Archive for 2011

Learn how to create your own OS X service that lets you copy & paste the paths of files and folders in Finder. After just a few steps you will be able to select items in Finder, press a quick keyboard shortcut, and paste the path(s) anywhere you want. Mac users have…

Literally everyone on Earth has an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch by now, right? That’s a lot of people who would love to receive accessories for their iOS device this Christmas. With so many interesting products out there, you’re certain to find something for…

We all have technology geeks in our lives (including ourselves!), which means you can’t go wrong giving gadgets as Christmas gifts. This year, there are a ton of cool and useful hardware accessories that any Mac user would be excited to receive. Despite its 35 year history…

Since it has such a large screen, the iPad can handle a number of more advanced capabilities than the smaller devices in the iOS family – the iPhone and iPod touch. In fact, some of iOS 5’s coolest features are exclusive to the iPad. Following our collection…

The fifth major release of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 5, has been in users’ hands for about a month. Now that we’ve all had time to play with the marquee features like Notification Center, let’s dig deeper to reveal more obscure new functionality…

Analog is a new photo processing application on the Mac App Store. With one or two clicks you can turn common snapshots into classic, retro-styled photos. With a nice selection of artistic filters, Analog makes image manipulation and sharing a breeze…

AirDrop is a new feature in Mac OS X Lion that makes sharing files between Macs easier than ever. There are no accounts to sign into, networks to connect to, or preferences to set up. Some Macs don’t support AirDrop, though, and sharing over Ethernet…

Focus is a new application available on the Mac App Store that makes it easy to add depth and lens blur to your photos. With support for many of Mac OS X’s unique features, Focus makes enhancing photos more intuitive than ever. To those who know a bit about…

It was previously very difficult and even unreliable to password protect Time Machine backups in older versions of Mac OS X. In Lion, however, Apple has made encrypting backups as easy as checking a single box. Most Mac users have no need to encrypt their Time…

One of the most common questions Mac users ask is, “How do I reset my Mac’s password?” If you’re using Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, there are a couple ways you can go about it – and they’re both pretty easy to do. MacYourself previously published a popular…

Apple has made some significant user interface changes to OS X 10.7 Lion. If it’s too much change for you to handle all at once, there are ways you can disable many of Lion’s newest features. The marketing behind Mac OS X Lion touts it as being…

After downloading OS X 10.7 Lion from the Mac App Store, it might be a good idea to create your own boot disc or recovery drive. This would make it much easier to re-install Lion in the event that your hard drive fails. Yesterday Apple unleashed Lion…