There are a few things you will have to get used to when you switch from Windows to Mac. Once you master these differences, you won’t really miss the old way of doing things in Windows at all.
There Is No ‘Backspace’ Key On A Macbook
Windows users are used to using ‘Backspace’ and ‘Delete’ to […]

It seems all members of the technical staff at CTU, or “the Geeks” as my wife calls them (Chloe and Morris) are using 17″ MacBook Pros as the laptop of choice while the CTU higher ups, Buchanan and the like, are using Dells. WTF? This has to be a technical nightmare that only CTU can […]

As Leopard’s release date approaches, let’s take this opportunity to give the award for the worst Tiger OS X Application to iChat, the little app that could, but won’t.
iChat, The Little App That Could
iChat, in theory, could be far superior to other chat apps. iChat is undoubtedly the sleekest and sexiest looking of chat applications […]

OpenMacGrid is a new project developed to utilize the spare cycles of your Mac using a pre-installed app already on your Mac (10.4 +) called Xgrid.
Computer users have been devoting spare cycles to complex scientific and mathematical problems for quite some time. Windows users may be most familiar with donating spare cycles because they have […]

I don’t give gifts people want. I give gifts I want people to have.
My family is very slow to adopt new technology. I swear on this blog that my parents have a working betamax at home. They don’t use it, but it works.
I happen to be on the other end of the spectrum and […]

Who said that? Vader? Yeah but, as I’ve been alluding to, Steve Jobs may utter those same words at the next big shindig for Apple. Rolling Stone agrees.
The question really seems to be how can Apple avoid turning to the Dark Side? You can’t help but detect arrogance in the latest batch of TV ads […]

Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com has called out Steve Jobs on Jobs’ recent open letter regarding DRM.
Robertson lays out a four point challenge to Jobs to put his money where his mouth is by:

Selling content in iTunes in .mp3 format. Robertson confirms, as Jobs pointed out earlier, that not all record companies demand DRM. There […]

I like to import my home movies to iTunes after I have edited them in iMovie HD. One thing that drives me crazy is the small square movie poster frame that shows up in my iTunes movie poster list for the imported or ripped movie. The small square poster doesn’t match the size and shape […]

For about a minute today, I thought Wal-Mart’s announcement that they are entering the movie download market might slow the Apple plan for world media dominance. After checking things out its seems like the Apple world domination plan is still on track. Wal-Mart’s Video Downloads store is only going to have an effect on Windows […]

As the pre-iPhone freakout continues, everyone should just take a deep breath and remember that there are plenty of phones out there that can already do many of the things the iPhone will do.
Treo owners can use a great application called mOcean to sync a treo with iTunes in a few steps. mOcean installs on […]