A View from the Revolutionary Generation
If you spend more than an hour a day online, then I have some advice you can use. Three words. Rather, three letters. R-S-S. I can’t think of a better Mac app to save you time each day. Think about it. How much time do you spend each day simply browsing from one web site … Continue Reading »
When I’m in the family room browsing the web, watching a football game, listening to music, and talking to my wife (all at the same time), I occasionally hear an Oh, S#$@! from her banging away on her Mac’s keyboard. Invariably, it’s something she typed when she didn’t want to. Or, she replied to all … Continue Reading »
They say that if it takes you too long to explain an idea, it’s probably not a good idea in the first place. That makes sense. Remember Google Wave? There are one-trick-pony apps for the Mac. They do one or two things and that’s it. And there’s Butler, which bills itself as the original many … Continue Reading »
How many browsers are on your Mac? Safari? Firefox? Google’s Chrome? There’s something strange going on in browser land, folks. Safari is at version 5. Firefox is at version 6. Chrome is at version 15. Automatically Updated Browsers I was browsing the web today and came across a link to Google Chrome, version 15. 15? … Continue Reading »
The Mac App Store is quickly becoming like the iPhone App Store. More apps. Less money. While Android and Amazon and the Cloud People want us to run all our apps in a browser and store data in the cloud, Apple’s Mac developers keep churning out the apps. Sketch The Night Away I love to … Continue Reading »
Just when I find a Mac app that does Facebook the way I like, Facebook becomes totally 1999. It’s a yesteryear social phenomenon. The only problem is that everyone we know is on Facebook; friends, family, fellow employees. And almost nobody we know is using Google +. Maybe Google needs a few apps like the … Continue Reading »
Our Mac family is social. The teenagers are more social than the rapidly aging adults. We do Facebook and Twitter. Flickr and Google Reader. Our kids, on the other hand, can’t spell RSS. What we’ve been looking for is a single Mac app that lets us connect everywhere we want to be. How To Be … Continue Reading »
My husband says I’m using my Mac wrong. Why? How? I type. I click. I take care not to break things. What could I be doing wrong that requires husbandly correction (for which he’ll pay handsomely if he pushes his luck too far)? The Magic Of Mac Function Keys Sorry, my husband is the family … Continue Reading »
My job is such that I do quite a big of diagramming. That means diagrams for everything from flow charts, wireframes, network configurations, org charts and everything in between. Through the years I’ve tried and used every Mac and Windows PC chart and diagram app on the market. Most are over priced and overly complicated. … Continue Reading »
One of the negatives to the new line of Apple’s MacBook Airs is the small storage space. Small is relative, of course. The 11-inch model comes with a measly 64-gigabytes. The most storage you can get is 256-gigabytes, and for that you’ll need to sell your first born child. That means watching files and space … Continue Reading »
Mac users rejoice. There are half a dozen Mac apps that will track your stolen Mac so you can get it back. One app is free. One app is easy. One app is open source. What will you do when your Mac is lost or stolen? Add VUWER before the horse leaves the barn. Track … Continue Reading »
Got passwords? Yes, you do. And they’re the bane of online life. We have many sites to visit, and many login IDs and passwords to remember. Here’s a free and simple Mac app that creates easy to remember passwords that are also difficult to crack or hack. Remembering Crazy Words Mac users can choose from … Continue Reading »
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