Yet Another Mac Diagramming App That’s Inexpensive, Easy To Use

Back in the last century I worked for an engineering company. That experience taught me the value of thinking with my hand. Engineers loved working with white boards and diagram apps to map out processes and procedures in a work flow. Mac users can do the same kind of visual thinking with a new breed … Read More »

The Sorry State Of Audio Recording Apps For The Mac

My Macs have been home to audio recording apps since back in the last century. Today, a new Mac is a powerhouse of multimedia audio and video recording. Garageband can record multiple tracks of audio from nearly any source, and even adds multitrack sweetening capability to movie tracks. If you need recording beyond Garageband, Apple … Read More »

Why The iPad Doesn’t Have Multiuser Support

This is a no-brainer. Your Mac has multiple user support built in. Every member of the family can have a separate user account on any iMac, MacBook, MacPro, or Mac mini. Multiuser support is standard on the Mac. And very useful as it protects email, browsing history, documents and more, between users. Why doesn’t the … Read More »

A New And Better Way To Read PDF Files And Annotate PDF Pages On Your Mac

Despite our human penchant to adopt the latest and greatest, sometimes what once was is better than what is. Take PDF documents. They’re a good way to share documents across multiple platforms. Some PDF readers give you note taking or annotation tools, otherwise, a PDF is one, big, long piece of digital paper. The blast … Read More »

Here’s The Mac Calculator App You Really Need But Don’t Have

Does your Mac have app collections? Mine is loaded with photo enhancement apps, video editing tools, even more editors and word processors than I need or use. I also have a dozen calculators of every size, shape, and feature set. Here’s on you probably don’t have on your Mac and why you need it. CalcMadeEasy … Read More »

A Few Words About The Mac’s Best File Transfer Tool

The word best has different meanings. One man’s best, is another man’s worst. Since way back in the last century I’ve used a dozen Mac FTP apps to upload and download files. Some are fast. Some have more features than Obamacare. Some are dirt cheap or free. Others are capable but overly complex. No matter … Read More »