Here we go again with privacy issues, and advocates are already up in arms about the recently discovered problem that Yosemite’s Spotlight snoops on your location. That basically means that whatever search you do using Spotlight, your location data goes to Apple servers, which we know can be compromised. Source Worse, the very same data…
Apple fans are already anticipating the impending launch of the newest version of OS X, Mountain Lion. One of the new features that will be included with Mountain Lion is the Messages Beta desktop app. Fortunately, Apple is giving its fans a look into this new feature with a the Messages app that can…
So, you’re moving some files over to, say, external storage…so you drag them over to the other drive and start waiting. The files transfer then you go get the other files, move them into the trash on the original machine – that’s the fastest way to do that, right? Nope. If you press Command when…
In response to the Mac App Store, the developer behind Cydia has announced will be coming to the Mac. Jay Freeman speaking at 360 MacDev said Cydia would be coming to the Mac and would support Apps and extensions not available from Apple. Whether Cydia will be web based or a downloaded App is unknown….
Apple has touted WebKit, the underlying browser engine in iOS and OS X as being extremely powerful and versatile for users and developers alike. Building upon the success of WebKit is version 2 which is under active development and will be released with OS X Lion. Will iOS 5 be updated as well? WebKit2 is…
A new Trojan for OS X that operates remotely to steal user information and crash a Mac has been found by security researchers Sophos. The “backdoor Trojan” called BlackHole Rat and dubbed MusMinim-A by security researchers operates in the background of an infected Mac. MusMinim’s biggest threat to users is the ability to display fake…
AirDrop has been a feature of the Mac operating system since the release of OS X Lion back in 2011. It is a service that enables quick and easy file sharing between computers on the same network without the need of email or a file server. As OS X has continued to evolve, AirDrop has gotten…
This list of “Kind” keyword can help you narrow down your search to find just what your looking for. An example of how to use this list would be typing “Apple Gazette kind:bookmark” into Spotlight. Applications kind:application, kind:applications, kind:app Do you have a Quicktip for OS X that you’d like to share? Click Here to…
Today’s Quick Tip comes from macosxhints.com. This simple Automator workflow will back up all of your Mail for you 1. Start Automator 2. Drag drop ~/Library » Preferences » com.apple.mail.plist and ~/Library » Mail into the Automator panel. This will automatically create an Automator action (Get Specified Finder Items) containing the two items you dropped….
With the 5th Anniversary of the iPod upon us, we’re seeing lots of posts from various blogs (including our own) about the revolution that was (and is) the iPod. It’s one of Apple’s greatest innovations…but is it their greatest? I started thinking about that a few weeks ago, and have been researching it ever since….
Want a quick way to find a file that you’re looking for? Sure you can use Spotlight, but if you like digging through folders there is a way to open multiple folders at the same time. First Command-Click on all the folders that you want to open. Next, press Command-Right Arrow and those folders will…
The truth is, I never thought I would file this under Apps I Can’t Live Without– I don’t really consider myself an “audiophile”. It was the Husband who turned me on to the joys of lossless music, and let me tell you, hearing Yo-Yo Ma play Bach Cello Suite No.1 without quality loss (which is…
