May 16th, 2012 by macguy | File in: Apple News
WWDC, or World Wide Developers Conference, is an event held annually by Apple that plays host to iOS and OS X developers and Apple fans alike. At WWDC, Apple gurus meet up for a series of Keynotes regarding Apple’s latest and upcoming features. This year’s conference is slated for June 11-15, making the Keynotes less [...]
I love my MacBook and haven’t had very many major issues for the better part of 3 years. Unfortunately, that is not the case with all MacBook owners. Since I do a lot of technical support, I’ve run into a ton of people with MacBook Pro’s that simply lose the wireless connection randomly. It’s been [...]
May 14th, 2012 by akishore | File in: iOS
It seems with Apple that all everyone ever does is create rumors and make predictions! With all the secrecy that goes on at Apple to keep products and services under wraps, it’s no wonder the rumor mill runs 24/7. So we’re joining in on the fun too here at Switching to Mac. Apple’s WorldWide Developer [...]
May 13th, 2012 by akishore | File in: OS X
OS X Mountain Lion is the next release of Apple’s operating system and I, for one, am looking forward to it! Lion was a big upgrade that included some nice features like Mission Control and Full Screen apps, both of which I use fairly often. Mountain Lion has some more really cool features that I’m [...]
May 12th, 2012 by akishore | File in: iCal
So I ran into an interesting problem when I first upgraded to Lion and set up my iCloud account. I merrily updated my iPad 2 and iPhone to iOS 5 and started creating appointments in iCal and in the Calendar apps on the two devices. Unfortunately, iCloud was not working the way I thought it [...]
May 11th, 2012 by macguy | File in: General Software
I recently stumbled upon an AppStore app titled Pocket Doorbell that has a rather unique, but simple function. By using the location based services of the iPhone and the iPhone’s Address Book, the doorbell app can provide a digital version of a traditional door bell. When going to pick up a friend, a date, etc… [...]
May 9th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: iPhone
If you’ve been using Instagram for a while, chances are you’ve taken some really cool photos that you want to store locally on your Mac. Since Instagram profiles aren’t viewable on the desktop, it’s not easy to save the images. Luckily, Instaport has decided to fix this issue by offering a free service which lets [...]
May 8th, 2012 by macguy | File in: iPhone
If you’ve made the switch to Mac, or even the switch to Apple (meaning you own multiple Apple devices), you may want to consider some of the readily available apps in the AppStore that are developed and created directly by Apple. Many of these Apps can help to make your experience with one or several [...]
May 7th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: Featured Posts, OS X
Last week Amazon unveiled its Cloud Drive desktop apps for Mac and PC. These applications allow users to easily send files to their Cloud Drive and easily access their Cloud Drive accounts. Since this app was just recently launched, we want to show you how to obtain and use Amazon’s Cloud Drive app for OS [...]
May 3rd, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X
While the Mac dock generally looks nice, you may want to make it transparent to add a bit of functionality to your Mac’s desktop. While Apple seemed to remove the ability to do this in Terminal with the release of OS X Lion, a user at Mac Themes has decided to take this matter into [...]
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