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Archives for November 2015

Sync2Mac8Ways

Backup or sync eight ways with ChronoSync. Bootable, mirrored, remote, scheduled, local, iOS storage, and automatic backups.

Monday, November 30, 2015

On Fixing The Mac App Store

One unfortunate aspect of Apple's famed secrecy is that nobody but Apple knows what's working. Company execs tout stats from the iTunes App Store for iPhone and iPad apps, but never the Mac App Store. Rob Griffiths has some ideas on how to fix it. However, with a few simple changes—and one not-so-simple... Read More »
Friday, November 27, 2015

The Year Of The Hybrid

Hybrid devices are all the rage these days. All have one thing in common. Low price. Here's one you haven't seen before unless you've actually seen an iPad mini.You have to hand it to Xiaomi: No other company makes its mobile products look more like Apple's. The China-based company launched the Mi... Read More »

Ad For ‘Dog’ On Craigslist

If a girlfriend wants as boyfriend to get rid of his dog, what's a guy to do? Craigslist:There are few relationships stronger than that of a dog and their guardian. Anyone who has experienced the joys of sharing their life with a dog knows that nothing can possibly compare to the unconditional love... Read More »

Television Is Dead! Long Live TV, Apple, Apps, And Apple TV

Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Our cable TV company bill is too high so e're shopping content providers, and there-in lies the problem. There once was a time when television was free, but limited to less than a handful of fuzzy channels, and nothing in color. Television today is a beast that no longer resembles television of just... Read More »
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Amy And Sheldon Sitting In A Tree

Seldom has public coitus been so delayed and so anticipated. TVLine:In an episode that taped this week and will air Thursday, Dec. 17, the currently estranged coupling of Sheldon and Amy (played by Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik) will do the deed — and we don’t mean solve for Pi. (They’re going... Read More »

How To Create And Edit MP4 Video Files

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Quick. Answer this. What's the successor to MP3 files? MP4, right? Almost. Apple calls it AAC. Then there are M4A audio files, M4V video files, H.264 files , all of which are only part of a confusing alphabet soup of media file formats.Why can't we all just get along?Long before the media file... Read More »
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Touch, Don’t Touch

Mac veteran and certified Apple Watcher John Gruber on the iPad Pro's 'touch effect.'For the past week I’ve really only used two computers. The iMac on my desk, and this iPad Pro. Today, though, I used my MacBook Pro while the iPad Pro was running benchmarks. And within a few minutes, I did something... 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.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Stupid watch

Mark Hibben on Tag Heuer's version of the so-called 'smartwatch' category, now dominated by Apple Watch:Tag Heuer's just released Carrera Connected is not so much a smart watch as it is the Swiss watch industry's caricature of a smart watch. The Connected is too bulky, too limited and way too expensive... Read More »

The Story of the Apple Pencil

The reviews are settling in on Apple's gargantuan (roughly same size as a diminutive MacBook) iPad Pro. iPad Pro? Love it. Smart Keyboard? Meh. Pencil? Love it or leave it. Rhiannon Williams with an exclusive interview of Sir Jonathan Ive on the Pencil:Reinventing an object billions of people across... Read More »

Got Movie? Get Animated GIF. Drag And Drop

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Every so often I'll run into a Mac app that can be fully described by either the app's title or the review's title. In this case it's both. Drop to GIF converts movie files into animated GIFs, drag and drop. It doesn't get much simpler than that.GIF images have been around a long, long time in internet... Read More »
Friday, November 6, 2015

‘I Went 200 Days Without Buying Anything New. ‘

You can do it, too. Assaya Barrette:A few months ago, after my father passed away, I decided to challenge myself to buy nothing new for 200 days. Emptying out my dad’s old apartment motivated me. The volume of stuff we had to dispose of shocked me to my core. I felt that I had to change my... Read More »

Convert Images To Whatever

Thursday, November 5, 2015
If there's anything to be said about the new Mac app Convert Images to Whatever it's that the name is honest, simple, straightforward, and descriptive. There are times when all you need to do is convert an image from one file format to another and having an inexpensive app that does the deed fast is... Read More »
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Apple TV

Jason Snell on the Apple TV experience:But as frustrated as I was in September by how many steps I needed to go through to upgrade to a new iPhone, I was even more frustrated by the Apple TV setup. When it comes to buying a new Apple product, Apple does so many things right. Apple’s packaging and... Read More »