For the month of December, through December 24, I will be picking one tech item or gadget that would make a great gift, and featuring it here on our blog. Today's item is the DODOcase. This gorgeous item, handmade from bamboo and book cloth in San Francisco, is an elegant case for your iPad (or ...
Moving to Outlook for Mac from Entourage: Tips
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is out, and included is the much-anticipated Outlook for Mac. By the way, make sure you buy the Home and Business edition; the Home and Student edition doesn't include Outlook. (And yes, it makes no sense that one is called "Home and Business" and the other is called ...
The Apple Genius Bar: Why It’s Great, and Why It’s Not
The Genius Bar inside every Apple store has become the go-to for people with a Mac or iPod/iPhone/iPad problem who don't know where to turn. It's great for certain issues, and not so useful for others. Here's when you should go to the Genius Bar, and here's when you should call a consultant like ...
Apple’s web site still counts like a computer, even if Macs no longer do
While Snow Leopard counts in powers of 10, like humans do, Apple's own software download page still counts in powers of 2, like computers (and those who program them) do. I noticed this because I was freaking out when the new Mac OS X 10.6.5 Combo Update clocked in at over a gigabyte while ...
SugarSync versus Dropbox
SugarSync and Dropbox both perform a similar function: they both sync files between two computers by having a location in the cloud where files are stored and updated. What's the difference between the two? Both of them have some similar features: Files stored in the cloud Automatic upload and ...
MacTech Conference
We just came back from the MacTech conference in Los Angeles, put together by MacTech magazine. We met a lot of great people, and learned a lot of cool IT stuff. Here is a big-picture overview of what we took away. 1. Unitasking In the keynote presentation, Andy Ihnatko coined the term ...