Category: Mac software
March 17, 2010
NPR and The Wall Street are known to be remaking, at least in part, their sites in order to service Apple’s Flash free iPad. And, to my mind that’s a good thing™. However, why not let anyone with an aversion to Adobe’s buggy and resource hungry multimedia plugin connect to these Flash-free havens?
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Posted in Adobe, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, iPad, opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 16, 2010
Let the haters rail! Of the guys with their feet in the enterprise mud, a large a majority of those with dual platform experience are saying the support cost leader is the Mac with users of the fairer platform using 20 percent fewer resources.
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Posted in Apple, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Security, Windows, news, opinion | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 12, 2010
Fire up Software Update because Apple’s got an important download for you. This maintenance release of the company’s popular WebKit-based browser offers important feature tweaks and fixes, including improved third-party plug-in stability (i.e. Flash) improvements.
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Posted in Adobe, Apple, Free Software, Leopard, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Updates, Windows, news, snow leopard | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 7, 2010
One of the first things you’re likely to notice after connecting a Mac mini to your TV is the smudgy black appearance of text and lines, for example, which can make navigation difficult for some users. Here are a pair of free apps, both from the same clever guy, to sharpen the picture.
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Posted in Apple TV, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, mac mini, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 6, 2010
With Safari users suffering badly from a range of Flash-related problems, users are looking for relief. Thereupon, from improved plugin load times to a fix for a JavaScript issue in the current release, as well as improved HTML5 video playback, the next release of Safari promises a lot.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 5, 2010
Yesterday, there was rampant speculation during the Developer Center Web site outage that Apple would announce important changes to its mobile — iPhone, iPod touch, iPad — program. Now, with the site back online, the changes have happened on the Mac side.
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Posted in Apple, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 4, 2010
Here’s a brilliantly simple way to download YouTube videos without any additional software or using a dodgy online conversion service. So, saddle up — you’re one simple keyboard shortcut away from downloading anything you want whenever you want.
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Posted in Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Quicktime, Tips, Tutorials | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 3, 2010
There’s a wealth of music available on YouTube, especially remixes and special edits that aren’t easily available from other sources. Here’s a quick n’ easy way to download and convert them into iTunes ready music files for Mac, iPod and iPhone.
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Posted in Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Quicktime, Tips, Tutorials, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, snow leopard | 3 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 2, 2010
Do you want to keep your Mac secure? The best advice one of the world’s most famous hackers “security researchers” has to offer is that you shouldn’t use Adobe’s crash prone, resource gobbling multimedia plugin — it’s just that simple.
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Posted in Adobe, Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macbook Air, Macintosh, Security, Windows, iPhone, news, snow leopard | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
February 26, 2010
By now you’ve heard about Boxee and Hulu, two truly great applications for delivering television shows to a Mac. However, you may not know just how easy it is to take all of that free content and put it on your home’s big-screen TV. Here’s the stuff you need to get that done.
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Posted in Apple TV, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials, iPod Touch, iTunes, mac mini | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson