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Personal experience with the Kensington Expert Mouse trackball

April 15, 2011

I bought the Kensington Expert Mouse trackball about 3 years ago, and I have to admit that I love it. Customizable buttons, scroll ring, and the Kensington TrackBall software works very well on my Mac Pro. Only thing is, the detachable wrist rest (which is very comfortable) has warped a little over the years, the [...]

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Extending iCal – Make a good calendar app a great one

November 10, 2010

I’ve used iCal for years. It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good. Then I discovered MenuCalendarClock. Wow, what a great improvement! Then I discovered BusyCal, which I use regularly and can’t do without. To learn more about how to get more out of iCal, MacAppStorm has a great article called 8 Awesome Utilities for Extending [...]

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011′s draconion activation

October 28, 2010

Pirated software is surely a big issue to developers, but activation can be a real pain to users. Microsoft opts on the side of pain, unfortunately, with Office 2011 When purchased, it comes with a 25-character activation key that MUST be entered within 15 days of running any of the Office apps for the first [...]

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2011

October 26, 2010

A great review by Robert Mohns, a freelance reviewer, is posted on the Macintouch site providing a comprehensive look at the changes in the new Office suite. Rather than attempt to digest the review for you, I’m recommending that anyone interested go to Macintouch and read the full review. It covers all the changes, the [...]

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cnet.com Resources for Mac, iPod/iPhone users

July 10, 2009

cnet.com has resource pages for Mac users, iPhone and iPod users. You may find them useful, so here’s a description, from my personal point of view. Apple Mac computers This page has news, reviews, downloads, forums, pictures, bideos and a page about accessories. The page itself is a blog with Apple Mac OS X News, [...]

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2 new ebooks on WordPress from Miraz Jordan available

July 10, 2009

Miraz Jordan is a WordPress expert, and also writes the Mac Tips blog quoted here from time to time. She has 2 new ebooks available, at very reasonable prices! First is How to backup your WordPress website, US$4.75. Backing up your WordPress blog or Web site is critical, as servers are not perfect and data [...]

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Reassessing the Apple Tax

June 15, 2009

by Michael Scalisi, PC World The following article is reprinted from the BizFeed blog at PCWorld.com. Macs are often criticized for the high price of their hardware. This so-called Apple tax is the premium that Apple computers usually cost over comparably equipped PCs. But since the company dropped prices on its laptop line yesterday, that [...]

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Safari 3.2 problems continue… for some

November 17, 2008

Safari 3.2 a disaster in progress? I use a few Internet plugins, like Glims and AcidSearch, and didn’t realize that Safari 3.2 would be so unfriendly to them. Previously, plugins would simply not load (with an error message) if they weren’t compatible. With the new Safari release, the app crashed instead. (the latest Pithhelmet release [...]

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Google Chrome joins the browser wars

September 7, 2008

Just what we need… another browser! Google launched their new browser to great fanfare the other day. How fast is it? Immediately after the Google Chrome release conflicting stories about both speed and security started flowing out of the web. Part of the confusion comes from Google’s release of test results done on their own [...]

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Do we like our Macs? Oh yes…

August 21, 2008

Love (or hate) your computer company? 2008s American Customer Satisfaction index, released by the University of Michigan for the PC industry show Apple taking the top honor for the 5th year in a row. Apple and Dell were the only companies to increase their customer satisfaction rating this year over last. The ACSI scores are [...]

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