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What’s better than iPhoto for photo albums and CDs?
Apple’s iPhoto is a wonderful value for digital photography, but lacks variety when it comes to creating photo galleries. Not to worry. There are other ways to create photo albums and galleries, for CD distribution, for uploading to websites. The price tag of JAlbum makes iPhoto look expensive.
Read More »How to go Back to the Future with AOL, Pt. 1
What can I say? Many of us cut our online teeth using AOL, long before the internet went public. Remarkably, AOL is still around after all these years, plotting and scheming their way back to our hearts. The only problem with AOL is that they never left the 20th century. Let’s go Back to the Future with AOL, Pt. 1.
Read More »Pixelmator creates beautiful images without Photoshop
I’ve owned Photoshop for years. It is a great Mac application. It’s also a beast. With each new Photoshop upgrade from Adobe I fall farther behind in my knowledge and ability to use Photoshop because I don’t use it every day. Along comes Pixelmator, an attractive, easy-to-use Photoshop-like image editor, and I feel like I know how to create beautiful images, without the guilt.
Read More »How to be an expert password manager in 3 minutes
Why is there not a universal login ID and password? I have dozens of passwords, each with different login IDs. There’s a few dozen web sites to login in to, multiple email accounts to manage, web mail, Yahoo!, Google, sites with forums, not to mention banks and credit card sites. Who can remember all those login ID’s and passwords? I don’t have to. I learned to manage them all in 3 minutes. Here’s how…
Read More »How to get geeky on your Mac with Hazel
Our Macs keep us organized, keep us connected, and don’t ask much in return. Every Mac could use a little Hazel running around inside, keeping your Mac tidy and organized. That’s what a personal digital housekeeper for your Mac can do. Keep house.
Read More »Sync files and back up between two Macs
I have three Macs-- two desktops and one notebook-- and keeping them all in sync was once a challenge. Now my synchronization is handled automatically using ChronoSync, a flexible, straightforward, easy to manage file synchronization utility.
Read More »Times: How to use your Mac like a newspaper
Despite the internet and RSS feeds, the newspaper is not dead. Yet. Add Times to your Mac and you get RSS feeds, headlines and summaries, stuffed into a digital replica of a newspaper. Times is like reading The Times. It’s an onscreen digital version of a newspaper with all the news you want.
Read More »Customize your Mac with CandyBar’s eye candy
Yes, Leopard is beautiful. Yes, your Leopard looks just like everyone else’s Leopard. Is there a way to customize your Mac beyond screensaver and desktop photos? How about some eye candy from CandyBar?
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