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.
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 [...]
Quickly Clean Out and Organize OS X’s Launchpad
Launchpad brings an iOS style interface to your Mac, but it also brings app icon clutter to your Mac. Every app you have installed on the computer will have an icon in Launchpad, including those apps you never use. If you regularly use Launchpad, then you have probably spent a long time reorganizing the apps much [...]
Tunesque Unifies iTunes and Mac App Store Search
Tunesque opens up in your Mac OS X menu bar and lets you search both the iTunes Store and the Mac App Store in one quick, ever-present and simple interface. The free utility could be better, but right now it offers a great way to find things in both stores through one interface. Apple really [...]
Microsoft Office 2011 Updated with Security and Bug Fixes
Microsoft offered up an update for Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac that patches some security holes in the office suite. According to the MS website: “This update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with [...]
Windows Beta 8 Coming Soon: What to Expect
There were rumors that the beta of Microsoft Windows 8 would be coming early next year, most likely in February on the heals of CES. Microsoft has confirmed that timetable. Microsoft released what they called a developer preview earlier this year that showed off the new Metro User Interface that resembles it’s phone operating system. Instead [...]
Apple Pushes Minor Updates to Safari, Keynote & Windows iCloud
Apple pushed out some minor updates this week for the Safari Browser, Keynote (the company’s presentation application) and the iCloud Control Panel for Windows. The updates don’t add any new functionality to the supplications, but they do fix a few minor bugs. The update to Safari includes the following: Addresses issues that cause hangs and [...]
How To Use the Built-in DropBox-Style Sync in Mac OS X Lion
Did you know Mac OS X Lion has a folder that will sync files much like DropBox or SugarSync? Let me show you how to make use of it. If you’ve used DropBox or SugarSync, then you know of the beauty of putting a file in a folder on one computer and having it show [...]
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Dockview Brings Live Windows Style Previews to Mac Doc Icons [Review]
For those of us jumping from Windows to a Mac, one feature I miss from Windows 7 is the live previews that the OS shows you as you hover over the taskbar icons. With Dockview you can now have those Windows Style Live Previews of your open applications. The simple utility will run in the [...]
HP Pavilion DV4T Review: A Decent All-round Laptop for a Good Price
In the HP Pavilion DV4T, with its 14″ display and Intel Core i3 processor, you get a decent general-use laptop that won’t wow your friends or colleagues, but will help you with the basics at work and has just enough chops to entertain you a little on your off time. Starting at around $500, you get a budget [...]
How to Set Up iTunes Match on All Your Computers and iOS Devices
Apple finally released iTunes Match, which lets iTunes check all the music you have on your computer and then lets you access it from iCloud for a yearly fee. Setup isn’t complicated, but I want to show you the steps and warn of a snag or two, so you can take full advantage of the [...]
