Mac OS X Lion has caused a lot of hub-bub in the Mac community namely because Lion as far as I’m aware will not come on a disc. Download? Yes. USB key? Yes. DVD? No – although you can roll your own if you’re willing to do it in, dare I say, a PC-like nerdy way just to get it. (Seriously, you have to admit the way to make an OS X Lion boot DVD...

If you or someone you know has a Mac and has forgotten the password, fear not as you can easily reset it following one of the methods discussed this appropriately named article "How to Reset Your Forgotten Mac OS X Password". There are two options discussed, one using the system recovery disc and the other involves a few command line calls to trick the...

The whole Mac versus PC debate will rage until the end of time. It isn’t one that I get much involved with because it is an unwinnable debate. I happen to use Macs. I like Macs. That said, the Windows side of the fence is one I lived on for many years before I switched. It has definite advantages over the Mac. That’s just the way it is. The best part...

This is a guest post from the guys over at TestFreaks.com. So, you have a shiny new, or somewhat new, MacBook Pro, and you like to use Google Calendar. But instead of whipping out your browser every time, did you know that you can easily set up your Mac to sync with Google natively? Believe it or not, there are no additional programs or scripts needed to make it...

Something interesting to think about is that if there were no Windows, what would you use? You obviously have to use something for an OS. In a no-Windows world, there is basically only one choice: UNIX. On the desktop and laptop, Mac OS X is derived from UNIX, and Linux is "UNIX-like". On the smartphone, Apple’s iOS is derived from OS X, which...

Mac users looking to get some insight into their battery power outside of the typical X% charge left should take a look at the freeware utility coconutBattery. coconutBattery isn’t just a tool which shows you only the current charge of your battery – it also shows you the current maximum capacity of it in relation to the original capacity your...

Here is something interesting Mac users might want to take a look at. The Growl application centralizes the way applications notify you of events using a common interface. For example, the following events can all notify you through the Growl system:Safari finishing download a file. New email received. Incoming Skype call or message. Low battery.The benefit...

To run a Windows application on a Mac, you have to go the virtual machine route of running Windows with Mac OSX. While there are numerous how-to’s out there on how to get Windows up and running in Mac, once you get it going you might be interested in this post: How to Seamlessly Run That One Windows App You Need on a Mac. As I was scrolling through this,...

For you Mac users out there looking for a disc burning software title, an open source application you might want to give a look to at is Burn. Burn offers everything you would expect:Drag and drop support Automatic audio and video conversion (no having to worry about formats) CD, MP3 and DVD audio with CD Text support Disc duplicationI know there are a lot...

Mac users who make use of VLC media player and are tired of the cone icon can easily give it a face lift with the MacRabbit VLC Makeover Kit. Setup is easy enough:Find your copy of VLC in Finder Right- or control-click it and select “Show Package Contents” Navigate to Contents > Resources Drag all the icons from the downloaded disk image to the...

Everybody knows that I love (sarcasm..) Flash. The current Flash player version is 10, however there is a 10.1 Beta 3 release out at the time of this writing, so I decided to give it a go to see how it performs. The first thing to note is how it’s installed. This is on the download page:In Windows, this is a five step process.Close all web browsers...

So, here’s the question… If expense was not an issue, would you get yourself a Mac? Yes, it costs more to acquire a Mac. IT can be hard for some to justify the idea of buying a Mac when you can easily find a Windows PC with better specs for less money. We’re all familiar with the arguments pro and con. The debate will never die. So, let’s...

Why would you want to block sites? Maybe you have kids you don’t want going to specific places on the internet. Maybe you’re trying to cut down on data usage because of a bandwidth cap forced upon you by your ISP. No matter the reason, people do have need to block specific sites from time to time. It’s an unfortunate truth that there...

First off, I don’t use a Mac so I don’t really know what the uninstall process is, however a utility I came across which looks like something our Mac readers might like is AppTrap. Moving an application to the trash is simple and easy. Shouldn’t true uninstallation on the Mac be the same way? With AppTrap, when you move an application to the...

Mac users who do a lot work in text files (HTML, coding, etc.) and are not fond of the editor you use, should take a look at TextMate. TextMate brings Apple’s approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users...

I have posted several tips pointing to programs which can help power management on Windows machines, but today’s utility is specifically for Mac users. The program is called Power Manager 3 for Mac OS X. Reduce the energy costs of Mac computers with Power Manager 3. Use Power Manager to control when your Macs are available and when they are switched...

The best box that Apple makes is the Mac Pro. The best box that Dell makes is the Precision Workstation, commonly abbreviated as PW. Both are business machines first and foremost. It is very easy to configure either to run you $20,000 for final cost. How to do it? Simple. Check off every single possible option you can throw in when configuring it. First, the Mac...

IRC is one of those things that either you get or you don’t. You probably know IRC as chat rooms. But if you said that to a diehard IRC user, he or she would give you a dirty look or two because "chat room" is a term originally popularized by AOL. And to be technically correct, IRC has no chat rooms. They’re called channels. Maybe...

Mac users who are familar with Windows may have heard of the excellent tool Tweak UI which allows you to easily change tons of aspects of the operating system without having to dig through the registry or configuration screens. Mac users wanting something similar should take a look at TinkerTool. TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional...

It is hard for anybody to doubt the product marketing capability of Apple. They are about the best I’ve ever seen. That said, not everything they do makes sense to me. And one of the things which doesn’t make sense to me is the fact that their ONLY tower is the Mac Pro – a $2800 machine.Now, I have a Mac Pro. It is an AWESOME machine. It is a real...