A few words on money, MoneyWell, and my Mac
Without question there are more than enough money management software titles for the Mac. There was a time when Intuit’s Quicken was about all we had to manage money. Years of abusing Mac users has relegated Quicken to also-ran status. Mac users found other solutions. In the past year I’ve changed my solution three times. The latest?
Make your Mac smarter with Smart Scroll
Having and working with a few hundred Mac add-on utilities I tend to be judicious about those I use everyday. Whatever the utility, it must add something to my moment-by-moment experience, it must be reasonably priced, and it must be stable and dependable. Three of the basic features in Smart Scroll fill my requirements.
What’s really, really inside Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
Remember Mac Classic? That was so last century. Mac OS X continues to mature, perhaps even adding middle aged weight. Middle aged? Think about it. Much of what’s inside Snow Leopard can trace a heritage back to the mid-to-late 1980s with NeXT Computer and Nextstep, the precursor to Mac OS X. So, what’s really inside the Mac’s new Snow Leopard OS?
New Zune HD (do you know anyone with a Zune?)
Like the Timex of yesteryear, Microsoft’s Zune takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Well, maybe not ticking. But it’s not dead yet. Introducing the Zune HD. Microsoft’s next iPod killer. What’s the HD stand for? It’s not what you think.
A few words on Mac file sync and backup
I’ve been a Mac user and owner, continuously, since March 1984. The number of Macs I’ve bought numbers into the dozens. Through the years I’ve developed a number of habits to ensure the safety of my Mac’s files. That means backups. For me, backing up a Mac is a two step process.
Does the world need an Apple search engine?
As part of a continuing effort to create the news rather than report it, The Register asks if Apple is plotting a search engine of its own? Does the world need yet another search engine? Is that the kind of business Apple needs to be running?
1998: Mac or PC? 2009: Mac or PC?
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.
Show me the Mac movie with iShowU
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.
Is the music on your iPod legal or illegal?
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.
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