Integrating a new tool into my daily Mac routine is a time honored tradition. I try out a new app. If I don’t like it, I scrap it. If I like it, I keep it. If I really like it, I keep using it. One tool that’s easy to integrate into your work flow is … Read More »

If there’s one thing I love about modern Macs it’s the screen real estate. Remember the original Mac? It had a nine-inch screen. That’s right. The screen was smaller than an iPad’s screen, and totally dwarfed by any Mac screen today. What can you do with all those extra screen pixels? If you’re a photo … Read More »

To be fair, a barrel of monkeys is probably not all that much fun. Fun to watch? Maybe. Otherwise, the monkeys probably cause more grief than anything else what with running around, throwing bodily waste, and slobbering on anyone who gets too close. That’s not to mention all the noise. Colored Folder Creator is a … Read More »

Grabbing screenshots on your Mac is an art. You need the right tool. You need a good touch. And you need to remember all the steps. The old fashioned way of grabbing screenshots was easy. Command+Shift+4 captures the whole screen and saves it as an image. Or, Control+Shift+Command+4 gives your mouse pointer crosshairs so you … Read More »

Remember MacPaint? That’s the app that started a digital graphics revolution back in the last century. At one time MacPaint and MacWrite had a $195 price tag. Eventually MacPaint made its way to Claris (an Apple subsidiary), languished for many years, then died of natural causes and neglect in 1998. What if Apple had continued … Read More »

You don’t need Photoshop Elements to enhance photos on your Mac when iPhoto doesn’t do the job. LiveQuartz gives you 13 photo effects tools for $1.99 (which works out to about 15-cents each). This handy app is part of a trend among Mac App Store apps. Plenty of features, low price. In this case, you … Read More »