If nothing improves without change, then a Mac user must be ever alert for productive apps that improve the user experience. One of my favorite high productivity tools is the Mac’s Menubar. It’s loaded with over two dozen one-click apps that do this or that (sometimes, there are so many they get cut off by … Continue Reading »

How do you separate the Mac power users from average Mac users? It’s simple. Keyboard shortcuts. Most of us know half a dozen or so Mac keyboard shortcuts that work in most apps. Command+C for copy. Command+Q for quit. Command+P for print. Command+O for open. After that, remembering keyboard shortcuts gets a little more tricky, … Continue Reading »

Here’s a test. Look at your Mac’s Desktop. See all those files and folders that probably should be put away? Now, think of what’s on your mind (including those files and folders that haven’t been put away). What do you see in your mind’s eye? Clutter, right? As the day wears on we Mac users … Continue Reading »

Got text? Got search and replace? If you suffer through long documents on your Mac, you’ve probably used search and replace or find and replace options. Most text editors and word processors have some form of find and replace built in. The real problem begins when you need to find and replace a string of … Continue Reading »

Everyone loves their digital cameras. Shoot away, folks. There’s no cost to develop film or print photos. Digital camera quality has improved so much that even smart phones are becoming the camera of choice for most of us. There’s still one nagging problem about photography. Whether film or digital, whether high quality DSLRs or smart … Continue Reading »

Have you ever looked at the system logs on your Mac? Almost everything that happens on your Mac– from app crashes to launches to anything in between– is recorded in a log file. Rather, multiple log files. Even finding log files on a Mac isn’t easy. Apple makes sure they’re hidden from the average user. … Continue Reading »

You know what’s missing from your Mac? Indicator lights. When the Mac slows to a crawl, up pops the spinning beach ball of remorse. When something goes wrong, we might get a pop up notification or a crash report. When email arrives we get a little number in the Dock’s Mail icon. With Growl installed, … Continue Reading »

Sometimes it’s important to weigh the value of an app based upon where it fits in with the competition. Contrary to popular belief, Mac backup and sync apps are not a dime a dozen. Some good ones are free. Some bad ones cost $100. In between are the rest; the good, the bad, the ugly. … Continue Reading »