Windows 7: If you like visual indicators for things like disk capacity, battery life, memory usage, and speaker volume, and you like them prominent and easy to find, SuperbarMonitor puts easy to…
Clean up your Mac’s “open with” contextual menu
I stumbled upon this short Lifehacker article about how to clean up duplicate apps listed in the “open with…” contextual menu. It caught my eye because I was just wondering how to…
Mac Memory Test
I recently purchased 8GB of RAM from Amazon.com for my Macbook Pro. So far the upgrade has been terrific. No hardware conflicts to speak of and the performance boost to VM-Ware Fusion…
Safari Extensions
A while back Apple introduced extensions for the Safari 5 web browser. Fortunately, they also provide a one-stop shop for acquiring new extensions here [https://extensions.apple.com/]. I tend to want to run a…
Apple Event on October 20, 2010
Just a reminder that Apple has something planned for October 20, 2010. Based on the invite, it looks like it is going to be an operating system related event. Possibly Mac OS…
Game Changers: Steve Jobs
Just in case you missed it, Bloomberg has posted their special on Steve Jobs. It’s a must see if you want to learn more about Mr. Jobs and the success story of…
Mac Maintenance Tips
The Mac OS is a different animal than windows so maintaining it is also a bit different. For example, most places you look will tell you that there is no need to…
Password Security
Multiple accounts for online sites and services is common for all of these days. But do you create different logins and passwords for each account? You should! Head on over to http://thebestpasswords.com…
Enable Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync on your iPhone (or other phone)
I heard that Microsoft was enabling EAS for hotmail on a recent Windows Weekly Podcast. I did a quick search and sure enough I found it to be available now. Just enabled…
Mind Mapping Tools
Some excellent and free mind mapping tools can be found listed on lifehacker.com. Here’s the top 5. Two that interest me the most: mindmeister (free and web-based) XMind (free windows/mac/linux) Once you…