April 19th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: Featured Posts, Hardware
Just because your Mac isn’t new doesn’t mean it can’t run as fast as a new machine. With a small hardware upgrade, your Mac can be faster than new for a generally small cost. In this article we will be giving you a short list of the best upgrades to add speed, storage and efficiency [...]
April 17th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: iCloud
While Apple’s iCloud is a great way to back up your iOS devices, share photos, and sync contacts, it’s missing one thing: document sync. Document sync is an important feature for Mac users who have multiple Macs and would like to keep some of their files in sync among all of them. While there are [...]
April 16th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: Games
The Mario series is an old favorite for many while Portal is a new up-and-coming game that many Mac users are falling in love with. With this in mind, the developers at Stab Yourself Games decided to mash up both of these titles and produce Mari0. Mari0 features a cool new concept: Give Mario a [...]
April 14th, 2012 by akishore | File in: Featured Posts, iWork
I’ve never been a huge fan of Microsoft Office, but at least Redmond comes out with a new version every once in a while and makes us feel like something is being done. iWork is still stuck in 2009 and Apple hasn’t even bothered to release a roadmap/plan/guide/anything to tell us about any future updates. [...]
April 13th, 2012 by akishore | File in: iPad
Someone asked me the other day where they arrow keys were on the iPad keyboard and I was a little taken aback! Not because of the question, but because I had never thought about the arrow keys! Even though I use the arrow keys constantly on my computer, I have never used them on my [...]
April 12th, 2012 by akishore | File in: OS X
Here’s a simple article that will show you how to open the Terminal in OS X. The Terminal is similar to the command prompt in Windows. It basically allows you to input commands into the console which perform various tasks. Most things you do from the Terminal can be done via the GUI interface you [...]
April 11th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X
For most of us, the internet is our lifeline to news, social networking, and communication. The web browser is how we consume this content. Most Mac users tend to use the standard web browsers such as Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. While these browsers are great, a new era of browsers, dubbed “specialty browsers”, are on [...]
April 10th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X
With the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple decided to release a beta of Messages, an iChat replacement which integrates with iMessages and allows you to chat with pals who use iPads and iPhones. While Messages beta isn’t perfect, it gets the job done and is available for free. If you would like to [...]
April 9th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: Featured Posts, OS X
While Macs are known for being very secure, sometimes a bit of malware or the occasional virus slips through the cracks. Recently the virus dubbed “Flashback” was discovered. So far, this virus has infected an estimated 600,000 Mac users. While Apple has released an update patching the security flaw, it may still be lurking on [...]
April 8th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: General Software
QR codes are becoming increasingly popular as more and more people are buying and using smartphones. If you don’t already know, QR codes are barcodes which can be scanned using an app on your smartphone such as Tapreader for iOS. When scanned, your phone will load a webpage which the creator has selected. If you [...]
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