Mac 101

December 4, 2009 in Reviews by Bob Faulhaber

Need an iPhone application to help you save money and get the best deals this Christmas season? Well, ShopSavvy from Big in Japan for your iPhone could help you find those deals. Or can it?

December 3, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Do you use the Quicklook feature in Snow Leopard? Did you know that you can get a visual preview of the files in a particular folder without opening the folder? It’s easy with a simple Terminal command.

December 2, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Did you know that you can get more detailed information from the icons on your menu bar? By using the Option key when clicking on the various system icons, you’ll get more detailed and valuable information than by just clicking them.

December 1, 2009 in Reviews by Bob Faulhaber

Are you a network professional or do you occasionally need to troubleshoot network problems or issues? Having the right tools or utilities can definitely make that easier and now there is an iPhone app that can help solve those network problems. NetScan for iPhone is an application that does just that, lets you scan hosts and even entire subnets gathering the information you need to get things working again.

November 30, 2009 in Reviews by Bob Faulhaber

Have you noticed problems with your iCal calendar or your Address Book on your Mac? Over time small problems, such as duplicates, bad recurrence rules or just bad records can pop up and give you headaches trying to accurately find and fix them. Spanning Tools for Mac bring together a suite of tools that will help you find, diagnose and repair errors in iCal, Address Book and Sync Services quickly and easily.

November 25, 2009 in Reviews by Bob Faulhaber

The much awaited upgrade to 1Password is here and we think it was worth the wait. If you don’t use 1Password yet, now is the time you should take a look at the new version. With a new user interface, support for attachments, ability to manage software licenses among the new features, 1Password remains on top as a password manager application.

November 19, 2009 in Roundups by Bob Faulhaber

Getting Things Done (GTD) is the work-life management system and book developed by David Allen that allows you to organize and manage in a systematic way the tasks associated with your life. There are numerous Mac-based apps that take David Allen’s philosophy and methodology and put them into a Mac application.

November 17, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Did you know that you can do a Spotlight search of your Time Machine backups to find past versions of files that you may have lost or deleted? Spotlight normally searches for current versions of files on your Mac, but using Time Machine you can go back in time and find previous versions or files that you may have deleted.

November 16, 2009 in How-To by Bob Faulhaber

Google recently announced that they will be offering free Wi-Fi at 47 airports during this holiday season until January 15th, 2010. Sounds like a good deal to make your time waiting for your flights or hours stuck at the airport more productive and saving you money, but what are the risks and how should you protect yourself?

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November 12, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Are you tired of spending your hard earned money for ringtones for your iPhone? While there are several different third-party software applications that can help you create them, did you know that you can create them yourself just using your existing iTunes software? And it’s really simple.