Bohemian Boomer

How do we apply a value on Mac utilities? Some are free, of course, so the value of a decent tool that gets used is obvious. For the $2 to $9 app crowd, how do we determine if a price is worthwhile? Take ShareMate. Please. It’s a utility that more or less does what Dropbox … Read More »

Who among the gazillions of iTunes Music listeners doesn’t like lyrics? If Apple added lyrics to every song and made it available only to iTunes Match customers I’d pay the extra coin. As it is, I go for lyrics the good old fashioned way. Free. That’s what Instalyrics does. Instant lyrics on your Mac or … Read More »

As of today I’m equally torn between owning my music and renting my music. A quandary or conundrum is a sign of the times, I guess. My Mac and iPhone are loaded with thousands of songs from iTunes Music Store, and many thousands of songs ripped from CDs I purchased. Jesse says we spend $10 … Read More »

I’ve heard it said that John Lennon called McCartney’s songs ‘all pizza and fairytales.’ Maybe so, but McCartney was the musician with the long career of songwriting and performing while Lennon mostly complained about everything up to his death. So it is with Apple’s detractors these days. They complain about everything while Apple continues to … Read More »

You might find this hard to believe, but iPhoto is over 11 years old already. We Mincey folk have managed to stuff about 30-thousand digital photos into iPhoto through the years, upgrading to every new version. iPhoto is a good place to store photos, organize photos, but not so wonderful for editing photos beyond just … Read More »

If time is money and you get paid more by tracking everything you do for clients or the boss then it goes without question that you need a time tracking app. Why? Because time is money. Mac users have something of a bargain in Work Clock, a feature rich app that tracks time on the … Read More »

You know what they say, right? ‘What goes around, comes around.’ And, ‘What’s old is new again.’ So it is with apps for your Mac. Back in the day, we Mac users could customize the Mac OS Menubar, specifically the Apple menu, to create a way to navigate with a click to any app, file, … Read More »

Do you have files you’d rather not share with anyone, friend, family, or thief? Of course you do. From incriminating photos to top secret documents to personal or business financial information, we all have our fair share of files that need to be hidden from prying eyes. How? That’s the question. OS X has a … Read More »