Need a gentle, spoken reminder that yet another hour has ticked away? I know I do, particularly whenever I find myself sitting at my keyboard, staring blankly into space. Here’s a handy way to stay focused. You can set your Mac’s built-in clock to read the...
Ever tried to send a really, really big file—think a few hundred megabytes, or maybe even a gigabyte—as an email attachment? Well, good luck with that. Not only can large attachments take forever to upload and send, they may also get blocked by the recipient’s...
Don’t want your week starting on Sunday? That’s a tall order in real life; in the Mac’s Calendar app, though, it’s an easy fix. Not only will Calendar (or “iCal,” as it was called until the Mac’s recent “Mountain...
Let’s just get this out of the way: I love Dropbox. I use it practically every day to synchronize files across my various Mac and PC desktops, and it’s an easy-as-pie way to share files and folders with anyone I choose. But there’s one aspect of...
A tiny control panel that sits on your desktop and acts as a virtual remote for iTunes, the MiniPlayer lets you play and skip songs, search your music, queue up new tracks, and more, all without having to switch to the main iTunes window. Of course, the MiniPlayer...
Celia writes: My girlfriend’s laptop has nearly breathed its last. As I’m too broke to purchase new, I was thinking of getting her a used Mac laptop as a replacement. Therein lies the dilemma. Where to buy? Who to trust? What should I look for? I would be...
Tired of typing in a lengthy password each time you log into your Windows PC? The latest version of Windows boasts a clever innovation that makes logging into your system a little less tedious: the picture password. The concept is simple: just pick an image or...
Made the leap to the drastically revamped Windows 8? Feeling a little lost? You’re not the only one. Read on for eight tips that’ll help you find your bearings, from how to make sense of the new “Start” screen to where you’ll find the...
If you haven’t seen or tried the new version of Windows yet, prepare to be dazzled—as well as very, very confused. Available now for download and coming pre-installed on new PCs, laptops and touchscreen tablets, Windows 8 represents a top-to-bottom reinvention...
Joel writes: I have severe arthritis in my hands and I dearly miss scrolling arrows in Mountain Lion. How do I get them back? Hello Joel! Yep, the little arrow buttons that used to flank scroll bars on the Mac desktop first disappeared in last year’s...
