Take a look at the keyboard of your Mac. If you’re using one from the US, you’ll see the usual alphabet spread out in a QWERTY keyboard. See any special characters there? Probably not. You’ll spot certain characters like @, #, and $ but not special characters like Æ and €. You also won’t see […]
Is The MacBook Pro Keyboard Lawsuit a Big Deal?
Just recently, news came out that Apple was being sued over their MacBook Pros. Some lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit about the reliability issues in the keyboards attached to the current model of MacBook Pro. These keyboards have anecdotally shown themselves to be unreliable and prone to failure or malfunction based on the […]
How to Use a Non-Latin Keyboard on Mac and iOS
Typing in non-Latin languages actually isn’t as foreign as it looks. You just need to make a couple tweaks to your preferences, and you can type in Japanese, Russian, Arabic or other non-Latin languages on macOS and iOS in minutes. You don’t even need a special input device, although a non-Latin keyboard with the correct […]
3 Ways to Make Communicating From Your Apple iPhone or Tablet Easier
Communication is of central importance in any relationship. It doesn’t matter whether it’s business related, personal, romantic, between parent and child, from teacher to student, or from nation to nation … relations between humans keep the world in motion.
6 Reasons to Buy the New MacBook
A few days back we shared 5 very good reasons why you should skip the new MacBook, which begins shipping on April 10. Those reasons included the now infamous single USB-C port, an underpowered processor, and a standard-definition FaceTime camera. But Apple’s latest laptop also comes with a tantalizing new design and some innovate features […]
21 Ways That Option Click Makes OS X Better
The Option key on the Mac keyboard gives users a lot more…well…options. Just about anything you can click on inside of OS X can be Option clicked to open up a world of new features and abilities. You could click around OS X and find all of these for yourself, but below are the top […]
Stow Your Keyboard with the Slimkey V2 Stand
My wife and I own an iMac which sits opposite my MacBook Pro in our home office. We also have a 7-month-old kid who loves to sit on mommy’s lap while she’s trying to get things done. He also loves hitting the spacebar on the keyboard, and bashing away at the keys like a madman. […]
Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard Up for Preorder
One of the nice things about the iPad – and now the iPhone with iOS 4 – is the ability to use a Bluetooth keyboard. Fortunately enough, Apple has a handy-dandy one that isn’t too big, but it’s still large enough that it’s not always convenient to haul around with you wherever you go, particularly […]
Get Woody with your Keyboard
My Dad is a woodworker. Not by trade, more by hobby, but it’s definitely something that he enjoys doing. The first time I saw this setup, I knew that it was something my father would love to do himself if he had thought of it. So here’s the deets: It’s a wooden tray designed to […]
Putting Together the Office
As I mentioned the other day, I’m going to be doing some work at a local magazine, and part of the deal that I worked out involved setting up my workspace with everything I needed. Since my computer is mobile, I needed to make sure my other components came with. Essentially, I wanted to recreate […]
Apple Introduces Magic Trackpad
Last week, we pontificated about this hypothetical product from Apple that just received FCC approval. As it turns out, the theories were correct, and now we have a new input device for Mac users. It’s called the Magic Trackpad, and it is, essentially, the same trackpad from a MacBook Pro, just made portable. It’s the […]
The Beauty of Simplicity – The Apple Wireless Keyboard
I got an unexpected check in the mail this weekend, so I decided to treat myself to a few little goodies. I haven’t yet purchased a case for my iPad, and I wanted something that I could take with me on business trips. My experiences with bags so far hasn’t been too hot, so I […]
Recycling at its Finest: iBook iPad
This is one of those cool things that requires a second look. The first time I checked it out, I thought, “Neat. Someone put an iPad in an iBook.” But that’s not what they did. They put an iPad and a keyboard in an iBook. This one has been floating around the intertubes for the […]
iPad Camera Connection Kit Works With Keyboards and USB Headsets
Sadly, I do not have an iPad yet. Sure, I can blame that on the delayed Wi-Fi +3G launch, but really, it’s because I just can’t justify the expense yet. I mean, I can, I just can’t really. That make sense? But then I read reports like this one, and I get pretty excited. TidBITS […]
Travel Kit Plus by incase
This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, and I know it sounds like hyperbole, but it’s pretty damned cool to me. So what is it? It’s an iPad case from the good people at incase, but yet it’s so much more. It’s called the Travel Kit Plus, and it solves a few big […]
