Search Results : Mac OS X
Related Searches
Blog Results (2)
Blog Post Results (1-20 of 4681)
Google Chrome’s App Launcher Is Coming To The Mac
Google Chrome’s app launcher, which lets Chrome users quickly find and launch their favorite web-based applications, is coming to Google Chrome for Mac OS X. Google has already begun work on porting the feature to Windows, but it’s also been found in the latest Chromium build for OS X. The Chrome app launcher was designed [...]Show More Summary
Dogfight From Your Mac To iPhone With Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy [OS X Tips]
What’s more satisfying than screaming through the air, blasting enemies coming at you in a full 360 degree radius around you, firing all your weapons and avoiding enemy flack and planes? Doing that with your buddies, of course! Namco’s Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy is a gorgeous, fast-paced dogfighting air combat game for your Mac for [...]Show More Summary
Challenge Your iPad-Owning Friends With Two Towers For Mac [OS X Tips]
Game Center, now on OS X as well as iOS, is Apple’s online leader board and game matching system. It lets you challenge your friends for both real-time as well as asynchronous multiplayer gaming, as well as give you bragging rights each time you beat out your frenemy’s high score on a Mac game you [...]Show More Summary
Dropbox Encore enables a second dropbox in a single OS X user account
Dropbox shared folders let two users (i.e., two accounts) share a folder of files. But sometimes Dropbox Sharing is not what you want, e.g., independent work and home accounts. The Joy of Macs' new Dropbox Encore enables a second instance of Dropbox to run in a single Mac OS X user account. Show More Summary
Ravensword Shadowlands Makes The Jump From iOS to Mac OS X
Crescent Moon Games, known for its quality iOS gaming work (Aralon: Sword and Shadow, Dig!), has just released it’s well-regarded iOS game, Ravensword: Shadowlands, for Mac OS X. Apple gave Ravensword: Shadowlands the Editor’s Choice designation for the iPad version, which can still be purchased for $7 on the iTunes App Store. The Mac OS [...]Show More Summary
Save Space On Your Hard Drive – Disable SafeSleep Mode On Your Mac [OS X Tips]
Warning – this tip is fairly advanced. Use it at your own risk. There’s a feature that debuted back in 2005, called SafeSleep. Basically, it’s a hibernation mode designed to save the current state of your running Mac, so that it can start up exactly the same way you left it when you put the [...]Show More Summary
Save Space On Your Hard Drive – Delete System Logs And QuickLook Cache Files [OS X Tips]
There are many files that help make your system usable, but they can build up over time. System logs, for example, keep track of usage, errors, and services running on your Mac, but unless you look at these often via an app like Console, you’ll probably not need a ton of log files taking up [...]Show More Summary
Tips and tricks for iPhoto for iOS
Although iPhoto for iOS isn’t quite as robust as its OS X counterpart, it’s a very capable image editor—and it can do a few cool tricks you simply can’t do on your Mac. Straighten your photos iPhoto for iOS allows you to straighten your photos in a few smart ways. Show More Summary
Gear up for new Macs, D-Link releases four next generation ultra-fast 11AC WiFi routers
From 9to5Toys.com: Last month we were tipped to some clues in the latest OS X 10.8.4 beta which indicated that Apple is ramping up to release new Macs and accessories sporting the next generation wireless technology, 802.11ac. It’s entirely possible that we could see these Macs introduced as early as next month at Apple’s WWDC. […]
Save Space On Your Hard Drive – Delete Unwanted Speech Voices From Your Mac [OS X Tips]
Hard drive space is at a premium these days, with files getting larger and solid state drives (SSD) becoming more affordable and ubiquitous. I’m typing on a Macbook Air right now, and making sure I don’t clutter up the drive with unnecessary files is important to me. One way to do this is to get [...]Show More Summary
Save Space On Your Hard Drive – Delete User Cache Files [OS X Tips]
Saving space on your Mac hard drive is a key strategy, especially when you’re using a Macbook Air, with it’s strictly solid state drive (SSD). Even if you’re using a desktop Mac with a hard drive that seemed like “plenty of space” when you bought it, there will come a time when you’ll be looking [...]Show More Summary
Mastering Notification Center On Your Mac [Feature]
Notification Center, introduced with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, has quickly become an integral part of the Mac OS experience, replacing third-party apps like Growl and the like with a built-in system for notifying you of system and other events on your Mac. Let’s take a look, then, at five tips and tricks to help [...]Show More Summary
It's back. It's on the Mac. Echofon aficionados rejoice!
The other day Echofon 1.7.0 mysteriously appeared on the OS X App Store, upgraded to support the 1.1 Twitter API. We contacted the developers to find out if this was a courtesy update or if Echofon was back in development. We're delighted to relate that a spokesperson has confirmed: Sorry for the delayed response and thanks for your inquiry. Show More Summary
Three Mac OS Classic games you need to play on GOG.com – volume 1
These aren't old games updated for new devices, mind you. They're Mac OS Classic games presented in their original pixelated glory. You don't just play them, you celebrate them! For these are the games that kept the Macintosh alive during the dark, dark '90s, games about defending castles, blowing up marching bands, and looking for love in all the wrong places.
Mastering Notification Center: Dump It Entirely From Your Mac [OS X Tips]
While I think I’m finally coming to terms with Notification Center, and it’s becoming a normal part of my daily work routine, there are some folks out there who may not like it at all. For those people, here’s a pretty simple way to get rid of the Notification Center from your Mac, menu bar [...]Show More Summary
Pixelmator 2.2 Available Now With More Than 100 New Features & Improvements
Pixelmator 2.2 just hit the Mac App Store, bringing more than 100 new features and improvements to one of the finest image editors on OS X. The update includes smart shape tools, a new light leak effect, a custom shapes palette, and lots more. For those unfamiliar with Pixelmator, it’s a wonderful image editing application for [...]Show More Summary
Mastering Notification Center: Change Up The Default Basso Sound On Your Mac [OS X Tips]
The default Notification Center sound, Basso, is not one that makes anyone super happy. It kind of sounds like a digital fart, to be honest. Why an operating system that’s had the ability to switch alert sounds since at least OS 7 doesn’t have that option here is beyond me, but luckily there’s a way [...]Show More Summary
First Look: Pixelmator 2.2 Blueberry goes live in the Mac App Store
As promised, image editor Pixelmator released a substantial update to its OS X app on Thursday, with over 100 new features and improvements including shapes, smart move, paint selection and an "effect" called Light Leak.
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.8.4, Build 12E47 To Developers
It looks like another month, another 10.8.4 seed, as a new download on Apple’s developer download site, build 12E47, contains the same focus areas as last month’s seed, Wi-Fi, Graphics Drivers, and Safari. The seed is the fifth for this particular dot release of OS X. The previous release was April 23, 2013, while the [...]Show More Summary
How To Get The iTunes 11 MiniPlayer On Your iOS Device [Jailbreak]
iTunes 11 has a nifty MiniPlayer that lets you quickly access music controls and queue up more tunes on OS X. The point of the MiniPlayer is that it stays out of your way, but also readily available anywhere on your Mac’s screen. Since we don’t have desktop-like widget functionality in iOS, something like a [...]Show More Summary