Category: Reviews-HowTos

Items in your iTunes library need tags, or bits of information that identify them and help iTunes organize and sort them properly. These tags (aka metadata) tell iTunes what a file is: the type of file (music, movie, ebook, and so on), its name (t…

SMS Audio was founded in 2011 by Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, amid a dispute between the rapper and headphone maker Sleek Audio. It’s not entirely clear what happened with that deal, but what is clear is that Jackson carried on with his pla…

SMS Audio was founded in 2011 by Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, amid a dispute between the rapper and headphone maker Sleek Audio. It’s not entirely clear what happened with that deal, but what is clear is that Jackson carried on with his pla…

A musician who wishes to remain anonymous finds his instrument suddenly silent. He writes:

Chris, this is a pretty obscure question, but your blog indicates that you’re a keyboard player so I’m hoping you have an answer. My 8-year-old synthe…

When you turn on your Mac, various apps, add-ons (such as menu extras), and invisible background processes open by themselves. Usually these automated actions are exactly what you want, but you may sometimes see items running—either visibly or a…

It’s back to school time, and while students are stocking up on notebooks, pencils, and other essentials, teachers are busy planning their year and setting up their classroom. But there’s one more important preparation teachers should undertake, and that is a visit to the App Store. Loads of apps specifically designed for teachers can make […]

Games are flourishing across all active Apple platforms, and each month brings a bevy of new iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch titles, not to mention an ever-growing array of exciting Mac affairs. In kind, we’re reviewing more games now than we ever have in…

Staying fully connected these days often involves managing multiple social networking accounts, which means posting updates across multiple accounts – a potentially daunting chore on Mac or PC, and downright tedious from the iPhone. Socializer promis…

A few years ago, all I had to do to keep my kids safe online was set up the family computer in a well-trafficked room and walk by every so often. Now, my daughters are 12 and 14, and each has her own iPhone. Their online lives are lived in WhatsAp…

Must. Dig. Deeper. With its cool retro 2D aesthetic and exhaustive range of open-ended adventuring pursuits to follow, Terraria is a habit-forming romp through massive 16-bit-inspired worlds filled with secrets to explore, crazy stuff to build, and an …

On home consoles, Madden NFL 25 celebrates the series’ titular anniversary with yet another quality entry built around a strong, refined core. Irritatingly, on iPhone and iPad, the game of the same name is by and large a nightmare of free-to-play roadb…

Here’s the setup: You’ve purchased an HD webcam, either because your Mac doesn’t have a camera or you’re not satisfied with the camera built into your computer. You jack the thing into your Mac and, sure enough, images from your camera app…

There are more than 150 million iPads in use around the globe, but accessing Mac or Windows desktop applications from them can be an exercise in frustration. The folks behind Parallels Desktop have come up with an ingenious solution to this situation, …

As iOS apps become ever more sophisticated and feature-laden, it’s nice to see some creative developers opting for a more barebones, streamlined approach to app development. Loop is a notable example of a program lacking a long list of features, inst…

If you put much stock in Metacritic, Bioshock Infinite is the best (or at least best-reviewed) PC game of 2013 so far. Set in Columbia, a sprawling steampunk metropolis floating in the clouds, it’s at once a beautiful achievement in world-building; a m…

Apartment living isn’t always the easiest thing. Between bills, managing limited physical space, and juggling a social life, ambition, and sanity, one’s existence in a hundreds-square-foot box is tough enough to maintain alone. Now imagine looking …