How do you transfer files from one Mac to another at home or in the office? Sneaker net used to work fine. Copy a file to a floppy disk or CD. Then take the disk or CD to whomever needed a copy of your file. That method works but it’s so 1999. Mac users have … Read More »

My multi-step method to avoid Flash videos and ads on Safari (by using Google’s Chrome instead) works most of the time. H.264 videos play just fine in Safari. By using the Switch Menubar app to bounce between Safari and Chrome my video watching life improved. Except for one thing. Amazingly, many videos that float around … Read More »

My dad always told me to get the right tool for the job. He was a mechanic. I was interested in poetry, stories, and living happily ever after. I was not interested in being a mechanic. Amazingly, my life these days revolves around tools. Not wrenches or hammers or screwdrivers. Digital tools. If the Mac … Read More »

Buried deep into my bucket list is a desire to write a book. I don’t know yet what I’d write about, but I want to. I have almost all the basics to be an author. Basics? Yep. I have a Mac. I have four or five word processors. I have a camera so I can … Read More »

My family and friends tell me I’m too serious. They say I need to lighten up and not act like such an old person. When I make funny faces into Photo Booth on my Mac, then share them with family and friends online, they tell me to grow up. I did something funny and stupid … Read More »

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 »

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 »

You won’t believe what people say when it’s time to say no more. I’m tired. Sometimes I sleep for days at a time and can’t remember much of anything. Other times I lie awake, seemingly for days on end, and remember everything. Lately, I’ve been thinking about last words. There’ve been some good ones down … Read More »