Macintosh

Apple Launches Their Long-Awaited Mac App Store

J. Frank Wilson on Jan 6, 2011 (Updated: Feb 3, 2019)

Hold on to your wallet! This week Apple launched their long-awaited Mac App Store with a mix of thousands of paid and free applications.

The Mac …

Jeffrey Powers on Oct 12, 2009 (Updated: Sep 28, 2018)

The Apple Support forums are full of users who are reporting that all their user data has disappeared from a Mac OS X Snow Leopard bug.

J. Frank Wilson on May 18, 2009 (Updated: May 5, 2011)

Is the monitor on your Macintosh computer inverted? Are you seeing black where it should be white? Does everything look negative? If you answered yes …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 21, 2008 (Updated: Sep 11, 2020)

Gmail Notifier For Mac is a useful app that lets you know if you have email without having to log to into gmail.com.

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 5, 2008 (Updated: Jan 20, 2021)

Good news for Mac Netflix users. Now we can officially utilize Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature on our Macs. The Watch Instantly …

J. Frank Wilson on Oct 9, 2008 (Updated: Apr 14, 2020)

Is Firefox getting slower or is my frustration that Google still hasn't released a Mac/Linux version of their Chrome web browser just increasing? Like …

J. Frank Wilson on Aug 4, 2008 (Updated: Aug 6, 2022)

Microsoft's Vista operating system is a public relations failure. Can something called the Mojave Experiment help save Microsoft Vista's reputation?

J. Frank Wilson on Jul 23, 2007 (Updated: Apr 14, 2020)

Alexa, a subsidiary of Amazon, has been providing information on web traffic since 1996. Once you install the Alexa Toolbar, you can then view traffic …

J. Frank Wilson on Dec 20, 2006 (Updated: Jan 29, 2017)

Have you walked past an Apple Store yet this month? If so, you might have noticed a 3D snowflake screensaver running in the display windows. The …

J. Frank Wilson on Dec 4, 2006 (Updated: Jul 20, 2011)

Need a reason to switch from PC to Mac? Last week there was an article in the Washington Post that highlighted some of the advantages of the Macintosh …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 26, 2006 (Updated: Dec 7, 2010)

Ever wanted to laser-etch some labels onto DVDs you've burned, but wanted to do it on your Mac ? Now you can.

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 4, 2006 (Updated: Feb 8, 2019)

Purchased iTunes files can only be authorized on 5 computers at a time. But don't worry, there's an easy way to deauthorize computers on iTunes.

J. Frank Wilson on Jan 17, 2006 (Updated: May 21, 2020)

Now that Apple has introduced its new Intel processor-based operating system, Macintosh OS X, it's now possible to actually build your own Mac from …

J. Frank Wilson on Feb 13, 2005 (Updated: Sep 15, 2024)

To keep your iPod and its contents safe and sound, it is important to keep the firmware and software up-to-date, use a surge protector when charging, …

J. Frank Wilson on Feb 1, 2005 (Updated: Mar 16, 2019)

What's your computer and beer of choice? What if you were to combine them and pretend that your beer was a computer operating system. Here's your Beer …