It’s taken nine months but here, finally, is Stuff I Like, part 2. (Stuff I Like, part 1 was about PowerSupport Anti-Glare Film-- now called "Tru Protection"* Anti-Glare film.)You can read all about these programs at their websites, so I’m not going to go into great detail here. I will give you a short summary... Continue Reading →
Snow Leopard, available August 28th
Looky here-- Apple finished Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) early! The software, which costs $29 for Macs with 10.5 already installed, will be available this Friday.If you want to know more about Snow Leopard, click here. If you want to buy a copy of Snow Leopard, click here*.I will install Snow Leopard as soon... Continue Reading →
Handy iPhone App: Gorillacam
I've been experimenting with a free iPhone app called "Gorillacam." It comes from the people who make the GorillaMobile iPhone tripod* but you don't have to have the tripod to use it. Gorillacam improves upon the standard iPhone Camera app in several ways, including the handy features shown in the picture below:Of these, I like... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Shopping Site
(Note: last week one of my customers-- Tom Nevermann,AKA "The Moving Doctor"-- asked me to help him find a good deal on USB-powered speakers for his Mac. I took him to www.dealnews.com and set up an email alert for him, and now every time a good deal on USB-powered speakers comes along, Tom gets notified... Continue Reading →
Macworld Round-Up: Stuff I Bought
I'm back from Macworld 2011 and as usual, it was a lot of fun. Also as usual, it was a lot of walking but this year I wore tennis shoes instead of cowboy boots. It took a while but I'm getting smarter.There was plenty of cool stuff to look and play with and you can... Continue Reading →
Speed Up Your Mac (#3)
So much of what we do with files starts with a drag and a drop. You might drag an image to Mail in order to send it to someone, or to iPhoto to add it to the iPhoto Library. You might drag an image to Photoshop in order to open it for editing. All of... Continue Reading →
iTunes University
Apple's iTunes university offers more than 250,000 free lectures, videos, films, and other materials-- from universities, museums and art institutions, and libraries all over the world. You'll find courses from Stanford, Michigan, and Cal (and many, many more); lectures about past and current exhibits from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA (the Museum of Modern... Continue Reading →
Quickly Edit Events in iCal
Maybe I should have known this one and maybe everyone else already does. I guess we'll find out.When you make an event in iCal it is assigned a "calendar" (category). The one that's assigned is the one that's selected in the list at iCal's left. Often, it's not the one you want. Here's how to... Continue Reading →
Groovy Time-Saving Command-Drag Tip
Back in July I wrote about how cool it is to have icons in the Toolbar at the top of Finder windows, making it quick and easy for you to drag and drop without going all the way to the Dock. Today I discovered a groovy time-saving shortcut that makes putting those icons into your... Continue Reading →
iPhone 4 Antenna Song
Apple's iPhone 4 press conference is going on right now. They started it by showing this YouTube video.