Mac-Related Reviews

Updated July 18th, 2016.

Fantastic special offer on fantastic creative software - Great creative Mac apps: Affniity Publisher, Designer, & Photo. 90 day trial. $49 each, one-time payment. Designer & Photo available on iPad too.
Paste icons with examples “Paste” for the Mac– Like Copy & Paste on Steroids - The "Paste" app extends Copy & Paste, letting you copy unlimited things and then paste them anywhere, in any order, at any time. I love it.
Transcend JetDrive Lite How to Expand Storage on MacBook Pro Retina and MacBook Air - There are two ways to upgrade MacBook Pro Retina and MacBook Air storage. One is very easy; the other is slightly less easy, but worth it.
The Clever Coffee Dripper - Updated December 22nd, 2015.I think of The Clever Coffee Dripper* as an essential Mac accessory because it makes the coffee that fuels this here website (and a lot of other stuff that keeps me up all night.) The beauty of The Clever Coffee Dripper is the water doesn’t just run though the cone and into... Continue Reading →
How to Get Rid of Ads in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on the Mac - Updated August 31st, 2021.Here’s how you remove ads and adware from web pages with a simple plug-in. This speeds up your web browsing because you’re downloading less material. There are roughly a billion active websites, and whichever ones you go to, I am positive that you aren’t going there for the ads. You’d never do... Continue Reading →
Schedule Outgoing Emails on Your Mac with SendLater - Here's how you can write an email today, and have it go out tomorrow morning. I use this all the time. Super-handy.
Mac OS Yosemite: Should You Install It? - Updated December 19th, 2015.Readers of this blog are likely aware of Apple’s new Mac OS “Yosemite” (aka Mac OS 10.10). They’re also likely aware that it’s a free upgrade, and that all you have to do is click a button to start the installation. The question is, should you install Yosemite? Should you click that... Continue Reading →
How to Make a Good Password - Updated October 9th, 2019.— How to Make a Good Password — UPDATE: even though your passwords aren’t stored as plain text at places like LinkedIn and Target it isn’t terribly hard to figure out what those passwords are should there be a data breach. This video shows you how password cracking gets done. You’ve no... Continue Reading →
World Cup Brazil 2014 2014 World Cup Soccer Calendar for Mac, iPhone, and iPad - Updated August 14th, 2022.Rather than rely upon others to provide an updating World Cup calendar I have done it myself. It has the complete schedule for the current World Cup (2022). Click here to get it. UPDATE: here’s a link to the 2018 knockout stage World Cup calendar, for your Mac, iPhone or iPad (in... Continue Reading →
How to boost the maximum sound volume on a Mac - Make your Mac's speakers louder with "Boom." Especially great for laptops with their tiny speakers. Increase the volume of everything.
Mountain Lion Hints and Tips - Updated January 7th, 2017.I’ve had Apple’s $19.99 Mountain Lion installed here on an iMac (2.7 GHz Intel Core i5) for about two weeks, enough time to find a few niceties and doodads that you might be interested in. Here goes. Address Book has been renamed “Contacts” (matching the iPhone and iPad apps) and it has... Continue Reading →
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Advice and Info - Updated December 18th, 2015.Apple released Mountain Lion today, also known as OS X 10.8. This comes less than a month after the MobileMe-to-iCloud transition deadline, which means less than a month after a whole lot of people converted to OS X 10.7 (Lion). My advice, based on over 21 years of full-time Mac consulting, is... Continue Reading →
Office 2011: Don’t Bother - Updated December 18th, 2015.Executive Summary: we waited three years for THIS?! Don’t bother buying it, unless you absolutely have to. And, keep in mind that in some ways it’s not even as good as the previous version. Microsoft’s Office, like McDonald’s hamburger, is very popular without being very good. Thanks to clever bundling arrangements on... Continue Reading →
Travelers, save time and trouble with Tripit.com - Let Tripit keep track of your flights and hotels and it will put the info you need into your Mac and iPhone calendars! Completely automatic.
Review: Apple’s magical Magic Mouse - Updated October 9th, 2019.There it is: Apple’s Magic Mouse (held by someone else’s nicely manicured hand). I have one (a Magic Mouse, not a nicely manicured hand) and so far, so good. I’ve used it for a week and I’m happy. It’s super-precise, it’s wireless (yay), and there aren’t any parts to get gummy and... Continue Reading →
Snow Leopard: I say “Wait.” - Updated December 14th, 2015.Wish I could say “Go get it, install it, you’ll be very happy” but I can’t. I installed Snow Leopard on my MacBook yesterday, had a few problems, and went back to 10.5.8. My advice: wait until Apple has a 10.6.1 update before installing Snow Leopard. That’s what I’m going to do.... Continue Reading →
Safari 4– free, and great - Updated December 13th, 2015.Lost in Monday’s excitement about the new iPhone was the news that Safari has been upgraded to version 4. I think it’s terrific, and since it’s free you’ll definitely get your money’s worth. I say “go get it.” Click here to read all about it. In a nutshell, Safari 4 loads pages... Continue Reading →
iWork ’09 Missing Manual - Updated October 9th, 2019.After months of hard work the iWork ’09 Missing Manual is now available. Here’s a modified version of the cover: Frankly, I think it’s fantastic, and not just because I was involved in it. Josh Clark has written a superb book and you are going to want to read it cover to... Continue Reading →
OmniFocus: To-do list for Mac and iPhone - Updated April 10th, 2016.There are many to-do list programs for the Mac. And there are many to-do list programs for the iPhone. But there aren’t many to-do list programs for the Mac that synchronize with the iPhone, an essential feature if you ask me. Actually, there are two Mac to-do list programs that have synchronizing... Continue Reading →
iWork 09 report - A new version of iWork is out! Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Every Mac user should use these, or at least know how to. These are nice apps.
Make mine Mint (dot com) - Updated December 13th, 2015.Wow, what a cool website: www.mint.com. They call it “the best way to manage your money.” And it’s free. Anyone can sign up for a mint.com account. You then enter information about your financial accounts– savings, checking, investments, credit cards. Do that, and at a glance you can see ALL of your... Continue Reading →
10.5.5 update - Updated July 3rd, 2016.Hard to recommend the 10.5.5 update just yet. There seem to be some installation issues. Half of the machines at Boyceworld took the installation without incident and are working fine. The other half took forever to restart after the install, then went to a blue screen, then turned themselves off. After restarting... Continue Reading →
Stuff You Didn’t Know You Had - Updated December 13th, 2015.And now, something completely different! Apple loads new Macs with a lot of software that we all use (iPhoto, Safari, Mail, iTunes, etc.). They also load new Macs with a lot of software that almost no one uses. But if more of us knew about it, more of us would use it.... Continue Reading →
Stuff I Like - I really like a non-glare screen for my Macs and iPhone. Here's info about the best non-glare films I've found.


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