We've seen more than a few horror stories of people whose computer drives failed, and then they found out their Time Machine backups hadn't been backing up in months! Time Machine is not infallible, it doesn't work correctly 100% of the time. To prevent this from happening to you, check your ...
Hear me opine: Is Apple’s iOS a cool platform to develop for?
Watch me participate in a panel discussion at KansasFest 2010, with Martin Haye and Mike Maginnis, moderated by Ken Gagne. The topic is "Apple's Growing Divide Between Users and Programmers," and we discuss whether Apple has strayed from its roots of making computers that encourage and empower users ...
How to Set Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts on the Mac
My recent post listed the top 10 keyboard shortcuts for the Mac, which can save lots of time and increase productivity. But what if there isn't a key command set on the Mac for something you do regularly? Here's how to set your own key commands. 1. Under the Apple menu in the top left, choose ...
Seven note-taking applications for the Mac
Do you have hundreds of Word or text documents scattered all over your desktop, each one with a nugget of information, or last week’s meeting notes, or contents of an article you want to save for possible future reference? And then you realize that you’ll never be able to find the contents from any ...
iPhoto Calendar
My 2010 calendar, made in iPhoto with photos from my trips over the years, showed up about a week ago. It looks great. Most of the photos came out very sharp and colorful. My only comments are: 1. I'm glad I manually lightened and color-adjusted all the images. They would have been too dark ...
Free Software to Check Your Apps for Snow Leopard Compatibility
I just tried out SnowChecker, a free piece of software that goes through your applications and tells you whether the software you have, and the versions you have, are compatible with Snow Leopard. It's a great idea, since it's nice to know ahead of time what kind of headaches you'll be in ...