Tag Archives: Mac

What Excites Me About Apple’s Mountain Lion

Tuesday, February 21 8:08 am

Apple surprised everyone by announcing OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion last week, with a developer preview available immediately and a full release coming in the summer. The announcement has been discussed ad nauseam to this point, but I wanted to … Continue reading →

Episode #39: Sports Bucket Lists and Mac iMessages Beta

Monday, February 20 8:20 am

Chris and the Berserk Hippo discuss their sports “bucket” lists. Where haven’t they been yet? Then a brief discussion about Apple’s iMessages beta for the Mac. Visit our Facebook page Co-Host: Chris (http://twitter.com/cmwilliams51) Running Time: About 38 minutes Download: Direct | … Continue reading →

Apple Refurbished Is A More Than Acceptable Option♣
Monday, February 13 9:19 am - reviews.cnet.com

Rick Broida: Apple’s refurbs come with a new outer shell and new battery, meaning you get same-as-new appearance and performance. Better still, you get the same one-year warranty Apple extends to new hardware. There is literally no downside. I was … Continue reading →

Clearing Out OS X Launchpad♣
Wednesday, January 18 10:38 am - macworld.com

Lex Friedman of Macworld with a great tip on how to wipe Launchpad clean. It doesn’t seem very complicated either. I don’t use Launchpad, since I use Alfred pretty much exclusively to launch apps on my Mac. But if you … Continue reading →

Automate Your Mac Based On Context♣
Tuesday, November 8 11:46 am - controlplane.dustinrue.com

An interest and free Mac Application called ControlPlane. I had been craving an application like this a while back and it’s nice to see that someone finally ran with it. The idea being that you can set up triggers and … Continue reading →

Future Impact of Mac App Store Restrictions♣
Wednesday, October 12 10:02 am - macworld.com

Jason Snell of Macworld on Mac App Store restrictions: Not only does this approach risk turning the Mac App Store into a wasteland of arcade games and one-trick-pony apps, it risks dumbing down the Mac app ecosystem as a whole. … Continue reading →

The Brilliance of Keyboard Maestro♣
Tuesday, September 20 11:59 am - macstories.net

Federico Viticci of Macstories on Keyboard Maestro: Is Keyboard Maestro for lazy people? Maybe. But as long as laziness leads to saved time, better use of available resources and an overall improved user experience with less clicks and taps, then … Continue reading →

Marco Arment Goes From Two Computers to One♣
Monday, September 12 11:35 am - marco.org

Marco Arment on his new single computer setup: Yes, Dropbox helps a lot. But multi-computer usage still sucks for so many reasons, because most files, applications, and settings don’t sync. And if your laptop has a smaller capacity or lower … Continue reading →

Dropbox Updates Are Too Manual♣
Tuesday, August 23 9:31 am - tuaw.com

Erica Sadun on the latest Dropbox for Mac update: Dropbox normally uses a silent-but-deadly approach to handle its updates. Basically it installs it automatically for you sometime within a week or so of the new release. But would it kill … Continue reading →

Apple Releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant♣
Wednesday, August 17 11:39 am - tuaw.com

Chris Rawson of TUAW on Apple’s Lion Recovery Disk Assistant: According to Apple, “Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lets you create Lion Recovery on an external drive that has all of the same capabilities as the built-in Lion Recovery: reinstall Lion, … Continue reading →