Author Archive: Kevin Purcell
Kevin loves notebooks, tablets, gadgets and photography. He grew up with computers starting out on a Vic 20 and Commodore 64. The first computer he owned himself was an 8086 Compaq Deskpro. His foray into tablet computing began when he bought a Samsung Q1 Ultra. The smartphone market opened up for him with his Palm Treo 600.
Apple Takes Down OSX Updates Due to Stability Issues
Apple sent out Mac OSX Updates last week for OS X 10.7.3 Lion fixing mostly stability issues, but instead caused some problems for updaters. The delta update exited beta testing and hit the average user fixing security problems and some bugs. A delta update replaces only those files that need updating, resulting in a smaller [...]
How To Download YouTube Videos To Your Mac with MacTubes
If you’ve ever wanted to share a YouTube video with friends, but don’t want to keep streaming it over and over on your cell phone or over your laptop, MacTubes will work quickly and easily. Run MacTubes and search for a video. If you already have the URL, just enter it into the search box [...]
Samsung Series 3 11.6″ Notebook Review
The Samsung Series 3 11.6″ Notebook won’t wow users with power and speed, but it does offer a step up from low-end netbooks at a nice price with understated style and mobility. Since picking out this ultramobile machine I’ve been pretty impressed. I picked up the NP300U1A-A01US model over the holidays for a steal for [...]
OSX 10.7.3 Safari and AirPort Utility Updates Available
Apple pushed a pair of updates today for OS X Lion for the AirPort Utility and for the OS itself. The AirPort Utility handles your Mac Wi-Fi radio. This update brings compatibility with Apple’s AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule devices all of which are networking devices produced by the company. For all the [...]
Hp Crams a USB 3.0 Docking Station into the HP L2311c Monitor (Video)
HP will soon release a new external display that not only gives you a 23″ monitor for your notebook, but it also doubles as a docking station so you can quickly connect and disconnect all of your other notebook peripherals. The HP Compaq L2311c 23-inch Notebook Docking Monitor includes many of the inputs you would need [...]
XtremeMac Introduces 3 New Cases for MacBook Air and Pro
XtremeMac announced a new line of MacBook sleeves last week at CES 2012 including the Professional, Vintage and Sport Sleeves for both the 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro and the 13-inch MacBook Air. Your 11″ Air or 17″ MacBook Pro will have to get covered and protected by something else. The Professional Sleeve covers your [...]
iTunes Update Syncs New iBooks Textbooks with Your Computer
Along with the new iBooks, iBooks Author and iTunes U app, Apple released an iTunes update taking it to version 10.5.3. The update allows you to sync the new interactive iBooks textbooks on your iPad with iTunes on your computer. There isn’t anything else new in this update. You can get the update by running Software [...]
OS X Shortcuts for Cutting Copying and Pasting
Here are some great OS X shortcuts for cutting, copying and pasting text. When copying or pasting text, most people select the text and then use the Edit menu and choose the Copy command or the Cut command. Then they move their cursor to the new place they want to place the text and again [...]
Belkin Releasing Thunderbolt Express Dock in September (CES 2012)
The lack of Thunderbolt accessories for the average consumer may come to an end in 2012 thanks in part to Belkin and the new Thunderbolt Express Dock announced at CES 2012. The accessory will arrive in September with a $299 price tag. I’ve looked and longed for something like this since I got an Apple [...]
CES 2012: Notebooks Revealed This Year in Vegas
At CES 2012 notebooks were everywhere as manufacturers took the lid off their designs for new notebooks, and also showed off refreshes of older models. The Ultrabook dominated the show as makers try to catch up with Apple’s extremely popular and ultra-thin MacBook Air. Other innovative new machines are coming, including a notebook that replaces the [...]
