for any length of time, you know how much I like certain Mac applications. DragThing. SuperDuper. ChronoSync. FinalCut Studio. Transmit. Camino. Rapidweaver. Comic Life. Textwrangler, and many others. Today, Tera steps into something new. … Continue Reading »
Fastest Browser Test: Windows, Mac, Or Linux?
Which browser is fastest? How fast? Which is slowest and why? Are Windows browsers faster than Mac browsers? Or, are Linux browsers even faster? This Browser Speed Test compares all browsers on Windows to Mac to Linux? Is … Continue Reading »
How To Save Your iPod Music When Your Mac Dies.
First, backup, backup, backup. If you don’t have a good backup plan for your Mac’s hard drive, get one. Why? Try this: You’ve got 3,000 songs on iTunes and in your iPod. One day, your Mac wakes up … Continue Reading »
Mac Alert: Truly Worthless Utilities You Will Love.
A few weeks ago I stumbled across a web page that converted images into ASCII art. It’s probably been 15 years since I changed a photo into ASCII art so I inserted it into my email signature. So … Continue Reading »