This is just a quick note to let everyone know that you can finally sync your Google Calendar with iCal on your Mac. Google today announced that they are enabling CalDAV support for Google Calendar users. The image below shows typical setttings, but you’ll want to go to the official google [...]

Mac OS X (currently Leopard 10.5.3) includes an implementation of the Apache HTTP server. However, it isn’t running by default nor does it have the PHP engine enabled. This guide shows you how to activate Apache with PHP support in a few easy steps.

Anxiety is a lightweight to-do list application for Mac OS X Leopard from designer and developer Tom Stoelwinder. Anxiety is a very simple and elegant application that allows users to quickly create to-dos. One of its main strengths is the ability to integrate with OS X task management applications such as Mail and iCal. [...]

This is just a quick tip to explain how to sync your Mac Address Book (Leopard 10.5.3 only) with Google’s Gmail without needing an iPhone or a .Mac account. If you have an iPhone then you don’t need this tip and can follow these instructions. If you don’t have a Gmail account you’ll [...]

This is just a quick tip for anyone having trouble with Leopard’s Dictionary.app behaving slowly when accessing it from the contextual menu. One feature of Apple’s Dictionary I love is being able to right click on any word and select ‘Look Up in Dictionary’ from the menu. However, in Leopard this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]