The Real Mac Genius
From the monthly archives: February 2010
If your dock is unorganized and cluttered then these two commands are for you. The first command allows you to add an invisible space that gives room between applications. The second is a command that makes the application minimize into the application in the dock instead of next to the trash can. Again, to be a Real Mac Genius type in the commands.
Read More →Everyone today has such a busy calendar that they need to organize everything in one spot, but can be checked in other spots. On BusyCal, you can sync your calendars to your Google Calendar, which is similar to how iCal can publish it’s calendar through email, MobileMe, or to private server. BusyCal is very similar to iCal and when it is first glanced at can easily be mistaken as iCal. It does have its benefits though, although it does have its cons. Let’s take a look!
Read More →At MacWorld we meet great people and had a lot of fun. More interviews will be up later today and early tomorrow so stay tuned. But for now, check out the gallery of pictures. Enjoy! MacWorld Gallery
Read More →At MacWorld, we were lucky enough to interview James Ramey, VP of Sales at Codeweavers. Codeweavers is a Minneapolis based software company that enables Mac OS X and Linux users to run Windows applications. Through the usage of open source software called Wine, Codeweavers is able to allow Windows based applications to run as if they were native applications. When you first switched from a Windows PC to a Mac, you might have been gloomy because you could not play Counter-Strike or had to buy a new license of Microsoft Office (Which is not cheap!).
Read More →Just as the title says, Beejive IM is the all-in-one instant messenger: San Francisco-based Beejive (pronounced bee-hive) empathizes for today’s social busy-bee, who is constantly trying to keep up with the very latest, tweeting, updating Facebook, chatting, texting, messaging, and the list goes on. With support for all the major social messaging IM protocols, including [...]
Read More →Have you ever heard of Sonos? If not, Sonos is a company that enables you to stream music throughout your house from: iTunes, Internet Radio (I.E. Pandora), and other music services. Though I would like to own a Sonos System of my own, the difference between using Apple AirPort Expresses are on complete different sides of the spectrum. For three Sonos Zone Players, Zone Bridge, and a controller can quickly add up to over $2,000. That does not even include speakers – WOW! Being a frugal Mac aficionado, I asked myself, is there an inexpensive solution that can still get the job done and let me keep more money
Read More →Early this morning, Apple released Aperture 3. If you are unfamiliar to Aperture, it is basically a few steps up from iPhoto. Aperture has more professional tools and some nice features that iPhoto doesn’t have. In Aperture 3, here are the following new features: Faces* Places* Brushes Adjustment Presets Full Screen Browser Advanced Slideshows So [...]
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