Yearly Archives: 2011

Hey guys, before I submerge my toes into Mac-waters, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how hard drives substantially differ between Macs and PCs, in general (for the functionally computer illiterate). You see, I have never had any problems with my HDs before I bought my ... (1 Comment)

Seems like everyone wants to figure out how to make a better news app. News360 is certainly a contender. It seems to bring in news from a ton of sources, and customizes to your interests. There is also a new exploratory mode that lets you see a collage of images and perhaps find interesting stories that you might have otherwise missed. Also good is the fact that to read full articles you get shown the original web page. So you don’t miss anything and the app respects the publications’ rights as well.

Reports this week show Apple getting closer to releasing a new OS for the iPhone and iPad, and new features for Mac OS X Lion. Rumor sites are reporting on a new developer release of iOS 5 with only bug fixes, showing that Apple is almost finished with development. In addition, a new version of Mac OS X Lion, version 10.7.2, with iCloud support has been seen, and a new developer version of iTunes with iTunes Match enabled has also been reported. There are also rumors floating around that some of the new iCloud features may be supported in Snow Leopard with an update to that OS.
It is expected that iOS 5 and Lion 10.7.2 will be released simultaneously because both will hook into iCloud, Apple’s network syncing service that replaces MobileMe. The expected release date for iOS 5 and iCloud is “the fall” which could be any time starting at the end of this month.

New in Lion is the ability to set a custom desktop color without having to first create a solid color graphic image. If you go to System Preferences, Desktop & Screen Saver, Desktop you can choose Solid Colors from the list on the left, under the Apple category. There you will see a few sample colors. But you also have the Custom Color button at the lower right. Click that to choose any color from the color picker.

“Do you know when the new iPhone will be out?”
“My guess is October.”
“I just got confirmation from a credible source!”

Gary, just wanted to ask you if you or anyone has noticed that since iOS4, that updating and installing Apps has seemed a bit buggy. Such as slow dialog box pop up for password, slow downloads to “begin”and sometimes downloads crashing, also on a few occasions for me, ... (2 Comments)

Is there a power Cord that you can connect from your iPhone 4 to your iPad,laptop ect. To utilize your data plan as a hotspot? —– Bill ... (4 Comments)

When a document is duplicated, does the duplicate copy show up in finder right next to the original? Also, doesn’t iWork save different versions of your current document? are these different versions accessible from the finder, or do you just have to open up the document ... (1 Comment)

Learn how to use transitions in Final Cut Pro X. There are several ways to apply transitions between clips, and many ways to adjust the end and start points of the two clips. You can also customize each transition.

A friend of mine asked me this question as she needs to format her computer and got her iPhone backup as well as her parents’ iPhone backups stored on her Vista machine. If I’m not completely wrong those backups are stored under ... (4 Comments)

I have a Mac Pro 2007 with the latest Lion (10.7.1). I also use an Apple bluetooth keyboard with an Apple trackpad attached to it. Plus, I use an Apple Magic Mouse. Ever since I upgraded to Lion I have strange behaviors using the mouse and trackpad. These 2 devices can get along ... (5 Comments)

I am trying to set-up my Airport Express to join my wifi network…in order to use Airplay to listen to my itunes music.. Everything works fine till the network selection….I can not find my wifi network within the list (i can see my neighboors’ ones…) what ... (5 Comments)

I noticed with lion that the preview windows that are naturally opened (e.g. pictures from emails, etc) never actually get closed for good. If preview is running and you do the three finger swipe down to show the current open windows of the app, the windows from previous preview ... (2 Comments)

iMovie limits you to one picture-in-picture effect at a time. But you can cheat by placing multiple pictures in a single image using an image editing tool.

Basic question…..do I make a simple “backup” with Time Machine after the installation of Lion to my HD? I have new MacBook Pro, June this year using Snow Leopard. My Time Capsule is set up and working fine. I want to install OS X Lion using the USB drive I ... (6 Comments)

I am preparing to sell my Powerbook G4 and am watching your video #553 – Preparing your Mac for resale. When I press c during the restart, my mac crashes and goes into a kernel panic. What do I do about this??? —– Joe Giacalone ... (1 Comment)

I recently noticed that the “Skype” icon exists twice in the Launchpad screen. The only thing that I remember doing recently regarding this app, is downloading & installing the last update. Could this be the reason behind the double icon? Is there any way to fix ... (12 Comments)

Adobe and I are about to divorce. I am not keepign up with their expensive refreshes, lots of security concerns, and their are plenty of great alternate apps for my needs. So how do I safely remove CS3 web premier from my Snow Leopard machine prior to installing ... (1 Comment)

I have been given an iMac with a cracked screen. The old owner tried to swap out the internal drive and it broke when trying to open the case. With the break, you can not see anything on the display, just a flash of light. I have added a vga adapter and hoping to get the machine ... (3 Comments)

I’ve bought a new Imac running Lion and iLife 11 and I wish to bring over some iMovie 09 projects from my old Mac. Can Imovie 11 read the files? I have copied over a file with file type imovieproject but iMovie 11 doesn’t recognise it. —– Zeke Alley ... (5 Comments)