You might not care a whole ton about your computer’s file system. And yet, it’s the core structure underlying a user’s experience with the operating system. Apple has been working on an update to their file system, called Apple File System, or APFS. The official release of APFS should come in 2017, but here’s a collection […]
Reinvent Your Workflow with Wunderlist
Do you ever feel like your seemingly endless to-do list has totally taken over your workflow? You’re not alone. It’s like cutting the head off the Hydra of Lerna, every time you complete one task, a few more get added to the bottom of your list. And at some point you realize that many of […]
Who’s Going To Buy an iPad Pro?
Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve finally come around to the idea of an iPad Pro. Sort of. The closer the release date gets, the more I see its potential in Apple’s iPad lineup. At first, I was really skeptical — okay, more like aghast at the idea of an iPad approximately the same size as […]
How to Sign Up for Apple’s Beta Software Program
Since the World Wide Developer Conference in 2014, Apple has given the public an opportunity to test drive its newest OS X and iOS software before their official releases. Starting with the releases of OS X Yosemite and iOS 8, Apple welcomed virtually anyone interested in trying out Apple’s newest desktop and mobile software — […]
Want to Cancel Your Apple Music Subscription? Here’s How
Apple Music’s three-month trial period is about to come to a screeching halt. Apple released Apple Music on June 30, and starting at the end of September, you will no longer be able enjoy Apple Music risk-free—it will come with at a price: the single membership price is $9.99 per month and the family membership […]
Apple’s Biggest iPhone Competitor: Boredom
Apple is the most successful company in the world, and by most accounts, Apple is producing the best iPhones in the history of the company, but there’s always a looming competitor’s threat hanging over its head: Android. At the end of the second quarter of 2015, Apple held 44.1 percent of the smartphone market in […]
6 Features of OS X El Capitan We Can’t Wait to Use
Amidst the hype surrounding the unveiling of iOS 9 and watchOS 2.0 at last week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple also gave us a preview of what to expect from the next version of OS X as well. Code named El Capitan after the famous mountain located inside Yosemite National Park, the latest version of the Mac’s […]
What to Expect at WWDC 2015
Next Monday Tim Cook, along with a number of other Apple execs, will take to the stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to address software developers at the 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The scheduled keynote address – which gets underway promptly at 1:00 PM Eastern time – will be the company’s first opportunity to show […]
How to Use Emoji on Your Mac
It is amazing just how socially acceptable the use of emojis has become over the past few years. Once written off as quirky Japanese characters destined to remain squarely in the realm of teenage girls, these cartoony-looking emoticons are now used by just about anyone and everyone. The increasing use of smartphones for communication has […]
8 Tips to Help Your Mac Run More Efficiently
Today’s Macintosh computers are unquestionably the very best that Apple has ever made, combining elegant design with impressive technology under the hood. When paired with the latest version of OS X, a Mac is not only easy to use, but extremely powerful and productive too. But from time to time, even the best computers can […]
How to Use Markup in OS X Yosemite
Markup is one of the more under utilized features of OS X Yosemite. So much so, that many users don’t even know that it even exists. The Markup functionality exists within the OS X Mail app, allowing you to make simple edits and annotations to image files and PDF documents that are sent your way […]
How Photos for OS X Will Make You Forget iPhoto Forever
For more than 13 years iPhoto has been a part of the productivity software that comes installed on every Macintosh computer that Apple ships. It’s ability to important, organize, and edit images made it popular with many Mac owners, who often valued simplicity and ease of use over a deeper feature set. But in recent […]
How to Browse iCloud Drive Files in Time Machine
Earlier this week Apple released the latest update for OS X Yosemite, bring Mac users up to version 10.10.2 of the operating system. This long-awaited update to the OS delivered a number of important bug fixes and security patches, many of which users felt were long overdue. For instance, the software patch not only addresses lingering issues […]
Has Software Become Apple’s Achilles Heel?
Apple has long been known for its unique ability to create products that are both beautifully designed and provide amazingly useful functionality. Over the years, the synergy of hardware and software developed under the same roof has been one of the company’s greatest strengths, and has helped the iPhone, iPad, and Mac to truly stand […]
5 Great Features of OS X Yosemite That No One is Using
When Apple released OS X Yosemite – the latest version of the Mac operating system – back in October, it brought a host of new features, enhanced applications, and security updates along with it. Amongst the more highly publicized features of Yosemite were a refreshed user interface, an improved use of notifications, the ability to make phone calls directly […]
