What’s your desktop Mac doing when you’re not using it? Depending on your settings and usage habits, you could be wasting both power and your own time. We’ve found that some people have out-of-date beliefs about their Macs’ different idle-time states. Let’s set the record straight. First off, every Mac has three basic states: active,…
It’s magic. You walk up to your Mac, touch a key to wake it up, and upon noticing that you’re wearing your Apple Watch, it unlocks without making you enter a password. Brilliant! For some of us, it’s almost a reason alone to get an Apple Watch. Auto Unlock, as Apple calls this feature, lets…
Apple used the keynote address at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in early June to unveil new versions of macOS, iOS, and watchOS, new iMacs and faster notebooks, and new iPad Pros. In a “one last thing” announcement that hearkened back to the days of Steve Jobs, the company also gave a sneak peek…
Check the following spots on your Mac before attempting to upgrade to Lion. Your Mac must be running OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard in order to purchase OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. Click the Apple in the upper left corner of your Mac and select Software Update to upgrade to 10.6.8. If…
Pages Word processing that’s way beyond words. Pages is the most beautiful word processor designed for a mobile device. And the story gets even better. Now you can create great-looking letters, reports, flyers, invitations, and more on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch – using just your fingers. So wherever you go, words come easily.
Dropbox is a FREE* service that lets you take all of your photos, music, documents, and videos anywhere. Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers, phones, and it even saves a copy on the Dropbox website! Which means your files are available for access no matter where you are. Plus…
Pixelmator is a great alternative to Photoshop for the Mac. The beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X has everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images. If you are familiar with Photoshop, you’ll love Pixelmator. It has everything you need to create and edit your images, supports…
Make sure your new Mac has the latest version of Mac OS X! Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard refines the elegant Mac OS X user experience with lots of little touches and performance improvements that will make using your Mac even more enjoyable. It also includes a few big foundation technologies designed to tap…
