Category: Reviews-HowTos

Reader Andrew Ainsbury can’t seem to wait for the future. He writes:

I watched Apple’s WWDC keynote address the other day and loved the idea of adding tags to my files. Is there a way I can do something similar with Mountain Lion?

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Though not specifically made for the iPad mini, STM’s $25 Blazer D7 Sleeve fits the tablet well, is light (just five ounces), and offers solid protection you can carry alone or inside another bag. The zippered, water-resistant case is lined with…

My wife and I share an iMac with OS X 10.8.2. How do I create a second Contacts database for my wife to use? She doesn’t want to share my contacts. We currently use Contacts to sync our contacts between our iOS devices. Any options?While Contacts doe…

Reader Jack Burns is a bit disconcerted by some recent news. He writes:

After reading stories about the U.S. government’s program to collect phone and Internet data I’m a little concerned about my email privacy. What can I do to encrypt my e…

Twitter’s leading video-sharing app Vine is preparing to launch on the Android platform for the first time, according to reports in ReadWrite.com, which has the potential to see massive growth in the number of people using the service. The app, which allows users to capture, upload and share brief video clips, has been available to […]

Literature and Latte’s $15 Scapple is a unique amalgamation of productivity tools from the folks who brought us the amazing Scrivener () writing app. The developers describe Scapple as a freeform, nonlinear, mind-mapping text editor—unlike most m…

Until recently, if you visited Apple’s iTunes Movies Trailers website, you had the option either to stream trailers or download them. Further, once you selected a trailer, you had a choice of viewing resolutions topping out at 1080p. Not any mor…

Despite being told we shouldn’t, many people use their email messages as glorified to-do lists: We note the bills we have to pay, the calls we have to make, the messages we must respond to—and all with our own crazy system. Mail Pilot for iOS …

Calling the launch of iOS’s built-in Maps app “underwhelming” might be generous. While I’d argue that Apple’s mapping efforts aren’t as bad as many people think, Google has certainly provided some stiff competition in the form of its G…

Color correction—also known as color grading or color timing—is the process of altering the brightness and color values of an image or video. While many of today’s modern video cameras (and still cameras that shoot video) can produce great-l…

Computers are a great way to keep all your data in one place—and none more so than the myriad notes you may take throughout your life. Things like your family’s health history, your interactions with clients and contractors, or even just detai…

Twelve South’s $35 SurfacePad is a sleek and elegant looking cover for your iPhone 5 that doubles as a stand. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have much going for it apart from looks—it fell apart on me relatively quickly, and provides little to no pro…

For a while, Apple has been selling two generations of iPod touch side by side: the 16GB and 32GB, 3.5-inch, Retina display fourth-generation versions and the 32GB and 64GB, 4-inch, Retina fifth-generation models. That confusion finally ended when…

Many Mac users whose relationship with the Mac predates Mac OS X retain an affection for macro utilities—applications that let you string together a series of actions, and summon those macros with a click or a key press to automate repetitive ta…

X-Doria’s $50 Widge iPad stand is somewhat similar to the iPhome 2 case/stand I recently reviewed, in that both are made with kids in mind. The Widge, however makes a better attempt at being aesthetically pleasing by offering a smoother, more st…

There was a time when PowerPoint presentations were seen as an answer to the age-old question of how to liven up dull meetings. That promise quickly gave way to a reality where such presentations—poorly thought out, or simply uncreative—have po…