Tag Mac OS X

Calibrate your MacBook/Pro/Air’s color.

So my MacBook Air’s color was really driving me nuts.  I’d gotten to the point of sad acceptance that the bright, grainy resolution was something I’d be forced into staring at the rest of its existence, in fact.  I really had no idea just how easy it was to update the color profiles with one [...]

5 Mac utilities that ‘rock my world’.

These Mac utilities rock our world, too, JK.

Find yourself wanting to take lots of screen snapshots? Here are 4 Mac OS X screenshot tools.

It seems illogical to me that the built-in screenshot capabilities in Mac OS X aren’t more than enough.  The reality, however, is that several developers have seemingly found them lacking enough to make money building apps that do more than the core Apple functionality provides. Here’s a solid review of the OS X screenshot tool [...]

No ‘Widget Mode’ for iPad… yet. But you’re fooling yourself if you think there never will be. Here are some reasons.

Before anyone else we talked about our expectation that Mac OS X and iPhone OS should (and quite possibly would) integrate what currently exists as Dashboard widgets in Mac OS X into a design allowing iPhone screen sized apps essentially supplant them. Despite this article’s discussion regartding Gruber’s claim that there’s to be no ‘widget [...]

A Multi-Touch iPhone OS Layer On Top of Mac OS X? At some point everyone will begin to understand this is the future of Dashboard.

A Multi-Touch iPhone OS Layer On Top of Mac OS X? – Mac Rumors.

Intuit finally releases a new version of Quicken for Mac.

Wow!  That only took four years.

Apple DVR patent: we’ll be seeing this TiVo-like technology on iPods and iSlates very soon.

Patently Apple picked up a very recent patent application for DVR technology likely to be employed by Apple any day now.  This promises to (if we’re lucky) finally blur the lines of distinction between local content sources.  In other words, perhaps when combined with the Home Sharing feature recently added to iTunes, we’ll no longer [...]

The Smart Mac: Smart Folders in OS X

Just wanted to add this tip to encourage my Mac friends to try using it and other great Mac OS X tricks. The Smart Mac: Smart Folders in OS X. Also, here’s a great place to go for Apple’s tips.  Easy, concise, and they help you get the most out of your computer. Apple – [...]

Here’s to the crazy ones: a decade of Mac OS X reviews.

Ars Technica’s John Siracusa looks back with a decade’s hindsight at his early reviews of Mac OS X. He talks about what went right, what went wrong, and what he’s still waiting on. via Here’s to the crazy ones: a decade of Mac OS X reviews.