When it comes to basic backups on my Mac I prefer the posture of set it and forget it. That wasn’t so easy a few years ago, but today Mac users can choose from a few dozen backup apps, most of which are decent. Some are cheap, some are expensive, and loaded with extra features. … Read More »

Is this a great country? Or what? Remember Napster? Back in the day it was the way to get music on your Mac or PC. Then along came Apple and the iTunes Music Store and the party ended. Here’s a way to party like it’s 1999 with a Mac app that can stream 13-million songs … Read More »

The Mac’s Finder and me are not friends. It’s actually a love hate relationship. The Finder loves to infuriate me and I hate that. If you get headaches using the Finder, you could try Path Finder. Think of it as the Finder from the planet Krypton. It’s that powerful. And comes with a price tag. … Read More »

Our Macs have plenty of ways to navigate to files, folders, and apps. One that is mostly hidden but easily accessed is the Recent Items menu in the Apple Menubar menu. Click it and you get a hierarchical menu of Recent Apps, Recent Documents, and Recent Servers. These recents are all well and good but … Read More »

Mac users from yesteryear will remember the rounded screen corners in Mac OS X. At the corners of the Menubar, for example, Mac OS X featured slightly rounded corners (which started on the original Mac back in 1984). Since OS X Leopard, the corners are no longer rounded, they’re squared off at right angles. Here’s … Read More »

Remember when Dashboard Widgets were all the rage among Mac users? Most of them do one thing, do it well, and don’t cost much (as in, free). One of my favorite, most useful Widgets is one you probably need but didn’t know it. Delivery Status is a Widget that simply tracks your package deliveries. Simply … Read More »

By now you know the Mac has been blessed with malware. Serious malware. While the latest malware is a Java-based Trojan Horse (which usually requires a user to download and install), Apple found it serious enough to issue multiple Java updates for Mac OS X. All the excitement of a few hundred thousand Macs being … Read More »

If necessity is the mother of invention, then you know why people invent things. They have a need not easily fulfilled by other products. Take Address Book in the Mac. It’s a good address and contact manager. But putting in a bunch of addresses can be a challenge. One or two or three at a … Read More »