2005 November

Are you looking to break the bonds of Microsoft Word? Are the constant crashes and slow loading times driving you crazy? Then the new Mellel version 2 may be the answer you’re looking for. Mellel 2.0 is a powerful, yet fast, full-featured word processor. I’ve watched Mellel grow in the last three years and this […]

Unsanity is a fantastic indie Mac developer made up of a group of really smart and talented programmers who consistently crank out innovative applications that serve a specific niche, often times filling a need that you didn’t even know you had until you discover their solution.

An analyst from Needham & Co says that, this year alone, there are one-million switchers who turned in their Windows PC for an Apple. He predicted that, in 2006, another 1.3 million people would make the switch to the Apple platform.
This is very good news for Apple and it has to thank the iPod for […]

These days you need to be on the cutting edge to get noticed in the online world. Take podcasting for example, it’s not enough to have an audio podcast anymore, you need an enhanced podcast with slides or screenshots to go with your audio. Better then that you need to be making video casts with […]

What do you get when you combine a group of smart developers, mixed with a great idea and a lot of hard work? Under the right conditions you get a truly unique piece of software that was deemed worthy of the prestigious Apple Design Awards, specifically named as the Best Product New to Mac […]

I love my iMac and wouldn’t trade it for any other computer on the market.  The Mac operating system - I’m running OS X Tiger - is rock solid, user-friendly, and full of features that the folks in Redmond still haven’t thought of.
Any Mac browser puts Windows Internet Explorer to shame.  But the web browser […]

You’ve had it happen to you, I’m sure: the insistent warning message from the Software Update utility indicating that there’s a new version of an Apple program available for download, a program that you don’t use, and probably didn’t even know you had installed on your computer! You could just accept the update, but […]

Inevitably, you may one day find yourself having to do something on your Mac that falls outside the comfortable graphical user interface where you spend your days. The fact that your Mac is a full blown Unix system beneath the covers means one of two things to you: a) absolutely nothing or b) the coolest […]

When I started podcasting with my Mac I used Audacity, a freeware program for recording the podcast. But when I upgraded to Tiger, Audacity and Tiger did not play well together and I was experiencing more then my share of crashes. I was not comfortable using Garageband because of the lack of post production capabilities. […]

Much fanfare surrounded the release of Dashboard, a new feature in Mac OS X Tiger’s operating system, since picked up and mimicked by Yahoo, Microsoft, and many other companies. But while Dashboard is fun and lightweight, it’s not necessarily the easiest environment to work with, as a recent query from a reader in India attests. […]

I’ve got a quick tip for you today but don’t let it’s length deceive you, this one is a real gem that I use every single day. As a developer, I really try to eliminate every possible bit of the mundane and repetitive using some of the technologies already built into the Mac — […]

I am always in the support section of Apple’s website, not because my Mac is always having trouble, but I like to skim over the topics in the Apple support forums. I find so many hints, tips and tricks listed that I constantly am bookmarking something in the forums for later reference.

Here’s the third episode of the the special podcast called “Ten Minutes With a Mac Developer.” A series presented by The MacReviewCast. The interviews today are with Lynda Weinman from lynda.com and Peter Lewis from Stairways Software.
Lynda Weinman was the reason I started coding HTML back in the mid ’90s. Her books on designing Web […]

When you actually stop and think about it for a moment, it is really incredible how much computing power we have sitting under our desks (or in our laps) these days. It’s old news (but still an impressive fact) that today’s average Macintosh has more power than all the computer systems used to the […]

You know, I have always used the word “pique” as in, “Hmmm, that has piqued my interest.” But two dictionaries I checked list that usage as a secondary / alternate meaning for “pique.” Okay, never mind.
Here is a short listing of the Macintosh resources that I like (well… the ones that I have found so […]

Secunia Advisory: SA17368
Critical: Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass, Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
OS: Apple Macintosh OS X
Apple has issued an update for Mac OS X. This fixes some vulnerabilities and a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions or to […]

Think Different — It’s more than just a clever former marketing slogan of Apple Computer, it’s a line that many of it’s independent developers take to heart when coming up with innovative new ideas for their applications. Today’s review focuses on just such a developer, Gus Mueller of Flying Meat software and one of […]