If we live in the information age, then information is the dust of the 21st century. It’s everywhere. Information clutter abounds. Email, images, photos, web pages, bookmarks, notes, snippets of this or that. They clutter our Mac desktops and even our iPhones are infected. Here’s the tale of a great Mac app that I want … Read More »
The App I Want to Save My Mac Never Has
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Over the past 10 years, the two main problems I’ve had with Mac hardware are disk drives and motherboards. Three Mac motherboards croaked in Macs from 2001 to 2006 and none since. In that same time span, three Mac hard disk drives have died. In the case of the failed hard disk drives, each Mac … Read More »
Sunrise
Monday, August 29, 2011
Yes, another Mac browser to try, this one developed using Cocoa, Objective-C, and WebKit. Flock does browser social networking angle, Sunrise aims a few features towards developers, otherwise it’s Safari under the hood. Sunrise is the open-source web browser that (is) based on (the) WebKit framework for Mac. It is light and fast. 9WR – … Read More »
AppCleaner
Monday, August 29, 2011
Good way to delete all the accompanying files created by an application you want to delete. Crowded field of utilities. CleanApp was our favorite, though new version has been buggy. AppZapper has a nice interface and best sound effects. AppDelete, like AppCleaner, is free. AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to completely and … Read More »
Manage Mac App Windows on a Big Screen
Monday, August 29, 2011
Apple seems to be torn in two directions. Small screens. Large screens. On the small screen side, there’s the popular MacBook Air models (not to mention iPhone and iPad screens). On the large screen side, there’s the highly popular 27-inch iMac, and the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The larger the screen, the more the need for … Read More »
99-cents Puts Color Into A Black And White Photo
Friday, August 26, 2011
A few years ago the rage in online photos was images with a reflection on the bottom, as if the photo was standing free, but on a glassy surface. Those days are gone. Today, it’s adding color to a black and white photo. The easy way is to start with a color photo first. Make … Read More »
Why I Love Dropbox On My Mac
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Some things in life are meant to be. Macs are beautiful. PCs are not. iPhones are beautiful. Android phones? Not so much. With the world moving quickly to the cloud, and Apple’s iCloud service set to rule the digital cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and nimbus of Macs and PCs, let me explain why it’s a worthwhile … Read More »
VisualHub
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Video compression and conversion utility. Reduces complicated video format standards with many presets for conversions. This is the latest and last version. Ever. VisualHub allows you to convert video files to one of 9 formats in as little as three steps. 1) Choose format, 2) drag file to convert, 3) Click ‘Start.’ 9WR – VisualHub: … Read More »