Thanks Boom for sponsoring the feed this week. Boom is a volume booster app for your Mac. It increases the system audio volume to produce better-quality audio from the built-in speakers. The system-wide graphic equalizer can further enhance your Mac’s audio quality. Boom won…

My friend, Yuvi Zalkow, is facing a crisis. You see, he is the most famous failed writer on the Internet. Getting rejections is his thing. Yuvi is much too busy producing charming little videos about The Tyranny of The New Yorker or Merlin Mann…

Wow. The latest Pixelmator update is really nice with several new features including iCloud syncing across multiple Macs, alignment guides (which I love), several new effects and an effects browser that lets you instantly preview effects and color adjustments to your image. Did I…

First, I just love the way this video was produced. (I’d love it even more if the music was a little softer.) Second, if this gets widespread adoption, it is going to be really handy.

Here is sample of how I answer security questions. I always felt those silly questions were way to easy to guess. Where did I grow up? Really? Who said the answers have to be true or even make sense? One of my 1Password tricks…

I’m busy preparing the next update to Paperless. It will release some time in the next month. When it comes out, you’ll be able to delete the current version from iBooks and download the updated version. You won’t have to buy it again. I’ll…

I started using Downcast a few months ago and it has become my podcatcher of choice. I particularly like the new location based auto download feature. The first app I ever saw do this was Instapaper but it is also a natural fit for…

We’ve all watched the Matt Honan story unravel with dread and fascination. Some smart hackers convinced Apple to reset his iCloud mail password and then used access to his email to wreak havoc on his life. I suspect this won’t be the last horror…

Mac Power Users Episode 97, Repair and Recycle with iFixit’s Kyle Wiens, is up. Kyle talks about how iFixit came to be and explains the best ways to responsibly recycle your electronics. I learned a ton. Get the episode over at 5by5. Also, don’t…