MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV.

Apple made changes to its iMac and Mac Pro lines this week. The new iMacs that feature i3, i5 and i7 processors, dropping the Core 2 Duo processor. Video chipsets in the new iMacs were also upgraded with 256MB to 1GB ATI chipsets. Faster memory is also included, and the SD card slots now support [...] (more...)

Gmail is the dominant email service used by MacMost users, followed by MobileMe. In a poll of 728 people, Gmail was reported as the preferred service by 41 percent. Mobile followed with 27 percent. Also in the poll were Yahoo at 7 percent, Microsoft’s email services like Hotmail, MSN and Live at 3 percent and AOL [...] (more...)

Apple updated Safari 5 today with full support for Extensions. You can now browse a gallery of extensions that will add toolbars, buttons and other features to the Safari web browser. Learn how to add, remove and set preferences for them. (more...)

You can use Automator to create scripts that appear in the right click menu. This example shows you how to build a workflow that attaches the current file to a new email message. (more...)

Apple is giving away free iPhone 4 cases in response to reported antenna issues. You can get your free case by using a new iPhone 4 app. Look at the eight cases currently listed. (more...)

Apple reported its Q3 financials this week, giving us a lot of data about the company’s performance. The quarter featured record Mac sales and the first quarter with reported iPad sales. Here are the numbers. Apple’s total Q3 revenue: $15.7 billion. That’s up from $9.73 billion for Q3 last year. Net quarterly profit: $3.25 billion, up from [...] (more...)

You can create iMovie projects that serve as templates for a future video or series. You can include titles, sequences and placeholders. Instead of starting from scratch with a new video project, you can then duplicate the template. (more...)