Buried deep in John Gruber’s treatise, Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline is a gem about change. In comparing the late 1990s and the dot com boom with the current state of affairs (Apple and the Mac growing, Microsoft and Windows shrinking), Gruber uncovers the heart of the matter. It’s heart. I Heart My Mac Few of … Read More »
Top 10 iPhone annoyances
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Apple’s iPhone is rapidly proving itself as the handheld computer that’s also a cell phone. Here’s a Top 10 list of mostly minor annoyances from Macworld. Numero uno on the list is, you guessed it, AT&T: As iPhone users outside the United States begin to enjoy tethering and multimedia messaging services (MMS), AT&T’s exclusive hold … Read More »
Show me the Mac movie with iShowU
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Every now and then a Mac utility comes along that seems better than the utilities that came before. For about 10 years I was a great fan of, and purchaser of, Ambrosia’s SnapzProX, a great utility to record anything on your Mac’s screen. Is there anything better? Yes. Yesteryear I don’t want to fault SnapzProX. … Read More »
Is the music on your iPod legal or illegal?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I came across a poll we conducted for Mac360 back in the summer of 2004. The questions were basic. How many songs are on your iPod? And, are they legal or illegal? Over 3,600 respondents later and the results continue to be the same. How many songs? Times change. Music changes. I used to buy … Read More »
How big is your MacBook hard disk?
Monday, July 27, 2009
Western Digital became the first hard disk drive manufacturer to ship a one terabyte drive. $250 gets you the Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch SATA disk. The 750 gigabyte version is $190. Features of the Scorpio Blue line include WhisperDrive technology, which WD says makes the drive operate more quietly; ShockGuard, a combination of firmware and hardware … Read More »
More on Twitter Clients
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Good overview from Rixstep of the four best Twitter clients for Mac users, including my current favorites, Tweetie and Twitterific (both Mac and iPhone). Canary, TweetDeck, Tweetie, and Twitterrific manage your tweets and followers in different ways. Different strokes for different folks, right? Or, is it, different tools for different fools? Unless you’ve been living … Read More »