How To Post To Facebook & Twitter From The Notification Center In Mountain Lion
Similar to its iOS counterpart, the Notification Center (which can be accessed using the right-most icon in your menu bar, or by using a hotkey) is designed to keep track of the multitude of information broadcasted by the assorted applications installed on your computer. Apart from the expected—news about incoming emails, calendar events, and the like—you can also use the Notification Center to interact with Facebook and Twitter.
5 Tips For Making The Most Out Of The Notes App [iOS]
In any application round-up - mobile or otherwise - about work, education or GTD, you'll see the most advanced conglomeration of note-taking applications. Often, the applications already present on the operating system are ignored. Likely, this is because these applications generally don't amount to much. However, on Apple products, they do. The iOS Notes app is a remarkable, capable, and easy to use application
Tweak The Mac OS X Finder And Find Files Even Faster!
A major part of our time is spent on the web, but for a lot of people the computer file system makes for a close second. Finder, Apple's file browser, provides a very slick way to do this by default, and you'll be able to clock good time even if you don't know all the finer points of the application. Getting to know those fine points, however, can provide an additional (and always much welcome) boost to your productivity and overall file-handling speeds.
5 Interesting Ways to Create Your Own Forum Without Having to Run a Website
If you're looking for a private, or more specialized discussion board—you can always create your own forum. One possible approach would be to pay for server space, and install the necessary forum software yourself. However, in some situations it's possible to avoid these costs entirely, and cut down on maintenance by creating a forum without first purchasing server space. We'll show you how.
Manage Attachments In Mac Mail
Mail, the default email application on Mac OS X, is a surprisingly slick and feature-rich application. I've used a lot of different email clients, both in the cloud and on my desktop. No matter what, I tend to keep coming back to using the Mail application for day-to-day email management. Mail provides a lot of help with day-to-day email management. In this article we'll show you exactly how.
Edit Videos For Free On Windows With These Handy Tools
For almost every big software name, there's a great free (or even open-source) application alternative. The same is true for video editing software. Yes, we've all heard about Adobe Premier Elements, Pinnacle Studio, Avid Media Composer, and Sony Vegas; amazing software, every last one. Below are a few tools, ranging from simple to advanced, offering a large part of video editing functionality without charge.
What You Need To Know About Syncing Spotify With An iPod
For iPod owners, iTunes has long been the most obvious choice of music management and synchronisation software. Despite its bulkiness on Windows computers, iTunes is a highly capable piece of software, and suffices for a large majority of people. With the advent of cloud music, it might be time to reconsider. It feels strange — awkward, almost — to use iTunes solely for syncing with an iPod.
How To Try Out Windows 8 On Your MacBook Air
If you're reading this article, you're probably a user of Mac OS X, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be intrigued. If Windows 8 has captured your interest, why not take it for a test run? While the operating system hasn't launched, you can download a free preview! In this article, I'll show you how to install it on a separate partition on your MacBook Air.
How to Use an Android Device as a PC Webcam
If you need to make a few Skype calls or want to start a Hangout on Google Plus, but don't have the necessary equipment at hand, don't run off to the hardware store just yet! If you have an Android smartphone with camera, you can simply use your phone instead. Given, the framerate will not be on par with a decent store-bought webcam, but it's more than good enough for a sporadic video chat.
What's AirPlay, And How To Use It In Mac OS X Mountain Lion
Imagine you want to play your favorite album in Spotify. Naturally, you'll be hooking your computer up to a better sound station. But what if you're lying in bed, or sitting on the couch? Ideally, you'd just stream the music to your speakers. Streaming your content locally, between devices, is where AirPlay comes in. With Apple's latest operating system release — Mountain Lion — it's easier than ever.
Your Cloud Media Center: How To Stream Videos From Dropbox
You'll want to watch your videos on your laptop one day, and on your media center the next. A simple solution to this problem can be found with Dropbox, but not the way you're thinking. Instead of synchronising your videos across multiple computers, you can use Dropbox to stream your video on any internet-enabled computer.
The Top 3 YouTube Apps For The iPhone & iPad
Google and Apple have been butting heads in the competition over the mobile and tablet market for a long time, and now that the temperature keeps on rising, the effects of this face-off have become even more apparent to the common user. With iOS 6, Apple will not only get rid of Google Maps as the default map provider, but also axe the YouTube application that was previously shipped with iOS.
4 Ways to Copy iTunes Purchases From One Mac to Another [OSX]
With music purchased from the iTunes Store, it's not always clear what you can or cannot do. This is largely due to the maze of DRM restrictions, and iTunes' design, which is obviously focused on managing your files in the application rather than in Finder. One of the things you can do - and as it turns out, quite easily - is copying your iTunes Store purchases from one Mac's iTunes to another.
3 Tips To Make Skype More Enjoyable [Mac]
Skype, in terms of software design, continues to baffle me. It's beautifully designed, and most of the time it's also charmingly easy to use, but once in a blue moon you discover these little quirks that rain on your Skype parade. It may be how the application masterfully ignores basic interface guidelines. Here are some three very basic tips to make your Skype experience on Mac OS X a more enjoyable one.
4 Cool Things You Can Do With The Mac Terminal
The Terminal is the Mac OS X analogue of the Windows command prompt, or CMD. It's a tool, as you probably already know, that allows you to control your computer using text commands, as opposed to a graphical user-interface. Although using the Terminal can seem a little daunting at first, it will pay off to get familiar with it.
Snappy Does More Than Just Capture Your Screen
Even though there's a good dozen third-party screenshot tools on the market, the built-in Mac OS X screenshot tool always seemed to suffice for me. It's simple, elegant, and it just works.
Manage Mac OS X Icons & Themes For Free With iCondubber
Mac OS X is already a very beautiful operating system. Perhaps that's why it's so hard to customize its interface elements, especially compared to other operating systems. It's easy to understand where they're coming from, if you want to keep the average Mac computer from looking like one of the old MySpace profiles. On the other hand, sometimes it's nice to be able to put your own touch on the look of your computer.
How To Share Screens Using Applications That Are Already On Your Mac [OSX]
Working together on a project for work or school, looking at a computer screen over someone's shoulder can grow tiring very quickly. The same goes for trying to help someone with their computer. If we're only talking about a minute or two, you can take a breath and get it over with, but for longer timespans it might pay off to look into alternatives.
3 Useful And Free iPad Apps For Starting Musicians
Learning to play an instrument can be pretty hard, but it's never too late to get started. At these times, the best way to keep going is to facilitate those engagements; make them accessible and fun. One way to do that is to make use of modern technology. In this article, we'll be looking at iPad applications that are aimed at starting musicians.