Winter 2011 Mac Software Deals and Bundles

by macguy on December 9, 2011

We have previously posted about some Mac software deals and bundles which revolve around the bulk purchasing of several popular Mac Apps for a highly discounted price. There are some new app bundles now running for Winter 2011 that may be a great bargain for some of our site visitors and subscribers. In today’s post, [...]

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Xbox Live App Now Available in AppStore

by macguy on December 8, 2011

Apple has grown significantly in terms of gaming over the past few years. There are now a variety of different Mac compatible games available, there are tons of App Store games available for the iPhone, and deals with game developers such as EA Sports have made gaming on the iPad quite impressive. However, die hard [...]

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Sandy Bridge vs. Ivy Bridge

by macguy on December 7, 2011

Apple normally releases incremental updates to their MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lineups by updating the models with a minor processor bump a few times a year. For example, a MacBook Pro may be released with a 2.2GHz CPU early in the year. From there, the next MacBook Pro release would be the same identical [...]

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3 Common Uses for the Apple Remote

by macguy on December 5, 2011

The Apple Remote is one of the most affordable products that Apple manufactures and sells. Apple used to distribute Apple Remotes with MacBooks and MacBook Pros, but now they only include them with Apple TV purchases. If you have an Apple Remote, you can use it to control the majority of devices that Apple sells. [...]

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iCloud vs. Local Backup

by macguy on December 3, 2011

Apple has spent billions of dollars to purchase iCloud servers, which are used as a cloud backup solution for Apple product owners. Devices like Mac computers, iPods and iPhones are all incorporated into iCloud, meaning that you can backup most of your important information, such as Contacts, Calendars, and even iTunes to iCloud, in most [...]

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There are several ways that iPhone accessory manufacturers have been able to extend the capabilities of the iPhone. One unique concept is an iPhone case that doubles as a wallet. Now, the term “iPhone wallet” may give many consumers the feeling that it’s a stupid idea, because if you have a wallet attached to an [...]

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Get GPS Turn by Turn Navigation for iPhone

by macguy on December 1, 2011

One feature of Android phones that Apple doesn’t have an answer for as of yet, is the precision Google Maps feature with turn by turn navigation, that is incorporated into nearly all Android devices. While the iPhone does come with a Maps app, it is more of a step by step navigation than a turn [...]

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Demo Windows Phone UI on Your iPhone

by macguy on November 30, 2011

You can run windows on a Mac using Bootcamp, VMware, Parallels, or other software. So, can you run Windows Phone on an iPhone. Yes, but it’s much simpler and not quite the same process. In today’s post, we will quickly review how to get a Windows 7 demo on an iPhone. To get started, launch [...]

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Create A Custom Joke Siri Conversation

by macguy on November 29, 2011

The Siri voice feature that was first introduced with the iPhone 4S has become the most hyped new feature to reach the iOS platform. Although Siri is much like the voice command and response automation software that we’ve had for the last decade, it’s also unique in it’s own Apple way. Siri is for the [...]

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Set Automatic Startup and Login Items in Mac OS X

by macguy on November 28, 2011

If you have some commonly used programs and applications that you would like OS X to auto launch whenever you login, there are some simple ways to customize auto start items. You don’t have to use automator, although that would probably work too. Instead, OS X offers a user account setting that has a specific [...]

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