I don’t know why Apple doesn’t bake an uninstaller into OS X. Many applications leave all sorts of cruft about. In the meantime, the latest AppZapper looks pretty good. Also, it accepted my AppZapper 1.0 license code that I bought years ago.
Continue reading →Apple and the Controlled Leak
The Mac Observer posted an intriguing piece by former Apple Marketing executive John Martellero about the art of the controlled leak. “The net result is that Apple gets the desired information published by a major Wall Street news outlet, but can always claim, if…
Continue reading →On the Future of Macworld
There is quite a stir in the Mac blogosphere the last few days over the future of Macworld Conference and Expo. Some knowledgeable commentators, such as Jim Dalrymple and Steve Sande have written it is likely Macworld 2010 will be the last.…
Continue reading →Mac Power Users – Information Managers
Last week I was doing a bit too much holiday celebrating and forgot to post about publication of the most recent Mac Power Users episode. In it, we dig deep on information managers.
Listen & read notes →Macworld Questions
Katie and I are going to be interviewing Macworld President, Paul Kent (twitter @paulkent), in a few days for an upcoming episode of the Mac Power Users. If you have Macworld questions, comments, or suggestions, drop me a note, soon. Also, if you…
Listen & read notes →Home Screens – Steve Stanger
This week I’m featuring Steve Stanger, host of the MacAttack podcast and all-around great guy. Steve has extensive knowledge of Mac hardware and software and is particularly adept at giving the maintenance, backup, and utility advice we all need. Check Steve out at…
Continue reading →Widemail Gets Snow Leopard Support
One of my favorite Mail.app plugins, Widemail, now supports Snow Leopard. If 3-column e-mail floats your boat, get it now.
Continue reading →iPhone Gem – AutoStitch 2.0
One of my very favorite iPhone applications is AutoStitch. This $2 app allows you to take numerous pictures with your iPhone and combine them into one big one. The Small World photo below was created on my iPhone stitching together 4 pictures. AutoStitch just…
Continue reading →Dragon Voice and OmniFocus iPhone Workflow
I’ve been using Nuance’s Dragon Dictation on my iPhone now a few weeks. One of my favorite uses for it is dictating task item into OmniFocus. Dropping new items in the inbox is simple. Dictate the task into Dragon Copy the task…
Continue reading →Scrivener vs. Pages + Evernote
Kevin Morton, at his excellent Disability Law Blog wrote a very thoughtful article on a workflow using Evernote and Pages in lieu of Scrivener. Of course you will still need to yank Scrivener from my cold, dead hands.
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