If you take screenshots of apps on your Mac then you know the problem. It's the background image. Sometimes app windows are overlaid on other windows or the Finder. Sometimes there's screen clutter that needs to be removed.There's a better way to take screenshots with any color or image as the background.Screenshot... Read More »

As much as I love using my iPhone and iPad, there is one thing the Mac does much, much better than either device. Screen space. For iPhone and iPad, every app takes up the whole screen so there's nothing to manage.On the Mac, we can open multiple apps, each with multiple windows, and soon all that... Read More »

Much of my day job requires me to slave over a hot keyboard. If I'm not working on code, then I'm working on one of a dozen or so writing projects. While there's no shortage of writing tools for the Mac, there is a shortage of good writing project tools.A few years ago I settled on Scrivener, a writing... Read More »

Who doesn't like using the Mac's PhotoBooth. It's not an app to use everyday, but putting your face through all those filters and effects gives you a few minutes of pleasure.What if you could take a bunch of family photo portraits and mix and match facial parts?Think about the possibilities.... Read More »

When it comes to security, a little paranoia goes a long, long way. What most Mac users don't know is how many outside forces attempt to hack their way into the Mac each day. If you're connected to the internet, or office or school networks, your Mac is vulnerable.If everyone out there wants to get... Read More »

As long as I've been collecting Mac apps there are times when I don't fully understand or appreciate the business side of app development. I can see why Apple puts iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, and Garageband on each new Mac.It's a value added proposition. Apple entices customers to buy a Mac because the... Read More »

Remember The Clapper? It's that sound activated light switch. Clap on, clap off. Maybe, some day in the future, we'll be able to control all our household appliances using Siri on iPhone, iPad, or iTV. In the meantime, you can control your Mac using iClapper Pro.Yep, you guessed it. iClapper Pro... Read More »

What's one of the first things we learned to do on our Macs? Cut, copy, paste from the keyboard. That simple action is probably built-in to our genes already so future generations will already know how to do it.Remember cut, copy, paste on the iPhone? It took Apple a year to bring a system-wide cut,... Read More »

One thing is certain about the trend in personal computing. It's going to get a lot friendlier. Siri, the iPhone's intelligent assistant, is a big hit with customers, and it's just a matter of time before Siri shows up on your Mac.In the meantime, your Mac has a few speech capabilities already built... Read More »

The Mac's Finder is where we go to find files and folders, apps and tools. Unless you're using a specific app, the Finder is what we use to view stored documents, music, photos, and movie clips.The Finder usually evokes one of a few emotional responses. Most Mac users are ambivalent towards the Finder.... Read More »

Back in the late 1990s, in the early days of the modern internet, and before Microsoft destroyed Netscape, there was a popular browser called Netscape Communicator. The promise of communicator was a single app that could do most of what Mac and Windows PC users needed to do. Web browsing, email, news... Read More »

They say speed kills. So does noise. Well, if it doesn't kill, it helps. Noise is everywhere and growing. If it's not beeps and buzzes from our iDevices, it's neighbor noise, street noise, and worse. Noise disrupts concentration and sleep.They also say to fight fire with fire. That's what Noise Machine... Read More »

Where do you put photos from your digital camera or smart phone? If you're like most of us Mac users, you stuff everything into iPhoto, right? What's the problem? Duplicates and near duplicate photos which obscure your search for photos and add to iPhoto's already overly cluttered interface.Mac users,... Read More »

Unless you're a Photoshop guru, blending two photos into one, montage style, isn't easy to do. Why isn't there a Mac app that makes it easy to blend or dissolve from one photo to another the way experienced Photoshop users can?PhotosBlender aims to be that app. The way it works is amazingly simple.Drag... Read More »