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 »
My Favorite Mac Graphic Tool Of All Time
By on February 21, 2012
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 »
Mac Reminders And Notifications Ad Nauseam
By on February 17, 2012
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 »
MacBook Air or iPad?
By on February 13, 2012
My Mac experience goes back to the PowerBook days, pre-Intel, pre-MacBook line, pre-Mac OS X. My latest flame is the MacBook Air. It’s light, fast, elegant, sturdy, and does almost anything a desktop Mac can do, but it fits in a bag, backpack, or briefcase. By all accounts, how I use the MacBook Air is … Read More »
Aunt Tera and Me
By on September 13, 2011
She was special. She was my aunt and my namesake. When my parents died many years ago, Aunt Tera was there, encouraging me to stay in school, not to alter a young life course. She talked. I listened. She lived a life by example. I watched. And I paid attention. It’s been five years since … Read More »
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