Check out my step-by-step guide for installing “Lion” on your Mac, my top 5 reasons for installing Lion in the first place, and 5 ways in which Lion turns your Mac into an iPad. Also: Find out how to fix Lion’s new, “natural” scrolling...
The new, iPad-like Mail application in Mac OS X Lion (the revamped system software for the Mac that just went on sale) boasts just two columns: one with a list of messages, and another that shows the body of a selected message. Personally, I love the new, cleaner...
The new version of the Mac system software—Mac OS X “Lion”—is here, and it comes loaded with a slew of features that’ll have your iMac or MacBook feeling an awful lot like an iPad … in a good way. So, want to get “Lion” ($30) purring on...
Wish your Mac were as easy to use—and as easy to touch—as an iPad? Well, Apple’s just-released “Lion” system update packs in a series of swipable, pinchable, and scrollable new features that will make iPad users feel right at home on their iMacs and...
Say goodbye to the old, clunky white MacBook, which used to be the cheapest Apple laptop you could get. As of today, Apple’s lowest-end, $999 MacBook also happens to be its sexiest: the svelte, 2.38-pound Air. On sale now, the revamped 11-inch, 0.68-inch-thick...
Even the most reliable desktops and laptops (Macs included) depend on hard drives for storing all your precious photos, music, email, and other personal files—and most hard drives still consist of moving parts that will, eventually, begin to wear out or even seize up...
Gail writes: My ancient Dell has finally bit the dust and I’m shopping for a new laptop, and I’m thinking of going ahead and getting a MacBook (my first). Here’s my question: is now a good time to get one? I’m afraid of buying one and then...
