February 29, 2012
Recent announcements about the next major upgrade of OSX, named Mountain Lion, have garnered mixed reactions from the community. Some are proclaiming the death of the Mac; some think it’s the first step in dumbing down OSX; while some believe it’s a natural evolution given the success of iOS devices. One thing is certain – the iOS-ification of OSX has been officially confirmed. Is that a good thing though?
February 29, 2012
As good as an iOS upgrade can be, some hiccups can come along with it. There are certain things that you should always keep in mind when you are doing an iOS upgrade. It is important that you do not just run the upgrade over the air or plug into iTunes without taking the time to make sure you are actually ready to upgrade your device. The chances are high that your iPhone will not break, or have any major issues, but you could lose some precious data.
February 26, 2012
Last week, Apple announced preliminary details of the next major release of OSX, named Mountain Lion. Some are calling it non-news – an incremental upgrade with no real new features or changes. I’ll let you be the judge of that. Inspired by the iPad is the theme of this upgrade – though iOS-ification of the desktop might be more accurate.
February 24, 2012
Last week, I talked about how to get started recording a podcast – microphones, Skype or Google Plus and how to record either. This week, I’ll be looking at how to edit your (audio) podcast in Garageband. Garageband is free with most Macs, and it’s an incredibly capable audio editor with everything a podcaster could need.
February 23, 2012
If you haven’t yet downloaded and installed Apple’s latest operating system, Lion, released in June of last year, or if you’re still trying to figure out all its trackpad gestures or the disappearance of traditional scrollbars, you might want to put on your running shoes because Apple announced last week yet another forthcoming OS update [...]
February 20, 2012
LibreOffice, an off-shoot of OpenOffice founded by former contributors to the OpenOffice project in 2010, has just been updated to 3.5. Several new features are part of the update including a new grammar checking tool which is included in Writer. The goal of the new utility is to check sentences for grammatical errors more accurately. [...]
February 10, 2012
Macs are great, with their neat UI and a Unix back-end. Sometimes you get the feeling you can do just about anything with them. Until one day you’re trying to do something simple and you realise what you need is just not available natively. In this case, I’m talking about wget, an incredibly useful command-line tool to download whole webpages, including media and as much link depth as you require.
February 7, 2012
If you want to download YouTube videos to your PC, the options are seemingly endless. There are a huge number of options available that are simple and effective, including not only standalone software but also browser extensions. Mac owners have fewer options to pick from – but that doesn’t mean we’re out of luck.
February 1, 2012
So you’ve programmed your first iOS app and you want to get it uploaded and submitted to the iTunes store? Well, as I found out recently, it’s not quite as easy as it sounds. The latest Xcode 4.2 development tools from Apple have certainly streamlined the process, but it’s still a daunting task your first time around. What I can do is give an overview of the entire process.
February 1, 2012
Based on what I’ve seen, Stickies (the desktop version – not the dashboard) is a built-in Mac app that doesn’t seem to get a whole lot of love. However, in all truth, it’s actually an extremely useful tool whether you want to use it for a long-term project or something simply short term. As a virtual form of the standard office sticky note, it definitely packs a punch.
