The Best Deal for Online Backup

You really need to backup your computer. Some folks use an external hard drive and others use an online backup service that sends your backup files into the “cloud”. I use both, and having that type of redundancy in place has saved me from potential disasters. The...

Keep Your Mac Tidy with CleanMyMac 2

Computers are getting smaller and sleeker.  These ultra-thin notebook computers weigh very little and to accommodate this thin form factor, a Solid State Drive (SSD) replaces the standard laptop hard drive.  These SSDs have less storage space than what we have been...

Outsource Your iPhoto Library Management

Being an Apple user, one of the facts of life when using a Mac is organizing your photos with iPhoto.  Included with new Macs and part of the iLife suite of utilities, iPhoto allows users to easily organize and share photos, apply standard photo editing effects,...

Hands-on with Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8)

On July 25, Apple released the latest update to their operating system: OS X 10.8, otherwise known as Mountain Lion.  As with Lion (OS X 10.7), this update is available through the App Store, albeit at a lower price of $19.99, but Apple will not be releasing this...

A pretty screen, but at what price?

Recently, Apple released a new MacBook Pro that is slimmer than any previous model, measuring a mere 0.7 inches in thickness.  What sets this laptop apart, aside from the svelte profile, is the Retina display that brings a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800 pixels, a...