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.
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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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.
If you use 1Password across multiple computers keeping your 1Password keychain in sync automatically can be done with a variety of tools, such as SugarSync, ChronoSync, Dropbox and even rsync.
Having personally used ChronoSync to keep My Documents folder in sync between my desktop computer and MacBook Pro, I figured using ChronoSync would do the job, but there is truly a better way using Dropbox
When using Safari on your iPhone and you type a web address, the keyboard features a .com button so you don’t have to type it out every single time. But what do you do if the domain name doesn’t end in .com?
Well, there’s a trick that will save you those extra keystrokes.
Have you noticed if you are using IMAP in Apple Mail that you do not get the “new message sound” every time you get a new email? Well, this has been an issue in Mail since the initial release of OS X 10.5, but it has never been addressed by Apple.
If you want an alert there is a easy workaround that will give you that alert whenever a new message arrives.
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First Look: QuickBooks Mac 2010
Intuit has released the latest version of their financial software for businesses, with the release of QuickBooks Mac 2010, which brings improved features and enhancements over the 2009 version. New features incorporate the integrated ability to accept credit and debit cards, with the Intuit Merchant Service and a new GuideMe wizard that helps set up QuickBooks in minutes.
Improvements include better integration with iCal and Address Book, customized reports and charting, better e-mail support for invoices, estimates, reports and statements. employee time tracking, just to name a few.
NASDAQ has joined the iPhone app fray and has released NASDAQ Portfolio Manager to help you manage your portfolio and get real-time quotes and the latest stock data and even ideas for investors using the built-in StockTwits feature.
Are you annoyed by the fact that the iPhone resizes and compresses your photos when you email them? Well, if you want to send the photos in full resolution and do not mind the few extra seconds needed to send, there’s a workaround available for that.
If you use a Mac and regularly use an RSS feed reader, then you’ve probably used or heard about NetNewsWire for Mac, well now there’s a new version for the iPhone that syncs with your Google Reader account and lets you start up-to-date with your RSS feeds wherever you are.
NetNewsWire 2.0 for iPhone, from the folks over at NewsGator, complements their full suite of RSS feed readers from the Mac, Windows, and mobile devices, and brings a full-functioned RSS reader to the iPhone. The initial release of NetNewsWire worked with the NewsGator’s feed service exclusively, however several months ago, NewsGator decided to forgo their own newsfeeds and work with and sync with Google Reader.
