Posts Tagged ‘mac’

Users coming from the Windows world may be used to pressing the Window+L keys to instantly lock their screens. In Mac land, you can (almost) do the same. Whether you have sensitive information on your computer or you’re just plain paranoid…

Spotlight allows you to search the files and folders on your Mac instantaneously. Like any computer database, however, it can become corrupt and inaccurate over time. No problem — it’s an easy fix. To give you an example of when Spotlight might…

Dock space is valuable, especially when you’ve got a lot going on at once. With the simple drag and drop interface of FoggyNoggin Software’s Dock Dodger, you can take back control of your Dock and hide unwanted icons even when the app is running…

Occasionally your Mac may decide it doesn’t want to connect to your wireless network via AirPort after you wake it from sleep. Other devices connect fine, so your router’s not the problem… maybe starting over can help. Over the past few…

Others may disagree, but I believe Apple’s Safari is the best internet browser available for the Mac. For starters, it’s blazing fast and has a great minimalist user interface. With this list of 21 Safari tips & productivity boosters, you can take…

One of the reported changes coming in Apple’s upcoming version of Mac OS X is the operating system’s default display gamma setting. It will literally change the way you see your Mac, so why not get started now? To provide some background…

Web designers and new media professionals who work with Adobe’s Flash multimedia platform would be doing themselves a huge favor by checking out the high quality tools provided by Eltima Software. Eltima Software offers two extremely…

Most people (myself included) are guilty of connecting their digital camera to their Mac, quickly throwing the most recently taken images into iPhoto, and then going on their merry way. As easy as that is in the moment, it will come back to bite…

YouTube, the world’s most popular video-sharing website, has recently introduced the ability to upload 720p high definition videos. Here’s how you can view and — even better — download them to keep on your Mac. Traditionally, the video quality…

The sky fell this week. Christmas was cancelled by Apple and apparently Steve Jobs is getting ousted a second time… according to the out-of-control rumor mongerers, at least. Reality is a crazy thing, though. Why report the truth when you…

Apple has released a Knowledge Base support article that details a fix for an issue that causes Software Update to freeze in the middle of an installation for users running Mac OS X versions 10.5 – 10.5.5. The problem stems from a bug that allows…

It’s coming down to crunch time this holiday season and, since gift-giving is already difficult to begin with, the pressure is on. No worries… you can put that extensive iPhoto library to good use and order Apple’s professionally printed products…