Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “mac”
The Apple Photos application leaves a lot to be desired. Its simplistic approach is often counter productive to advanced users. Something that drives me nuts is the inability to import a folder full of images directly into Photos while maintaining the folder name as a an album in Photos. I …
Homebrew recommends being installed in /usr/local/; This is not always possible for systems that are managed in corporate environments where permissions will restrict user ownership of Homebrew. If a user doesn’t own Homebrew they will not be able to add packages or update. The following is a super simple way …
It’s easy to block incoming connections on a Mac with the builtin firewall. Blocking outgoing connections to websites from your browsers or applications is a little more difficult. You could use an app like LittleSnitch but that is honestly overkill. If you are comfortable with using Terminal then you can …
Apple’s Photos app sucks Okay it isn’t that bad but it has some really annoying usability problems that drive me bonkers. I personally keep all my photos in folders named by event and contained by years. I do NOT have Photos set to import my pictures into its own Library. …
The Photos app is nice but it can be a real system hog when it first starts up (especially on an older Mac). Every time you connect an iPhone, iPad or other photo containing devices the Photos app automatically starts. You can prevent the app from opening with the following …
I often find myself wanting to delete files on my Mac without needing to empty the Trash after. This is particularly useful when deleting large files and/or files on mounted (external) drives. The following is a super-simple way to add a service to your Finder menu allowing you to skip …
I periodically check my User Login Items to see if any recently installed applications have added themselves to my system startup. Login Items can greatly increase the amount of time it takes to boot your Mac. We all have applications we want to open every time we boot. The problem …
I always wondered about this one. I guess I should have figured it out for myselft but things are always much clearer when someone spells it out for you… Spinning Beach Ball of Death (SBBOD) Officially the “spinning wait cursor” the spinning beach ball of death spells trouble to most …
Because Nostalgia Always Beats Practicality SiteHirac presents an iPad case for the gentleman-or-woman who wants to take it back to the day of beautiful, age-stained yellow computer casings – the day of the Mac Classic. And as far as I can tell, this is an actual Macintosh Classic, gutted and …
Has your Adobe DreamWeaver application begun crashing on startup? Mine started last Thursday. I finally had a few minutes to figure it out today. It’s the good old Daylight Savings Time bug from CS3 that is causing the crash! Yep, a year has passed and Adobe even released CS4 without …
Forget Balloon Boy and Billy Mays this Halloween. Dress up as your favorite demonic CEO instead. You’ll scare the pants off work colleagues when you walk in the elevator, and the neighboorhood kids will be in a bag of hurt when you give them apple slices instead of sickly sweet …
After updating one of my OS X systems to Snow Leopard I am no longer able to run any of my $1500 Adobe CS4 Applications… WTF! I followed all the steps that the non-English speaking Adobe tech from India read word-for-word over the phone from the useless Adobe tech support …
It’s a sad day; Apple has recently declared the iMac G4 (iLamp) “Obsolete”. Tears of sadness fall down my face. It’s debut in 2002 sent shock waves around the computing world. The “Luxo”-lamp was so special it was featured on the cover of Time Magazine. I have a special place …
WWDC always delivers us Apple fans lots of goodies. Below are a few mentionable items from todays Keynote address: Hardware Updates Fastest Laptops Ever. New 15-inch MacBook Pro. OS Updates – “Snow Leopard” Leopard -refined over 90% of core OS pieces in Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard will be available in September. $29 …
Apple hosted a preview event for the upcoming 3.0 iPhone OS. Apple highlighted over 1,000 new APIs for developers and over 100 new features. On March 17, Apple presented the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0, the next version of the world’s most advanced mobile platform. In addition to previewing its …
She loves me… She really loves me! My AWESOME wife surprised me with a 3G 16GB iPhone for Valentine’s Day. I know; she is the best wife in the world. I only got her flowers, chocolate and a Snow Baby figurine. I guess next year Beverle will be getting something …
Happy Birthday… 25 years and counting. It’s amazing how far you have come in these 25 years. From 3.5″ floppy drives to Blue-Ray SuperDrives, todays Mac’s are the best computers on the market. Keep up the great work! We Love You Apple P.S. – Steve – Get Well Soon!
Everyone knows that I L-O-V-E everything Apple/Mac. My absolutely darling, beautiful, spectacular, awesome wife got me a 32G iPod Touch for Christmas. I know- she’s the greatest! Let me tell you, I have been dieing to get my hands on a iPhone but I just cant go back to AT&T. …
It’s certainly no secret that I am a Mac user and a Mac lover. Perhaps even a Mac cult follower. That said, I really can’t pass up commenting on Microsoft’s new Windows Vista commercials. No- I’m not talking about the Seinfeld Gates commercials. I’m talking about the “Mojave Experiment” series. …
I guess you could say that Steve Jobs has done it yet again. Mac Expo’s are never dull by any standard. Perhaps this year wasn’t as groundbreaking as last year however Jobs presented some cool new stuff.The new thin “MacBook Air” is cool. I’m sure this will be a hit …
FINALLY!!! Apple has announced OS X Leopard will arrive October 26th. Additional Info – http://www.apple.com/macosx/
Apple sent an invitation to select media for an event in San Francisco on September 5th. The invitation shows a figure holding an iPod. The figure is nestled within what looks like iTunes “Cover Flow”. Is it time for a touch screen iPod??? Since the release of the iPhone, it …
There has been a lot of news recently about the high theft rate of the Apple iPod. On the flip side there has been absolutely no news about the Microsoft Zune player. Hide-a-Pod (hideapod.com) protects your iPod or iPhone by making it look like a Zune player. First let me …
The iPhone looks awesome, absolutely incredible. Do I want one? Hell Yes! Am I going to buy one? Hell No… First and foremost I’m not going to leave my current cell service. I had AT&T a few years back and they were alright but nothing compared to my current provider …
