How to make Yosemite look like System 7

by Mike Wehner (Oct 27th 2014 8:00PM)

Yes, OS X Yosemite is sexy, modern, and a far cry from what Apple desktops ran 20+ years ago, but that doesn't mean there's no value in nostalgia. Way back when Macs ran on CPUs with speeds of 33MHz (or even less), OS 7 -- also called System 7 -- w...

Apple donates $100 million in products toward Obama's education initiative and other news from Feb. 4, 2014

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 5th 2014 2:00AM)

As a follow-up to last week's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said that US companies, including Apple, are contributing about US$750 million toward making broadband internet more accessible to US students. Apple's part of the ple...

HAL 9000 wants to be your Mac screensaver

by Mel Martin (Feb 4th 2014 9:00PM)

Remember the iconic HAL 9000 computer from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey? We all wanted our own HAL, even though he pretty thoroughly crashed in the movie: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." The folks at the HAL Project have been involved with simulati...

Review: MeteoEarth brings detailed weather info to your Mac

by Mel Martin (Jan 9th 2014 1:30PM)

I've previously reviewed MeteoEarth in its iOS incarnation, and found it a capable and useful weather app. One of the strong points of MeteoEarth has always been the quality of the graphics, largely because the company that produces the app also does...

Get some holiday snow on your computer screen

by Mel Martin (Dec 23rd 2013 11:00PM)

It's the holidays, in case you hadn't noticed. You've decorated the tree, hung some lights outside and probably have some LED-flashing snowmen somewhere around the house. So how about that Mac? Here's a look at some free and inexpensive apps that wi...

Keyboard Maestro on sale in Productive Macs bundle plus revised time tracking macro

by TJ Luoma (Nov 7th 2013 11:00AM)

Before I get into today's main topic, I want to remind you that until November 18th, you can get Keyboard Maestro as part of the current Productive Macs bundle. For $30 you get seven apps, including Keyboard Maestro (normally $36) and another utili...

Controls+ brings a little bit of iOS 7 Control Center to OS X

by Steven Sande (Oct 16th 2013 11:00AM)

Since the first day that I laid eyes on iOS 7 in June, one of my favorite features has been Control Center. Let's face it -- it's much easier and quicker to just swipe up from the bottom of my iPad or iPhone screen to get access to frequently used co...

The Clear Day Screensaver for Mac is pretty and useful

by Mel Martin (Sep 6th 2013 7:00PM)

I've always felt that a screensaver should be useful and attractive. Clear Day Screensaver for Mac is both. This US$1.99 app lets you view the weather in more than 2.5 million cities via a beautifully rendered globe. Information includes the current ...

World's smallest working Mac is a tiny work of art

by Steven Sande (Aug 27th 2013 3:30PM)

What do you get when you take the host of the RetroMacCast (John Leake), a Raspberry Pi computer, some sheet PVC, a handful of electronics parts and a Linux-based Mac emulator? Mini Mac! Make no mistake -- this is a full working Mac running System 6...

Terminally Geeky Time Tracking via Screenshots

by TJ Luoma (Aug 2nd 2013 9:00AM)

A few weeks ago I shared this on Twitter: "Here's an eye-opener: a @keyboardmaestro macro which takes a screenshot every 30 seconds. Review at the end of the day to see where it went." Since then, several people have asked me to share my setup (and a...