A funny thing happened along the way to the 21st century. Payment methods didn’t change much for decades. Then along came Apple Pay. First, we humans bought what we needed with cash. Often, that meant we had to save up enough money to buy what we wa…
Lees meerAnyone who follows the legion of Apple-oriented websites, or the various and sundry news websites that decree anything Apple does as the next step toward doom and gloom already know what’s coming in iPhone 7. Thinner, lighter, faster, better camera,…
Lees meerThis may sound a bit crazy, but there are some things about Windows that Mac users might appreciate. No, it’s not malware. or the blue screen of death. or the Start button. As simple as the Mac’s Dock is to understand and use, the Windows task bar i…
Lees meerBased upon the number of Mac notes apps I’d say that note taking is a pastime enjoyed by tens of millions. Even Apple’s notoriously anemic Notes app in OS X is getting a min-word processor-like refresh. Notes are handy. They’re good ways to think ab…
Lees meerThe Mincey plantation here in Georgia is high tech; lots of gadgets, plenty of Macs, iPhones, and iPads. What thing I appreciate about iPhone and iPad is that they cannot be scheduled to start up at a specific time. The Mac can. That’s both good and…
Lees meerYou know what they say about the Lord, right? ‘The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken away.’ Should we be surprised that Apple works the same way? They giveth, and they taketh away. Here’s an example that is near and dear to my wannabe videogr…
Lees meerA close friend once told me that nothing improves without change. So be it. The journey toward improvement and change is often littered with the corpses of the innocent. Slowly, quietly, and with little public knowledge, it appears as if search gian…
Lees meerMy Mac is loaded up with a dozen or so photo enhancing apps that add custom borders, effects, and filters to my iPhoto collection. The latest app in my collection brings back a touch of the past to my digital photography efforts. Proof sheets. Conta…
Lees meerMaybe it’s a good thing that Apple doesn’t build in app usage tracking functionality. All it would take is a click to find out that we’re not as productive on our Macs as we think we are. For the past week I’ve been using Activity Audit on my Mac an…
Lees meerWay back in the days before Intel became a staple of the Mac community, back when OS X was but a shell of its current self, there was Mac Classic OS and all the problems associated with that era. If you can remember that far back, and have both good…
Lees meerOne of the sure-fire and most popular ways to secure computer files, sensitive eyes-only documents, and incriminating evidence from prying eyes, government spooks, and nefarious Eastern European and Asian hackers, is to encrypt the files. Encryption…
Lees meerAs I was reading the media death knells of Dell Computer, I remembered it was about 10 years ago when Apple almost died. How many deaths can one company endure? Plenty, if Apple’s success and Dell’s woes are to be considered. Regardless, it was the …
Lees meerUh oh. There are thunderstorm clouds on the technology horizon, and the once shining beacon of hope for the tech sector has it a wall (it’s Friday; mixed metaphors are on sale). Apple is projecting not just slower growth in the future, but no growth…
Lees meerIt’s interesting how computer terminology comes and goes. Does your Mac boot up? Why does the iPhone or iPad merely start up? Back in the day we would mount a storage device connected to our Macs or PCs. These days we merely connect devices. Hence t…
Lees meerIf less is more and small is beautiful, then Muzzy for your Mac is the most wonderful iTunes utility that money cannot buy. What has me excited about Muzzy is what you should find exciting and useful, too. Finally, we have an elegant and free iTunes…
Lees meerNot all Macs are created equal. Not every Mac comes with the RAM needed to open and run a dozen RAM-hungry Mac apps. If your Mac is older, or short or speed-inducing RAM, there’s a utility to help you reduce memory usage and start up apps faster. Al…
Lees meerWhen it comes to cloud storage services there are many from which to choose, only a few that get chosen, and as of now, not one that I can trust, including Apple’s much maligned and overly expensive iCloud. It’s not that I don’t trust cloud services…
Lees meerOur neighbor has a car alarm that goes off constantly. A loud car goes by, the alarm sounds. A dog barks, the alarm sounds. I guess their car alarm works. No one comes into our little cul-de-sac without everyone in the neighborhood knowing about it.…
Lees meerAs the Miller family’s official photographer and iPhoto library manager I’m called upon to turn staid and standard photos into collectables. A photo isn’t a photo in this household unless it can be transformed into a work of art, fully eligible for …
Lees meerWhat have we heard about Apple ad nauseam for the past year? It’s not just that Apple is doomed. We hear that Apple needs to build an entry-level, less expensive iPhone or risk being left behind as Android dominates the smartphone world. Or, somethi…
Lees meerEveryone knows there’s a war going on among the tech titans– Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung– and each is battling on multiple fronts. Other than Beats and iTunes, Apple doesn’t bother to put major applications on non-Apple platforms. Samsung is f…
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