Made with Paper
I've been really liking an iPad sketching app called Paper. It's not a full-fledged Art Application; for example, it doesn't... (More...)
I've been really liking an iPad sketching app called Paper. It's not a full-fledged Art Application; for example, it doesn't... (More...)
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a plaintive blog post about iCloud and the problems I was having with it,... (More...)
This entry describes a somewhat techie solution to an unusual problem that most people are unlikely to have. The main... (More...)
I was home sick today; didn't have enough brain to do much more than watch TV for most of the... (More...)
I got an iPhone 4S on Wednesday. (It was inevitable. I was just waiting to be eligible for upgrade pricing.)... (More...)
Here's an idea for a piece of software that could come in handy (perhaps it already exists). Background: iTunes lets... (More...)
Apple's Time Machine backup system has been working mostly flawlessly for me for the past couple of years. But two... (More...)
Short version: To sync notes that you created on an iPhone to the Apple Mail application on a Mac, it... (More...)
The latest version of Mac OS X, code named Lion, is now available, for a remarkably low price, from the... (More...)
DC Comics is rebooting various series and characters, and Dave S linked the other day to a good article by... (More...)
Tried out an iPad 2 in the store a few weeks ago, shortly after it came out; liked it a... (More...)
Apple now sells AA rechargeable batteries and a battery charger. The batteries and charger are supposed to be much better... (More...)
When the MacBook Air first came out, in early 2008, I thought it was totally cool, but I figured it... (More...)
A couple of friends have recently mentioned wanting to buy a new Mac laptop, so I wanted to post again... (More...)
I had previously seen Apple's visionary 1987 concept video of the Knowledge Navigator (6 minutes). That was twenty-three years ago,... (More...)
People keep asking me if I've gotten my iPad yet. But in fact, I don't really have much interest in... (More...)
A while back, I was delighted to find out about the face-detection/recognition system in Picasa Web Albums. It's really good... (More...)
There's this company/organization called MacHeist that, every so often, provides a bundle of half a dozen commercial Mac applications for... (More...)
It appears that some users of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard are losing all of their data after logging... (More...)
Just discovered that in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the directory /usr/local/mysql no longer exists. Which means that if... (More...)
In Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the keyboard-shortcuts system has been enhanced in various ways. But now I can't... (More...)
Last year, I tried to create an autoresponder for Apple's Mail.app, but ran into problems. Now, in Snow Leopard, I've... (More...)
My theme for computer names has always been imaginary places. At some point I'll do a more detailed writeup of... (More...)
Stopped by Apple Store this morning to get MacBook fan repaired or replaced. Was told that it would take them... (More...)
For the past couple days, my computer has been doing something unfortunate: it suddenly powers off. No warning; just suddenly... (More...)
I meant to write up a bigger and more comprehensive post about this, but since there's a time-sensitive aspect, I'll... (More...)
A couple hours ago, I plugged in my iPhone to sync it to my computer. A series of iTunes dialog... (More...)
There are rumors and other indications that Apple will be releasing upgraded Macs and iPods in late September. So if... (More...)
It's always frustrating when you buy a piece of hardware (such as a computer) and then an upgrade/revision appears on... (More...)
I got an iPhone! It is way cool. And now I'm going to sleep.... (More...)
I heard something yesterday that may put the kibosh on my plan to buy an iPhone tonight: Using iPhone with... (More...)
I forget whether I mentioned here that the main page of the TSA website crashes Safari. If you're using Safari... (More...)
One of the few things that I'm very dissatisfied with on my new MacBook (yes, the one that arrived from... (More...)
Google Video Player is now available (free) for Macintosh. Which also means that Mac users can now purchase copy-protected videos... (More...)
I'm posting this from my brand new sleek black MacBook. Exciting! Pretty! Shiny! Some initial impressions: Some things are really... (More...)
My new MacBook hadn't shipped as of yesterday, so I promised myself I would stop compulsively checking the order-status page... (More...)
And congratulation of a different sort to Jenn, who bought a new MacBook! (And needs help naming it.) I too... (More...)
I'm sure most of you who care know by now that Apple has released its latest laptop: the 13" MacBook,... (More...)
There's a new piece of malware aimed at the Mac. There has been a great deal of debate over whether... (More...)
There continues to be tremendous confusion among some SH submitters over the distinction between curved (or slanted) quotation marks and... (More...)
Steve Jobs has just announced Apple's new laptop computer: the MacBook Pro. Two Intel processors inside; 15.4" LCD (up to... (More...)