Tera Thomas O'Brien Talks Apple and Apps
As my Mac experience grows over the years I’ve come to notice a trend. I keep multiple apps that do the same thing. Take Safari. Please. It’s fast, elegant, unobtrusive, and crash happy. If I could have a conversation with Apple CEO Tim Cook, I’d ask him about giving me a dividend for the few … Read More »
How do you get things done? With a to-do list, right? For Mac users, there are a few dozen apps that claim to be the to-do end all. Which one is best? That, dear reader, depends on your needs, the number of items you need to get done, and whether or not you to-do list … Read More »
If you want to know a little of what’s going on behind the scenes on your Mac’s browsers, read Cookies and Privacy. Then, prepare to be afraid; very afraid. In a nutshell, here’s what happens when you and your browser visit most web sites. A cookie, a small piece of information, is attached to your … Read More »
You’re a Mac user, right? So, why would you want to run Windows on your Mac? The truth is, sometimes there are apps or games that just run better on a Windows PC than on a Mac. Also, there are many business applications that are Windows-only, though the world is changing. Apple’s penalty for losing … Read More »
Apple’s latest iteration of OS X for the Mac is called Mountain Lion. It’s due this summer and promises to kill a bunch of very popular Mac apps. Maybe it’s just my perspective, but if you’re not one to jump onto Mountain Lion as soon as it’s ready, and you want Apple to work out … Read More »
You think you know your Mac inside and out? OK, when did Apple drop the rounded screen corners in favor of the crisp and clear right angles of today’s Mac? I didn’t know either, and had to look it up (pre-Leopard). Rounded screen corners? Yes, that was the way of the Mac up until just … Read More »
The Mac App Store is my new found friend. What I’ve found is nearly a dozen great Mac photo enhancement apps, all of them under $10, many at 99-cents, and a few priced in-between. What caught my hair on fire this weekend was xScope, the Mac onscreen measuring tool, priced at the high end of … Read More »
Your Mac is about to become the center of information overload. That was predicted by the Mayans to occur sometime later this year. Leave it to Apple to make it happen. With the launch of OS X Mountain Lion later this year, Apple brings us all those things we love to love and hate about … Read More »
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