Archives for October 2012

A New And Free Way To Organize Photos, Images, Icons, And Graphic Designs On A Mac

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

You know what they say about good deals, right? The don't last. The same thing holds true for a free lunch. It might be free for awhile, but it's not a business model that will last.So it is with Pixa, a cleverly designed image, photo, icon, and graphic designer's file organizing tool. Free for awhile.... Read More »

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Ugliest Apple Product Ever Made

From Buster Heine in Cult of Mac. The Flower Power iMac is the ugliest Apple product ever.That was back in the day when cute, cuddly, and friendly made the iMac famous. Today, the iMac is all business.Seriously, how could the Flower Power iMac be considered the ugliest Apple product ever,... Read More »

Monday, October 29, 2012

Missed It By That Much!

With apologies to Don Adams of the TV show Get Smart, Apple 4th quarter financials 'missed it by that much.'Every quarter Apple projects revenue, profits, and earnings per share for the next quarter. In the 4th quarter, Apple, again, exceeded their own guidance, but failed to exceed analysts projections,... Read More »

Microsoft Can Hear Feedback. Releases Skype For Mac Without Using User Feedback

Friday, October 26, 2012

Oh, where to begin? Skype was the world's voice-over-IP phone service which ran fine on Macs, PCs, iPhones, and Android devices. Skype was never quite as elegant as Apple's own FaceTime, of course, but it worked well and helped to keep people connected for free or next to free.Then, Microsoft bought... Read More »

Use Your iPhone Or iPad To Memorize Anything With The 99-cent Memorize App

Thursday, October 25, 2012

One of the benefits of getting older is the increase of knowledge and experience. One of the negatives of getting older is remembering it all. There's plenty enough to forget, and remembering something new takes more work as we get older.If you are having trouble remembering, then Memorize + to... Read More »

This Is The Season For Sports Fans And This Is The Free iPhone App For Sports Scores

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

This is one of the best times of the year for sports fans. Scores are flying fast and furious on every major sport from NCAA football to NFL to the world series. Until the last update I was big on ESPN's app to get the latest scores. However, the last version of ESPN for iPhone and iPad was obviously... Read More »

Bring Out Your Inner Geek To Clean, Optimize, And Maintain A Mac With A Tinker Tool

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Mac users seem to fall into two basic groups. Those who tinker. Those who do not. I tinker. For those more inclined to tinker the Mac has a few dozen apps which perform a number of system tasks which range from optimization, to maintenance, to opening up secret options.One of the more popular apps... Read More »

How To Keep Your Mac From Sleeping (even if you close the MacBook’s lid)

Monday, October 22, 2012

MacBook owners know all to well what happens when you least expect it. The Mac goes to sleep. We can control the Mac's sleep patterns by fiddling with the System Preferences > Energy Saver controls, but there are times when you want the Mac to sleep on schedule, and other times when you don't want it... Read More »

A Blast From The Past: How To Design And Create Your Own Custom Fonts On Your Mac

Friday, October 19, 2012

It's true confession time. Back in the day Apple shipped their very first LaserWriter print (300 dpi). The price tag was about $7,000 and the printer came with so many fonts that counting them took all the fingers on one hand. That's right.Helvetica, Times, Courier, Symbol.That was back when... Read More »

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If Superman Used A Mac

Give your Mac's Finder new super powers, manage files and folders faster, control it all with Path Finder. Get full keyboard navigation in a Finder-like app with dual pane view, folder sync, and a long list of tools.

How To Add A Watermark, Resize, And Optimize Photos By The Hundreds With A Single Click

Thursday, October 18, 2012

One of the projects I've been working on for months is watermarking photos. There are a dozen or so ways to add a watermark to a photo using your Mac, but one of the faster, easier, less expensive, and enhanced ways is PhotoBulk.As the name implies, PhotoBulk adds watermarks as a batch operation--... Read More »

Until Siri Shows Up On The Mac, Use Voice Reminder EX For Voice And Text Reminders

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Got Siri? Apple's intelligent voice assistant hasn't made it to the Mac (limited to iPhone 4S, iPHone 5, and iPad 3 users), but there's little question that voice interaction between humans and our computing devices is the future.One elegant app that gets you about half way to Siri is Voice Reminder... Read More »

Here’s A Simple, Inexpensive Way To Use Your Mac To Record Audio Notes (from meetings or classes)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

When it comes to recording audio on your Mac, we Mac users have plenty of choices. Both QuickTime and Garageband, free with every Mac, have options to record and save audio, but both are cumbersome for creating audio notes of meetings or classes.For less than a couple of dollars you can install Tell... Read More »

How To Stitch Photos Together On Your Mac To Create Panorama Images

Monday, October 15, 2012

One of the more talked about features in iPhone 5 is the panorama option in the camera app. If there's an easier, less expensive way to create panoramic photos, I don't know what it is.For Mac users who want a similar panorama photo you'll have to do a little extra work, take more photos, and use... Read More »

One Of The Best Tools To Get Things Done Is This Nebulous Notes Writer’s App For iPhone And iPad

Friday, October 12, 2012

How many notes apps are there for iPhone and iPad? More than I care to try, and probably more than I care to count (with over 800,000 apps in the App Store). So, it pays to choose wisely when it comes to a note taking, writing, coding app for iPhone and iPad.After wading through a dozen also-rans,... Read More »

Let’s Be Honest. Google’s Chrome Browser For iOS Is Really Second Rate (thanks to Apple and Safari)

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Every Apple device I own seems to have four or five browsers. Tops on the list for Mac, iPhone, and iPad is Safari. Why? It's blazingly fast at rendering pages and mostly gets out of the way and doesn't require much tinkering (integrated search and URL window in iOS Safari would be nice).Mozilla's... Read More »

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Archives for October 2012

A New And Free Way To Organize Photos, Images, Icons, And Graphic Designs On A Mac

The Ugliest Apple Product Ever Made

Missed It By That Much!

Microsoft Can Hear Feedback. Releases Skype For Mac Without Using User Feedback

Use Your iPhone Or iPad To Memorize Anything With The 99-cent Memorize App

This Is The Season For Sports Fans And This Is The Free iPhone App For Sports Scores

Bring Out Your Inner Geek To Clean, Optimize, And Maintain A Mac With A Tinker Tool

How To Keep Your Mac From Sleeping (even if you close the MacBook’s lid)

A Blast From The Past: How To Design And Create Your Own Custom Fonts On Your Mac

If Superman Used A Mac

How To Add A Watermark, Resize, And Optimize Photos By The Hundreds With A Single Click

Until Siri Shows Up On The Mac, Use Voice Reminder EX For Voice And Text Reminders

Here’s A Simple, Inexpensive Way To Use Your Mac To Record Audio Notes (from meetings or classes)

How To Stitch Photos Together On Your Mac To Create Panorama Images

One Of The Best Tools To Get Things Done Is This Nebulous Notes Writer’s App For iPhone And iPad

Let’s Be Honest. Google’s Chrome Browser For iOS Is Really Second Rate (thanks to Apple and Safari)

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