June 30, 2011
With the plethora of amazing gadgets people own these days, it’s really easy to overlook privacy concerns which, upon reflection, are quite obvious. One of the simplest of these is geotagging photos. While it’s an incredibly handy tool for sight-seeing and worldwide data collection, it can be a pretty serious privacy threat.
June 23, 2011
When it comes to device automation, there’s just one 900-lb gorilla in the Android space, and that’s Tasker. True, Llama is an awesome free automation app, but it doesn’t aim for Tasker’s full power. Tasker is a paid app (it costs UK £3.99), so we’ve never really covered it in detail. Now the time has come to share with you one of the absolute best Android apps on the Market.
May 20, 2011
Much of our purpose with computers is to get work done faster and more efficiently. there’s a free option that might make a useful introduction to bulk file and folder automation; it’s called FileSorter—a free download in the Mac App Store.
May 2, 2011
Our favorite, all-time file sharing service, Dropbox, generously provides up to 2 gigs of file space for free. For many users this might be enough, but now that Dropbox is becoming the central cloud syncing service for shuffling and sharing stuff between computers and mobile devices, the allotted free space may fill up rather quickly if it’s not probably managed and organized.
April 13, 2011
One of the best uses of Dropbox is file sharing. With your Dropbox account, you can use your Public folder to share files with others. In this article I will show you the quick and easy steps to share single files in your Public folder, and how to share a folder of files via a direct URL link. Lastly, for Mac users, I will show you how to automate this process using Automator.
March 28, 2011
If you’re lucky enough to have two or more computers and mobile devices, you will know the biggest challenge is keeping files synced between your computers and devices. For some applications in which you regularly update their libraries with new data – such as text expansion programs like TextExpander, Typinator, or 1Password - it’s a lot less [...]
December 1, 2010
Since I started writing for MakeUseOf, I’ve made it a goal to write about Mac automation every chance I get. You see, I think skilled developers (whom we all owe so much gratitude to) shouldn’t be the only ones who can boss around their computers with automation hacks and programs. The rest of us deserve [...]
October 29, 2010
In part one of my introductory article about Apple”˜s automation program, AppleScript, I explained how to basically access this application and use a few of the default scripts that come with every version of Mac OS X. In part two of this article I will explain how to use a few cool and practical automation [...]
September 27, 2010
Automator is probably the most underused but most powerful application in Mac OS X. Many Mac users may shy away from the program because it looks geeky and difficult to use, though it requires no knowledge of programming code or additional data input. Some users also simply don’t know what they’re supposed to do with [...]
August 18, 2010
After setting his Mac to automatically import downloaded music to iTunes, my friend asked me whether a similar method could be used for adding movies to iTunes. He wanted to customize his system so that after he clicks the download link, he doesn’t have to do anything and the movies will automatically find their way [...]
