The Mac Power Users and Smile are sponsoring a contest where you can win a free copy of Smile’s Productivity Suite including PDFpen Pro, TextExpander, DiscLabel and PageSender – a $129 value. In order to enter, download Smile’s DiscLabel and make some labels. Send…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users 38: iTunes Intensive
Mac Power Users Episode 38 is live. Katie and I cover media management and iTunes including playlists, media storage, and other iTunes power tips. You can get it on iTunes here or on the web right here. Enjoy.
Listen & read notes →SSD Performance Degradation
Allan Morris ran an interesting series of benchmarks on his Crucial SSD when it was new and then later after use and found performance remained largely the same. I’m curious to see if the MacBook Air’s SSD holds up as well.
Continue reading →iPad Keynote, Still No Remote
In addition to releasing the 4.2 iPad update this week, Apple also updated Keynote for iPad. The update solves several shortcomings with the prior version including an overhaul of the presenter display. You can now see your presenter notes or the next slide on…
Continue reading →The New MacBook Air
I suddenly find myself driving a shiny new MacBook Air and am scratching my head as to how I ended up here, again. So here I am to share my impressions of this bit of squashed genius and how it fits in the Apple…
Continue reading →Symbolic Link Service
Creating an Alias in Mac OS X is easy. Hold down the Option + Command keys and drag a file to some new location. Just like that you’ve got an Alias, which is, essentially, a pointer to the original file. The truth is, however,…
Continue reading →More on Facebook
Ben Brooks is spot on about Facebook. The only thing I’d add is a rant about the devious way Facebook hides privacy settings for its users. I recently helped my 14 year old get a Facebook account (I know!). After we had the long…
Continue reading →Office 2011, It’s Faster
I was on the Microsoft Office 2011 beta and they made a lot of progress with this release. I’ll be writing up my thoughts in more detail in the future. In the meantime, take a look at MacTech’s benchmarks showing how much faster Office…
Continue reading →Review: Matias Tactile 3 Keyboard
As peripheral manufacturers seek new ways to add bells, switches, and levers to our keyboards, Matias takes a different approach with the Tactile Pro 3 keyboard: Matias pulled this keyboard from a time machine. The Tactile 3 is built with mechanical switches. There is…
Continue reading →Star Wars Weather Widgets
Because I can’t help myself. (via Kottke)
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