Tag: OS X
MacHeist Bundle Offers Great Deal on Cool Mac Apps
Mac users looking to score a deal on great Mac apps and games should skip the App Store and check out this month’s MacHeist Bundle. The bundle includes 15 months of Evernote Premium, Scrivener 2, a document editor that focuses on long creations with lots of information to organize, and if enough users buy the bundle, BioShock 2. [...]
Apple OS X 10.8.2 Beta Brings Facebook Integration to OS X
Apple released a new beta version of their operating system. It adds Facebook Integration in OS X 10.8.2 beta 1 so that users can share content from many apps to their Facebook accounts and sync their contacts on the computer with their lists of friends on Facebook. To add a Facebook account open the Settings app [...]
Apple OS X 10.8.1 Update Brings Possible Battery Life Boost
The Mac App Store received an Apple OS X 10.8.1 Update for Mountain Lion bringing with it some minor bug fixes for iMessages, a fix for playing audio through a Thunderbolt display and some security improvements. We’re also told that it might boost battery life, although Apple doesn’t even mention that in the list of improvements. According [...]
Mountain Lion Feature Review: Why It’s Worth the Upgrade
Apple released the latest version of their computer operating system, Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion with more iCloud integration, more iOS-style goodness and fewer security holes thanks to Gatekeeper. Mac owners can download the new update for only $19.95 in the Mac App Store and read more about the features at Apple. Unless $20 feels [...]
How to Burn a Mountain Lion Install Disk on DVD or USB
Users can now download and install OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. Apple wants users to download it on each system from their store, but that can take up precious time and bandwidth. Why not download it once and then install from that download to each system. For example, I use [...]
How To Prepare Your Mac for OS X Mountain Lion
Apple announced that they will hold their quarterly earnings call with investors on Tuesday, July 24th. If Apple follows their earlier pattern, they’ll release the next version of their computer operating system dubbed Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion within days of the call, most likely the day of or the day after the call. [...]
How to Force Empty Trash in OS X
Emptying the trash in OS X is easy, but if stubborn files refuse to delete with the rest of the trash a keyboard shortcut can force empty trash in Mac OS X. I previously showed you how to empty your trash in OS X even if some of the files or folders are locked, but [...]
How to Hide Unused System Preferences in OS X
The OS X System Preferences app shows all of your useful tools to configure your Mac the way you want, but it also has some that I will never use. That’s why I got excited when I learned your can hide the unused preference apps quite easily. Let me show you how. Open System Preferences [...]
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 [...]
Apple Beefs Up Security in OS X and Safari with Updates
Apple introduced a security flaw in OS X 10.7.3, but a new software update being pushed out over Software Update fixes this flaw. The new OS X 10.7.4 update is available as a free update to all OS X Lion users. Apple also shipped a new version of their web browser Safari that now checks your [...]
