USB memory sticks are getting cheaper and cheaper while continuing to increase in capacity. This is great but also risky since now you have that much more information that can be lost or stolen. You can protect against your data falling into the wrong hands by creating an encrypted volume on the memory stick. [...]

One of Leopard’s 300 new features was QuickLook (QL), a utility that allows the user to view the contents of a file without even opening it. This ability to quickly preview files is one of my favorite new features in Leopard. QuickLook is activated by pressing the spacebar on any highlighted file or [...]

Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of simultaneous key strokes that perform a particular task. Using these shortcuts (which often involve modifier keys such as command, option, control and shift) typically saves time because you don’t need to move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse. I use the following 23 shortcuts almost everyday [...]

In the wake of MacWorld, the Elgato online store is offering 50 dollars off of select TV tuners for your Mac. These are great tuners and they are combined with the critically acclaimed EyeTV 3.0 software. As an added bonus, I discovered that if you following this link to the EyeTV 250 Plus and then [...]

A few months back Franklin opined about how the titanic battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD will ultimately end with both optical media formats losing out to the digital distribution of media. Well, the announcements at yesterday’s MacWorld of iTunes movie rentals and new Apple TV software that leverages iTunes rentals and serves up HD content [...]

This guide will show you how to access a computer located on your home network from outside of your local area network. For the purposes of this guide, let’s assume we are trying to access a HOME SERVER such as a Mac Mini located on your home WiFi router. The home computer could [...]

Steve Jobs ended 2006 by proclaiming that, “2007 is likely to be one of the most exciting new product years in Apple’s history.” Needless to say, he wasn’t just blowing smoke. Apple was on fire in 2007 as new and revolutionary products lured droves of consumers to Apple goods and launched Apple’s market capitalization (it [...]

As a followup to my last post about Mac freeware applications that Apple’s new operating system (Leopard) has mauled I decided to list some freeware applications that Leopard has left untouched and that I rely on daily. Some of these might not be necessary for everyone out there, but they certainly are for me.

There are only a few days left until Christmas, and I am definitely feeling festive. The tree is trimmed, presents are wrapped, cookies are baked, and now the only thing that remains is to bring some holiday cheer to my computer. Here I’ll show you some fun freeware that will help you “decorate” [...]

Here is a quick list of the iTunes AppleScripts that I find useful. Some people may be surprised to find out that iTunes has ability to run AppleScripts (mac only). Not only are these scripts super easy to install but they might save you a lot of time or even add useful abilities [...]

When Apple’s new big cat first appeared at the Word Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) in August of 2006 and then pounced on the scene in October of 2007 it sent shivers down the spines of some small and large developers in the Mac community. Here I list some of the best Mac freeware [...]

I am enjoying Leopard’s Spaces.app quite a bit, especially now that I’ve fixed the Finder issue that was bugging me. However, one other issue which was of minor irritation was X11 and Spaces not getting along. As you might know you can easily assign /Applications/Utilities/X11.app to a space from within the Spaces’ [...]

I am enjoying Leopard’s Spaces.app quite a bit, especially once I fixed the Finder issue. Most of the time I experience no problems, however, occasionally Spaces starts to misbehave or becomes unresponsive. The most frequent problem I have encountered is that sometimes Spaces will stop switching to the space containing the [...]