In the past 4 years I’ve gone from the 17″ PowerBook, to a 15″ Powerbook, to a 13″ MacBook. Each time I’ve upgraded the system, but clearly downgraded the display size. I get by because of the 20″ LCD I connect to on my desk at home, so the shrinkage hasn’t been as [...]
While I’m certain most of us would love to put that Mac/Book Pro on our wishlists this holiday season, they’re probably not the most realistic choices. Accessories for your Mac however, are much more realistic and can hugely enhance your computing experience. Obviously there are a crap-ton of accessories to choose from, but [...]
Just a quick reminder. Don’t forget about Apple’s special one-day shopping event with tons of killer deals and free shipping for all good boys and girls.
I know I won’t even think about stepping foot near any retail store on Friday, but I might make use of some sweet online deals. Do you usually take advantage [...]
So I’ve been doing web development for almost a decade now, but I’ve never even come close to even thinking about developing for an operating system. I’m very interested in jumping in and getting my hands dirty with developing for OS X but honestly don’t have the slightest clue where to start.
What are some good [...]
My poor PowerMac G5 is literally caked with dust on the insides. What have you found to be the best way to clean out dust and keep everything nice and shiny?
This would include any tools, cleaning solutions, and whatever else would be necessary to make sure everything is as clean as it can be.
I got an iChat message from Paul yesterday, asking about a way to use music visualizations as a desktop ‘wallpaper’. My initial suggestion was to play with Quartz Composer and see about coming up with something there. I’ve come up with a couple more suggestions – which I’ll write about in a moment [...]
I had an article idea today of posting some cool setups for smart playlists in iTunes. After about 10 minutes of staring at the different possible rules options it hit me…I can’t think of any cool ideas.
I’m aware of the Do-It-Yourself Smart Radio Station and then there’s the obvious “most popular songs” or “least played [...]
Since it was announced, My Dream App has garned much attention. Between travelling and a hectic work schedule I’ve been keeping up to date as much as possible. Now it’s into an elimination round of voting. The voting for this round has actually been extended a day because of all the activity [...]
Following the review I posted about TextExpander, it seems there’s a consensus that the free version and the $30 version were still too close in feature-set to warrant the $30 license.
So I pose this question:
What improvements would you want to see in TextExpander that would make the $30 price tag worth it for you?
So far [...]
From about a year and a half of using Tiger as well as changing some focus on the sort of things I work on (doing more development than I was back then), I’ve got all sorts of files spread all over the place and really want to get everything organized in some sort of logical [...]
Apple and Microsoft have always had quite a rivalry. And up until now it seemed to be in good taste. Steve would make small comments here and there during various keynotes poking fun at Microsoft and Bill…well Bill never really had anything to poke fun at.
But after seeing multiple banners at WWDC taking direct jabs [...]
Hey TAB readers, I need your help.
I need a PDA Cell Phone for my job, but I want to get one that will still work well with my [at-home] MacBook. I’m tied-in to Cingular, and have narrowed the field down to either the Treo 650, or the BlackBerry 7130. I’d like to know [...]
Months ago, I saw the “Evening at Adler” video that DrunkenBatman released, which consisted of Mac indie developers discussing important topics about our platform. Something that they discussed which rang strong with me was a topic known as “versioning”. Basically, when a developer works on a major project, no matter what environment or platform, it’s [...]
When Apple announced OS X and their open source initiatives, my first reaction (not owning a Mac at the time) was to seek out PC builds of this software. That search resulted in finding OpenDarwin, who hosted PPC and Intel builds of the Mac OS X kernel, drivers, and more. I spent a few days [...]
This is really just a curiosity post I’m afraid. I bring you no new insight on anything whatsoever.
Do you maximize the various windows you have open? Or do you prefer to keep windows at various smaller sizes?
I’ve got dual 20″ (widescreen) monitors and maximizing windows can be a bit overkill for some things. I’m finding [...]
A friend of mine recently asked me if I knew of any alternates to iTunes for playing/organizing music. I personally love iTunes but I’m aware that my friend isn’t the only person with a distaste for it.
So, got any suggestions for other apps that play/organize music well on OS X?
Edit: This is for iTunes Mac
A few years back when I came back into The Fold, I was immediately aware of the lack of usable ‘right click’ on Macs. Sure, CTRL + Click does the job and brings up the contextual menu when needed, but I’m spoiled and want an actual right click solution. I quickly found SideTrack [...]
The Apple Store online seems to point out the stray Mac – the PowerMac G5. The last of a dying breed of PowerPC based machines. The gasp of breath through those little holes in the front is strong. What will become of him, this Zeus of Macs, this fallen god of power?
Why upgrade him, of [...]
For ages I used Dreamweaver’s FTP utility. But in the last year or so I’ve changed my workflow and don’t use Dreamweaver anymore for any sort of coding (I use TextMate). Since TextMate doesn’t have built in FTP service I’ve been using Panic’s Transmit. Unfortunately I have had all sorts of issues with it and [...]
A buddy of mine, Mike Panoff, has been obsessively working on a pet project aimed at making del.icio.us slightly more usable: A dashboard widget he’s calling “cloud.lic.io.us“.
It essentially does one simple thing: Make all your del.icio.us tags available from your dashboard widget.
He’s looking to release a few more features over the next couple of weeks, [...]
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