Posts Tagged ‘windows’

If you have an external hard drive or USB flash drive that you’d like to use on both Macs and Windows PCs, choosing the right file system to format the drive can be confusing. Learn a few ways to make your drive Mac and PC friendly. Need to access or transfer files…

If you are perplexed as to why Mac OS X’s green Zoom button doesn’t always maximize windows to full screen like in Microsoft Windows, there’s a perfectly good explanation. In fact, it truly makes sense when you think about it. As mentioned in…

If your Mac’s CD/DVD drive is dead, you might not have to get a replacement or external drive. All you need is another Mac or Windows PC on your local network so you can remotely access its drive from your Mac. As one of the few components…

Switching from a Windows PC to a Mac is a big step. At first, Mac OS X can seem like a foreign land to folks who have only used Windows in the past. But with an open mind and a little re-training, it’s not so daunting after all. It’s actually pretty exciting!

Although Apple’s Mac computers are selling in record numbers, there is still a ton of misinformation being spread about them. You have to believe Mac sales would skyrocket even more if the average person figured out those myths…

Apple and Microsoft are currently engaged in an escalating exchange of barbs with their respective TV ad campaigns. Although it’s getting a lot of attention now, Apple has been bashing PCs in their commercials for decades. It’s really interesting to…

Everyone’s used to hearing Apple addicts ramble about how much better Macs are than Windows-based PCs, but what’s really the big deal? What about them is so great and worth the (comparatively) large investment? A few months ago…

The latest version of Air Mouse, a utility that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless remote for your computer, brings the usefulness of Apple’s Multi-Touch devices to a whole new level. It has taken a few months to get there, but the…

The developers of the software, which lets you run popular Windows applications (including some games) on your Mac without needing to purchase a copy of Windows, are kicking their normal $69.95 price tag to the curb today…

Users who run Windows in a virtual machine via Parallels for Mac software don’t get all the speed of a native installation (such as Boot Camp), but there are a couple ways to improve performance. When I’m running Windows XP…