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

Here is a list of the major points announced at this special event. 10:00 — Steve Jobs takes the stage and talks about Apple as a mobile hardware company. 10:10 — Announcement: the iPad! 10:11 — Steve is demonstrating the device. Looks like a giant iPhone or iPod Touch. One-screen keyboard. Basic apps with a similar iPhone interface. 10: [...] (more...)

In 24 hours we’ll find out what the Apple Tablet looks like, what it can do, and what Apple wants us to use the Tablet for. But in the mean time we can speculate and empose our wishes on to this potential device. Plus, it is fun to take the pulse of the community to [...] (more...)

The popular online game Gold Strike has come to the iPhone. Gold Strike has previously appeared as a Web-based game, downloadable game and smartphone game for the pre-iPhone generation of phones. It has been played by millions since its release in 2003. Gold Strike is an action puzzle game where you play a miner trying [...] (more...)

Where do Mac users buy their digital music? Well, overwhelmingly they purchase at iTunes. Despite the many mentions I hear of alternative music sources, nearly 75% buy from iTunes. I wish I could compare this to the same poll taken a year ago, just before Apple announced that iTunes would be DRM-free. Since removing copy protection, [...] (more...)

The MacMost.com Guide to Online Password Security When you create an account at a Web site you are usually asked to provide a password. What do you choose? Your child’s name? Your dog’s name? Your favorite flavor of ice cream? Choosing a weak password opens your account up to being invaded. Someone could mess around with your [...] (more...)

There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard. But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And [...] (more...)

Which is better, Mac or PC? Why choose? After all, your Mac is a PC, it just runs Mac OS X instead of Windows. And it looks pretty. But what if you need to run an application that is Windows-only? Like a piece of accounting software, an engineering simulation, a database application, or even Internet [...] (more...)

The new MacMost iPhone and iPod Touch app gives users easily access video tutorials, news, recommendations and other content from the Apple tutorial site MacMost.com. The free app allows users to view recent episodes of the MacMost Now video podcast right inside the app, without downloading the podcast or using the Web browser. New videos come [...] (more...)

Thanks to everyone who voted in the to-do list application poll here at MacMost.com. We’ve now got our top six task managers. While it is impossible to say which one is best for you, this will at least give you an idea of what others are using. The top spot belongs to Things from Cultured Code. [...] (more...)

This week the Apple rumor sites are out of control. They are reporting on a mention of an “Apple Slate” by the executive editor of the New York Times. They say that this mention, in a private meeting, is proof that the device exists and is coming soon. I find it amazing that bits of data [...] (more...)

I often get asked about iPhone cases. People want to know which one is the best one, or which one is right for them. Not only is it hard for me to tell which is best, but I can’t even pretend to have seen or used even a fraction of the hundreds of cases out there. But [...] (more...)

The MacMost.com Guide to Switching to the Mac is now in stock in local and online bookstores. You can purchase it today at Amazon. MacMost.com founder Gary Rosenzweig quickly gets you comfy with your new Mac, demonstrates the “Mac way” to perform every common Windows task, and shows how to do more with Macs than you [...] (more...)

There has been a lot of controversy lately about how Apple handles iPhone app store submissions. The app store is a strange distribution platform. It is similar to past distribution platforms in some ways, but has its own unique mix of problems. Previous to the iPhone app store, software on mobile phones worked one of two [...] (more...)

With the release of the iPhone 3GS, there was a subtle, but important change in the gadget world. It has to do with the iPhone’s camera. The new camera will not only take better pictures, but also video. The video recording capability is what is so interesting. Many of us have been carrying around little Flip [...] (more...)

So rumors are growing stronger that Apple will come out with a tablet product later this year or next. A lot of people seem to think it will be a large-screen iPod Touch. In a way, this makes sense. With the iPhone/iPod Touch App Store a huge success, Apple can come out with an iPod [...] (more...)

Next week will mark the third major release of iPhone hardware. And with it comes controversy. Existing iPhone users, who bought an iPhone 3G less than two years ago — that’s everybody with an iPhone 3G — will have to pay an upgrade price if they want to switch to the iPhone 3GS. One side of [...] (more...)

In general, Apple didn’t disappoint yesterday. There were Mac and iPhone announcements, and plenty of talk about Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.0. But they didn’t wow us either. I think the only thing that surprised most people was moving the 13-inch MacBooks over to the MacBook Pro name. This leaves only one “MacBook” left — [...] (more...)

WWDC Keynote play-by-play: 10:00 Keynote starts with PC guy introduction. 10:01 Phil Schiller comes on and gives some basic stats about Apple developers. 10:05 Will tell us about Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch today. Starting with the Mac. 10:08 New MacBook Pro announced. 15 inch screen, unibody, built-in battery with 7-hour/5 year life. Includes an SD card slot as [...] (more...)

With new information about the Zune HD coming this fall from Microsoft, it is obvious that the new device is targeting the iPod Touch. But will it measure up? Not likely. While the Zune HD will feature a touch screen and Touch-like interface, it really won’t be too different from existing Zunes. If Microsoft believes that [...] (more...)

Lots of rumors floating around about Apple purchasing Electronic Arts or perhaps coming out with a game console of some sort. So what if they did? What would it be like? Well, first of all, lets differentiate between console and handheld. Apple already has a great handheld gaming device: the iPod Touch (and iPhone, too, of [...] (more...)

With rumors around that Apple is interested in Twitter or Electronic Arts, there is debate whether either purchase would make sense. Apple has plenty of cash, and the argument is strong that Apple’s stockholders aren’t investing so Apple could just accumulate cash. So Apple probably should consider some sort of acquisition, in addition to its [...] (more...)

I think one of the greatest strengths of the Mac is the software that comes with a new one. Along with standard Mac OS X applications like Mail, Safari, iCal, Address Book and TextEdit, you also get the iLife suite with iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb. This takes care of a lot of needs [...] (more...)

Here at MacMost we get questions all the time: questions about how to do things on Macs, iPods and iPhones, questions about the latest news and rumors, and questions about problems people are dealing with. We figured out a long time ago that we can’t answer all of the questions on the video podcast. Answering [...] (more...)

So far I’ve spent some time with GarageBand, iPhoto and iMovie. GarageBand is mostly a face-lift, iPhoto has two major new features, and iMovie has both new features and a face-lift. You can finally start GarageBand without having to get rid of that Grand Piano track. The music loops have moved to the right side of [...] (more...)

Rumors of Apple Inc.’s CEO leaving haven’t been that far off after all. Jobs announced this week that he’ll be taking six months off in a medical leave of absence. Reportedly in a letter to Apple employees he said “during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I [...] (more...)