OS X Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Evernote introduces reminders to Mac, iOS apps

by Steven Sande (May 23rd, 2013)

One of the reasons that I've never been a super-user of Evernote is that while it's a great place to save your notes, scans, and other materials, it's never had the ability to simply let you know when you need to get something done. Instead, it has ...

Parenting Tip: How to control what your child watches on YouTube

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 23rd, 2013)

My kids are growing up as part of the internet generation and, as a result, they love watching videos online. Being good internet citizens, it's not surprising their favorite videos involve cats doing silly tricks. I would love to let them loose on ...

Twitter for Mac finally gains Notification Center support

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 23rd, 2013)

Well, here's something I thought we would never see -- a minor update for Twitter for Mac, which finally brings Notification Center support to the client. You know, it only took just shy of 10 months after the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion for ...

Google Chrome update adds a bit of Siri to OS X

by Steven Sande (May 22nd, 2013)

Google's Chrome browser for OS X has had the ability to do voice search for about two years now, but the latest version of Chrome appears to bring something a bit more Siri-like to the mix. Now, when you ask Google certain questions about the ...

OmniGroup releases OmniPresence, free sync technology for OS X and iOS

by Steven Sande (May 22nd, 2013)

OmniGroup, the Seattle-based developers of OmniOutliner, OmniGraphSketcher, OmniGraffle, OmniFocus and OmniPlan, has announced that today they are shipping OmniPresence document syncing. OmniPresence rounds out the automatic syncing solutions that ...

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - May 22 edition

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 22nd, 2013)

It has been busy in the App Store with a handful of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of standout apps from the past few weeks! iOS Apps Video Filters [iOS Universal; Category: Photography & Video; ...

Google to bring Chrome app launcher to OS X

by Steven Sande (May 21st, 2013)

Those of us who use Google's Chrome browser for OS X are familiar with how Chrome web apps can be installed and launched from within the browser. Now it appears that Google is working on a way to bring those Chrome apps even closer to the heart of ...

Timed command-line screenshots

by Erica Sadun (May 20th, 2013)

A TUAW staffer recently asked if there were a way to snapshot the exact same region of the screen over and over at timed intervals without buying third-party software. There is, but it depends on your comfort with the command line. If you're ...

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - May 15 edition

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 15th, 2013)

It has been busy in the App Store with a handful of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of standout apps from the past few weeks! iOS Apps A Beautiful Mess [iOS Universal; Category: Productivity; $0.99] The ...

Pixelmator and Acorn: economic, practical image editors

by Erica Sadun (May 14th, 2013)

Last week, after Adobe announced its move to a subscription-based cloud plan, our own Kelly Hodgkins asked me to look at software alternatives for some Creative Suite apps. We know that none of these apps provide a full replacement for Photoshop ...

Pixelmator 2.2 available with over 100 new features and improvements

by John-Michael Bond (May 9th, 2013)

Popular image-editing app Pixelmator has released version 2.2, which brings a slew of new features to the already powerful program. The update comes with an expanded collection of shapes, tools to manipulate them, enhanced gradient palettes and a ...

New Denon AV receivers support Apple AirPlay

by Steven Sande (May 6th, 2013)

Now here are some Apple accessories I'd love to review: Denon has added some new networked AV receivers to its INCOMMAND line, all of which support Apple's AirPlay wireless standard. With that AirPlay support, owners of any Apple iOS device or Mac ...