How To Dig Into Your Mac’s Folders

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | How To

If there’s more than one way to skin a cat, then there’s many ways to use your Mac. I love handy little Mac utilities that are more than the sum of the parts. For example, how do you navigate all the folders on your Mac? Do you click and open a gazillion windows? Try a single click utility that does the same thing.

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How to satisfy your craving for Mac eye candy

Friday, January 15, 2010 | How To

Why do Mac users love their Macs? It’s the pretty package, right? After all, there’s the beautiful screen, the firm and solid feel of an aluminum unibody case, the professional keyboard, the elegant Apple logo, the glitter and glamor of Mac OS X. Or, is it the quiet competence of a computer that seldom crashes, avoids malware and viruses like Fox News avoids fair and balanced, and comes with most of what you need right out of the box? Nah. It’s the eye candy.

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How To Navigate Your Mac With Menu Browser

Friday, January 8, 2010 | How To

Don’t you just love the Dock on your Mac? There’s all those colorful icons that glisten and float on your screen. The little blue dot below each icon tells you the app or utility is open. You can set the Dock to disappear yet be there when you want with just a mouse swipe. Click and hold for more options. Click and right click for even more options. What more could you ask? How about a simple, elegant, easy-to-use menu browser in the Menubar?

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Danger. Your Mac can be hacked. Again. How?

Monday, August 31, 2009 | How To

Did you catch the headlines? Macs get viruses. Macs can be hacked. Your Mac is in danger. You should buy virus protection software. Mac security is not as good as Windows. Will this nonsense ever end? The number of lies, distortions, mistruths, fabrications, and fear mongering makes the Mac seem like the Silicon Valley version of the health care hot potato in Washington. Who and what can you believe? Is your Mac in danger?

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Hate the Mac’s Dock? Fix it this way.

Sunday, August 23, 2009 | How To

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Windows taskbar and the Mac’s Dock are the basic tools for launching apps and utilities on personal computers. Most of us just use them and don’t worry about their inherent deficiencies. Others look for enhancements or outright replacements. For your Mac’s Dock, try something in between.

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The Myth of Multitasking on your Mac

Sunday, August 16, 2009 | How To

My Mac is loaded with utilities and applications to make my digital life easier. Ditto for my iPhone. If there’s a tool on either one to help me become more efficient, more productive, I’ve got it. If anyone asked me to describe myself, I’d tell them I’m the Queen of Multitasking. Then I read The Myth of Multitasking by Christine Rosen. Uh oh. Paradigm shift.

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How to make good photos look old

Sunday, August 9, 2009 | How To

I was talking on the phone today with my west coast Mac360 counterpart and Macophile friend, Bambi Brannan, who suggested I try a new Mac utility to enhance digital photographs. I’m a long time Photoshop user who hates the expense and complexity of Adobe’s flagship product as well as the time required to produce creative digital effects on photographs. So, I was all ears. And eyes. Her list of Mac utilities had a couple of gems; one I love, one I wonder about.

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Does the world need an Apple version of PayPal?

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 | How To

It must be a slow news week already. I had to laugh at some of this morning’s headlines regarding Apple. Now that Google’s CEO is gone from Apple’s Board, is Apple plotting to build its own search engine? The Register thinks it’s possible. Another headline says Apple wants to build a PayPal killer. Apple’s good at leveraging one ability to create another. Does Apple need to become a bank, too?

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