Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
The world would be so much more entertaining if a trip to the local cafe could be interrupted by goblins, and if chests of loot were stored around every corner. Life is Magic seeks to augment the real world by introducing location-based RPG elements, b…
Let’s face it, we could all use a little help realizing our myriad goals in life. Whether it’s as simple as organizing your closet or something a bit more ambitious, it can be hard to muster the motivation to get things done. Everest aims to make those…
The iTunes Guy gets all kinds of questions, and this week I look at some queries about printing playlists, which device to use for streaming music, displaying bit rates, playing music in shuffle mode, and more.
Q: When I print a playlist from iT…
Little things mean a lot—especially when tiny tips save time. Ramp up your Web-browsing skills with these speed-friendly techniques for Safari 6.
1. Open a link in a new tab
When you type something into Safari’s Address Search Field and click…
Small Bluetooth speakers don’t care if your device has Lightning or 30-pin, or even if it’s a Mac or an Android phone. You can stream music from any Bluetooth device, and the audio-in lets you connect anything with a headphone jack. You won’t be …
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I’ve written about—and even made videos about—the Reminders app before. While the app, built-in to both iOS and Mountain Lion, isn’t as feature-rich as many third-party to-do list apps, I ap…
True foodies love to document each chapter of their culinary journies to enjoy later, which makes a service like Evernote a match made in heaven. The developer also recognized the potential for just such a marriage and the result is the slick, if occas…
Many of today’s DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras can shoot not only great images, but also outstanding high-definition video. And when you’re ready to edit video that you’ve shot with a DSLR, Final Cut Pro X makes browsing, selecting, i…
Text editors. To some people, they can be as exciting as they sound, as in “not very.” But for writers, editors, software developers, web designers, bloggers, and anyone else who deals with large quantities of text or code, a great text editor is proba…
Hard drives are cheaper than ever, so there’s no excuse for not keeping your precious data backed up. Drobo’s affordable storage solutions use data-aware tiering to protect against a single drive failure, traditionally at the expense of speed — until…
Developing a spiritual successor to one of the most reviled licensed games in history might not be the best way to generate positive results, if ShaqDown is any indication. Like the laughable Shaq Fu before it, which transformed eccentric NBA star Shaq…
Your Mac is capable of both aural and visual wonders. Two system preferences—Sound and Displays—control how those wonders are manifested.
Sound
The Sound preference governs the majority of the Mac’s audio capabilities—the sound effects i…
The Engage Bamboo has a lot to like. The snap-on case’s silver plastic looks like metal. It adds very little bulk to your iPhone 5. The etched logo on the bottom-left is unobtrusive and its texture actually adds just the tiniest bit of grip. The entire…
Reader Will Simpson has a comics-related question. He writes:
I’m a wannabe artist, and I have a few of my own “comics” saved as JPEG files. I’d really like to view them in a comics-reader app on my iPad, but I don’t know how to forma…
An easy way to keep your Mac healthy is to keep your apps current. Why? Bug fixes, security updates, new features—need I go on? Resolve to stay on top of updates in the new year.
Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion (if you can)
If you haven’t gott…
Increasingly, we are using more and more devices; and, the age old question of how to sync data around to all of those devices keeps coming up. Today, we’re tackling the question of how to sync your Adium and iChat chat logs to all of your devices so…