MacMost: MacMost Now

A look back at Apple news in 2008: MacBook Air, new iMac, iPods, MacBooks, MobileMe, iPhone 3G and the iPhone App Store.

If you hold down the Option key while selecting menus in the Finder, you'll find some hidden functions.

Often when you plug in a single-channel microphone you will only get sound in the left or right channel. Here is how to set it up so that the sound goes into both channels.

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at some of the reasons why Macs are better than PCS. Some of the reasons are no crapware or viruses, better software that comes with the Mac, and a great developer community.

A quick look at eleven iPhone games, including Fieldrunners, Pac-Man, SinkSub, Touch Physics, Idle Hands, Ocarina and more.

Gary Rosenzweig spells out his wishes for Apple in 2009. Items include copy and paste on the iPhone, a better Apple TV, new Mac Minis, and no more DRM at the iTunes store.

Check out some gift ideas for Mac and iPhone users that cost less than $50: headphones, headsets, cooling pads, media readers and even a game.

TextEdit is one of the most underrated pieces of software that comes with your Mac. Learn how to use it to create rich text tables and lists.

Learn how to use Network Locations to allow your Mac to connect to different networks with different settings as you travel between locations.

What is the Services Menu and how do you use it? It connect different applications and the OS by allowing you to perform functions on selected items. For instance, you can select text in Mail and turn it into a TextEdit document.

Learn how to control the Mac OS X Finder using only the keyboard. You can navigate through the menu bar, menu bar status items, Finder windows and even the Dock.

Learn how to connect iCal to your Google Calendar. You can add events and update either one and they will synchronize within minutes.

Hidden in Mac OS X is the Archive Utility, a handy little application for compressing and decompressing files and folders into .zip, .cpio and .cpgz formats.

Can't view PDF files in Firefox? A certain PDF doesn't look right in Preview? Can't fill out a PDF form and save it? Take a look at these three PDF problems that Mac users run in to and how to solve them.

New Macs no longer come with telephone modems, making it hard to use them to send faxes. But two services allow you to send faxes for free or at very low cost. There are ways to receive faxes as email as well.

How to use the built-in Mac OS X spell check in many applications like TextEdit, Mail and Safari. You can make it learn new words and reset your custom dictionary.

Learn how to capture the entire screen or only a portion, then compress it to send it in an email. This is handy for sending bug reports or pointing out problems.

The update to the iPhone adds Google Maps Street View and other map features, the ability to download podcasts directly to the iPhone, and fixes and improvements.

The free Google app now allows you to search the Web by speaking into your iPhone. It will attempt to translate what you say into text and search the Web or pinpoint a location on the map.

The new version of the Safari Web browser includes a feature that will alert you if you go to a suspected malicious Web site. Learn more about this protection and how you can further protect yourself against phishing attacks.