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Here at last – my new iPhone
It seems like my wait is over (almost 2 months). My new iPhone 5 was delivered to me today, and I must say, it’s been a while since I’ve anticipated a new device this much. Some background would be...
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Historical Gems – Text Clipping
We’ve mentioned this one before, but it’s worth repeating again. One of the best and most useful features of a Mac is something called Text Clipping. Simply put, it’s the kind of thing that you might...
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Tip of the Week – Hide that Dock!
A quick one to start the week…. I fell in love with the Dock that was introduced with OS X over a decade ago. As of yet, I’ve never found anything that holds frequently used Apps, folders, and other...
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Keyboard Shortcut of the Week – Screenshot to clipboard
We’ve talked about screenshots before. As of yet, I’ve never used any other computer system that has screenshots built into their systems out of the box. Normally, you’d go for the cmd + shift + 4,...
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Apple to the rescue
I’ve been reading a lot of press lately about the demise of Apple. Their shares are on a downward slump, and every other article about Apple will happily pick through quarterly earnings, dissecting...
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my iPhone 5 review (I know it’s a little late…)
I’ve had my iPhone for a little over a fortnight. As I’ve mentioned a few times before, Malaysia enjoys a much slower pace, when it comes to new Apple products going on sale. That, coupled with my...
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Instagram effects in iPhoto pt II
A while back, we did an article about Instagram effects in iPhoto. It turned out to be an incredibly popular article. To this day, I still get asked about how to get a certain effect in iPhoto. The...
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iPhoto before and after.
A quick tip today for you all. When you’re in iPhoto doing some editing of photos, it’s quite easy to get lost in layers of edits and effects. What most people don’t know is that simply by clicking...
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Mac gem of the week – Springy Folders
One of the things I hate about navigating around a computer’s hard disk is the endless opening and closing of folders. This is especially annoying when you don’t quite know where you are or where...
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Zite update 2.1
Since I downloaded Zite just over 2 years ago, it has been without a doubt one of the few apps I have clicked on every single day. Totalling up my reading on the iPad (and I do A LOT of reading on my...
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Lion – Versions
Having now finished my summer holidays (being a teacher is great by the way!), I’ll be heading back to work full of beans. Part of my day job involves making things to be published. Working on long...
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End of an era
With Steve Jobs now stepping down as the CEO of Apple, I thought it would be appropriate to at least mention what he had done in just over 30 years. Firstly, this website wouldn’t have existed! My love...
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Keyboard Shortcut of the Week – cmd + E
When I first used a Mac (back in the 80′s), one of the features that I fell in love with immediately was the way that disks, whether they were Floppy, external hard drives or USB thumb drives, would...
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Full Screen Apps can be a drag – but not with Yoink!
Since installing Lion, I have simply fallen in love with my full screen Mail App. It is luscious. But there is also a dilemma for me with full screen Mail. I email lots of attachments. By lots, I mean...
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Mac Colours pt II – creating a colour scheme
In the previous article, we talked about the Font and Colour palette on your Macs. Today, we’re going to talk about one of the coolest features you’ll ever see on a computer, and it’s something that...
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Saying goodbye to your CD Drive
About 10 years ago, my school bought a room full of iMacs. Not the slick aluminium ones that you see in Apple stores and living rooms, but the original multi-coloured ones that started the amazing...
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Mac App Store Review – ScreenFloat
A few days ago I reviewed the fabulous Yoink. Since purchasing it, it’s been on my iMac and MacBook. I didn’t realise just how much I needed something like Yoink until I’d installed it. Now I can’t...
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Keyboard Shortcut of the Week – cmd + shift + O
If you find yourself going to your Documents folder quite often, this is the shortcut for you. A simple cmd + shift + O will take you to your Documents folder in an instant. Remember though, for this...
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Mactracker
There’s something magical about owning a Mac. My first ever PC was a windows computer, made by a long gone PC manufacturer. I can remember that it came with Windows 3.1 and was beige. Aside from that,...
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Important Software Update
We’ve talked before about software updates. They are good to do, and should be done in a timely fashion, but generally you can put them off a day or two. Today Apple released a vital security update...
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