Every now and then, a Mac user is going to say, “Man I wish there was a version of (insert program here) for Mac. I’d buy that in a heartbeat.” It’s happened to me more times that I really wish to count. Thankfully, most of [...]
I’ve been a Mac since 2006, or the first year that Apple introduced the Intel-based Mac, and I bought my first Mac to be a Windows Machine. In retrospect, I’m glad that I made the full switch over to macOS; but when you really NEED to [...]
My office implemented both Meltdown and Spectre patches over the weekend… In the previous weeks, both the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities have been making a great deal of news. At my office – a financial firm – a Windows shop [...]
Apple on Wednesday released a special security update for macOS High Sierra, solving a recently uncovered flaw which would let people gain root access without entering a password… You can file this one under the ol’ “face palm – how [...]
Take great screen shots on your Mac with these best of breed tools… Introduction I love my Mac. In my opinion, it’s easier to use than a Windows machine, especially when it comes to the creative side of my life. The tools that exist on the Mac [...]
In light of the latest bit of ransomware – Petya – here are tips to prevent getting hacked The latest bit of ransomware – dubbed Petya – is currently running through banks, financial institutions and healthcare facilities in both Asia and [...]
Apple released new versions of macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS on 2017-03-27. Apple released updates to three of its operating systems on Monday 2017-03-27. Apple released macOS 10.12.4, iOS 10.3, watchOS 3.2 and tvOS 10.2. Each OS brings something new [...]
I have NO idea where the industry is going with this… Ok, kids. Sit back. I’ve been cooking up a rant on the direction that consumer/ prosumer computing has been going for a while; and given that the Holidays are here, it’s time to let this [...]
Developers and public beta testers got new bits to play with… macOS Sierra is one of the biggest updates to Apple’s desktop operating system, likely since the implementation of OS X. Or at least, it will be once the (big) bugs are gone and the [...]
OSX 10.12 hits the streets with a multitude of new features Apple has released macOS Sierra – OSX 10.12 – making it available for free to those users and Macs able to run the new OS. This release comes after eight betas and a number of revisions [...]
