I’m starting to notice benchmarks concerning the impact of Lion FileVault on portable Macs. I don’t think benchmarks are the right context for this discussion. You either need encryption or you don’t. If the thought of someone, who just stole your laptop, rifling through…
Continue reading →1Password Gets Lion Friendly
When I first started running the Lion betas, there was no 1Password extension for Safari and it felt like someone hacked off one of my arms. I knew the 1Password team was hard at work but not this hard. The new 1Password Safari/Lion extension…
Continue reading →A Map of Paranoia
Macdrifter explains his backup regime. Gabe is my kind of nerd.
Continue reading →Office ♡ Lion
I almost named this post “Hell Freezes Over” but that wouldn’t be fair. In truth, the Microsoft Mac Office team is as big a bunch of Apple nerds as there are. It is impressive that they can get Office, which is legendary for its…
Continue reading →Dragon Dictate 2.5 and my iPhone
In case you missed it, Dragon Dictate hit version 2.5 this week. As a long time user of the Windows version (Dragon was the only thing tying me to a Windows machine), I’m thrilled to see Nuance giving my favorite platform the love and…
Continue reading →Byword +1
Merlin talked about using Byword in the most recent Back to Work episode. I couldn’t agree more. The Byword developer was active as Apple finished up Lion and had a Lion compatible version out even before Lion released. The app works with Markdown flawlessly…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 54: Q&A and 5by5
Mac Power Users Episode 54 is available for download. This episode focusses on some of the larger listener questions including: How to manage a major Mac upgrade 7 years in the making; Dealing with RSI through Ergonomics; Keynote with changes in iOS; Best battery…
Listen & read notes →Dear Alex, You’re Fired
With the release of Leopard, Apple added a great human sounding voice to Mac OS X, Alex. Alex was so much better than every other voice that had ever been on the Mac that it became the only voice I ever used, for years.…
Continue reading →A Few Points on the New Cat
Lion, the new Mac OS X operating system is available for download today. Hooray for us nerds! For the authoritative review, take a look at John Siracusa’s Tome. Having used Lion for several months, here are some of my favorite parts. FileVault X Until…
Continue reading →Work Awesome Podcast Appearance
Mike Vardy was nice enough to invite me on the Work Awesome podcast awhile back and it published this week. When I recorded it, I was starting to think more about the big and little touches I wrote about this week so you can…
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