Tag: Mac
DragonDrop Review: Simplify Moving Files in OS X
DragonDrop helps Mac users move their files around in finder with a creative tool that sits in your Menu Bar and activates when you need it. It acts like a temporary shelf to store your files so you can find the new folder to drop them. Let me show you how it works. Open a [...]
Listen to Pandora on a Mac? You Need Muse
Pandora is a great way to listen to music, but its a pain to find the right tab when you need to pause a station or skip a song. If you have a Mac and listen to Pandora, you need to go buy Muse right now. This $6 Pandora app allows you to set keyboard [...]
How to Remove the Flashback Trojan From Infected Macs
There’s another nasty Mac virus called Trojan-Download:OSX/Flashback.I or Flashback Trojan for short. This one will steal all locally stored login data on infected Macs. A trojan malware infection disguises itself as an application, that looks like a valid program, but is a malicious tool in disguise. Flashback searches for user names and passwords to websites [...]
How to Empty the Trash in OS X If It Contains Locked Files and Folders
If you have ever tried to empty the trash in OS X and received a messages saying that it has a locked files and folders, then you know the feeling that no matter what you do, you can’t take out the trash. The files stay behind cluttering up your drive and occupying needed space. This [...]
Wirelessly Stream From Mac to Apple TV With AirParrot
The Apple TV is an amazing gadget, but for some reason Apple doesn’t allow users to wirelessly stream video from a Mac to the device. If you are willing to put up with a few bugs and have $10 to spare, you should checkout a third-party app called AirParrot that lets you mirror your MacBook [...]
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 [...]
AirFoil Streams Audio From Your Mac or PC to Apple TV
If you have an Apple TV, you’ve no doubt used it to stream audio, like Pandora, to your home theater, but there is no Apple provided way to stream music from your MacBook or Notebook to your Apple TV or AirPlay speakers. Enter AirFoil, an AirPlay solution that lets you stream any audio from your [...]
Hitachi G-RAID with Thunderbolt Adds 4TB of Snappy Storage to Macs
If you create content for a living, you know the value of fast storage, and just how fast you can fill up a GB of storage space. The new Hitachi powered G-RAID and G-DRIVE external hard drives with Thunderbolt connectivity are aimed at answering this need with a combination of offerings up to 4TB of external storage [...]
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 [...]
