Apple's Revolution Generation
Guess what? Snail mail still exists. Despite email, faxing, FedEx, UPS, and couriers on bicycles and mopeds, the envelope delivery business is alive. Barely. Thanks to modern technology the Mincey folks don’t buy as many stamps as we used to. But every now and again I have to try to figure out how to print … Continue Reading »
Who doesn’t like album art for iTunes? Any self-respecting Mac user with a collection of songs in iTunes wants an equivalent collection of album art to match the songs. What about movies? As you flip through your movie collection using Cover Flow in iTunes, you’ll see a few gaps. MovieIcon is the Mac app that … Continue Reading »
Every now and again I run into an inexpensive Mac app that does more than expected, and what it does is something good, and it does it automatically. Here’s the normal scenario. You’re ready to head out the door with your Mac notebook. What do you do? Eject that extra storage device, unhook the cables, … Continue Reading »
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by the cover. There’s wisdom in that, of course. But most of us, when we’re browsing for anything, take a look at the first thing we see and begin the process of judging. So it is with Mac apps. I start with the name and the icon. If … Continue Reading »
Do you use Microsoft Office as a crutch? I’m still surprised by how many new Mac users buy Office when they buy their first Mac, and then seldom, if ever, use it again. Here’s a way to save yourself $100 or more, and avoid the shackles that Microsoft binds to Mac users. What you need … Continue Reading »
We’re a Mac household full of readers. All of us are reading something seemingly all the time. If it’s not reading on the iPhone, it’s the iPad. If not the Mac, it’s one of those antique tree-based devices (books, magazines, newspapers). These days, our tool of choice is the iPad because it’s so personal and … Continue Reading »
Please correct me if you think I’m wrong, but I find it increasingly uncomfortable that Google knows so much about me. We know we’re merely a product to Google, so to balance the score a little, more Mac users are taking control of their Google data (see the Google Docs sync app on TeraTalks). That … Continue Reading »
One of the reasons we Mac users are Mac users is because we really don’t want to deal with Windows PCs. That said, there are times when having a Windows PC nearby can be useful, if not a last resort. o, how do you get Windows on a Mac? Let me count the ways. Most … Continue Reading »
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