Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
One in four Macs now run OS X Mountain Lion, Apple’s newest operating system, data released last week showed.
But there are signs that OS X Snow Leopard, an edition shipped in August 2009, may be the Mac’s equivalent of Microsoft’s Windows XP, an …
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up a “rumor control” section on its website to counter misinformation on social networks that has affected relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy.
“Fema.gov/sandy now has a RUMOR CONTROL section f…
FontAgent Pro 5 is an industrial-strength font manager with an interface that’s simple enough for beginners, but with features powerful enough for graphics pros. Version 5 adds helpful new features to an already powerful feature set, and an attr…
Organize (available at the Mac App Store) is a to-do list manager with project management aspirations, but its ambitious feature set tends to be a drag on the experience. Most essentials for a good task manager are present, like task grouping and…
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld UK’s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic.
It’s taken a few years for Empire: Total War to reach the Mac, but it’s a huge game that …
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Last year’s Mac mini brought a number of drastic changes to the compact desktop computer: Core i5 processors that replaced the aging Core 2 Duo CPUs, Thunderbolt ports, and the discontinuation of a built-in SuperDrive. The new Mac mini may …
The future of appliances—refrigerators, toasters, washers, dryers, you name it—can be summed up as “smarter.” But this smart revolution has already come to the trusty alarm clock, of which Stem Innovation’s $100 Time Command is a good ex…
The Matrox DualHead2Go Digital ME is an external multidisplay adapter that allows you to add up to two DVI monitors to a Mac.
The $179 DualHead2Go Digital ME measures just 3.8 by 2.5 by 1.1 inches and comes in a silver aluminum housing with two …
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld UK’s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic.
It’s bit tricky doing a plot synopsis for Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers (Mac App St…
In the months since its March release, FiftyThree’s Paper has become my go-to sketching app for doodling, planning, or quick drawings. I’ve used it to design my new apartment, create a few Twitter avatars, and sketch away a few Saturday aftern…
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld UK’s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic.
The good news: Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Mac App Store link) is an exciting shoot ‘em up game …
A couple of months ago we reviewed Striiv’s pioneer product, the Striiv smart pedometer. This nifty little device is both a pedometer and a motivator—it includes various motivational tools, including a FarmVille-inspired game, to encourage peo…
Last week, we reviewed QuickRes, a menu-bar utility for changing the resolution of—and accessing higher resolutions on—Retina-display MacBook Pros. But even if you aren’t using a Retina display, you may have wanted something similar, because M…
I’ve loved It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown—the 1966 TV special—since I was a kid, and I always look forward to my yearly viewing. But even as a child, I didn’t yearn for repeats: once a year was enough. The program, and its Decembe…
Barnes & Noble isn’t trying to do everything with the Nook HD. Instead, the company’s 7-inch tablet focuses on doing what its Nooks have always done best: delivering the best reading experience you can get on any tablet today. By combining a h…
iBooks 3 is the latest edition of Apple’s reading app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Like all of its biggest competitors—Amazon’s Kindle app chief among them—iBooks is free. In choosing your preferred e-reading app, you’re basical…