Published at Computerworld – 2/27/2009
If you’re a Mac user and you haven’t tried iLife ’09 yet (or even if you have, but haven’t explored every app yet), here’s the skinny on all the features that make this a must-have upgrade. From the revolutionary Faces and Places features in iPhoto to learning an instrument in Garage Band to finally filling in some long-time gaps in iWeb, this update has something for everyone.
Published at Computerworld – 2/26/2009
The future of web-browsing (at least with Apple’s Safari) offers up a number of great new features including a Top Sites view, Cover Flow as a way to quickly review your bookmarked or previously viewed pages, and a new take on tabbed-browsing. There’s also a lot of powerful under-the-hood changes that seriously increase rendering of pages and that add compliance for emerging open web development standards. Get all the details about why I sold on Safari 4 (even as a beta) within my first of using it.
Published at Computerworld – 2/8/2009
With the exception of the online document sharing service, iWork.com, Apple’s iWork ’09 doesn’t introduce many revolutionary new features. It does, however, offer up a healthy dose of refinements to an already powerful suite of office and productivity applications for both consumers and business users. And iWork.com itself provides an interesting take on simplifying collaboration. Find out all the details in this review.
Published at InformIT – 2/6/2009
Managing a large number of workstations is a challenging prospect for any IT department. When you have a mix of Macs and PCs to support, secure, and manage this challenge can seem like it doubles because of the need to manage two rather different platforms. With the right tools, however, you can streamline and simplify the process. Check out this article for my top three picks.
Published at Datamation – 2/3/2009
Mac users today are not lacking in options for office/productivity software. Apple’s latest version of iWork, Microsoft’s Office 2008 for Mac, and the web-based Google Docs are all options for home users, students, and businesses. Having put all three to the test, I can say that all of them can be good choices, but understanding the features you need and your comfort with the varying interfaces is key to making the right choice.
Published at Computerworld – 1/29/2009
The App Store has redefined how developers sell and distribute software to users of the iPhone and iPod Touch. Meanwhile other smart phone vendors scrambling to catch the wave with similar stores for their devices – but can this approach work for devices like netbooks or traditional computers? Find out the pros, cons, and challenges faced in applying the App Store concept beyond the smart phone market.
Published at InformIT – 1/16/2009
The ability to run Windows on Intel Macs has great advantages for businesses and schools (be they big or small), but it also presents some unique challenges in these environments that aren’t faced by home users. Issues such as large scale Mac/Windows deployments, client management, ensuring security, and dealing with network home directories can all create headaches for systems administrators. With the right combination of tools and approaches, however, you can avoid many of those headaches.
Published at Computerworld – 1/16/2009
Take a trip down memory lane in this timeline of significant moments in the history of Mac, from it’s inception as a basic low-cost computer in the 1970s through it’s release in 1984 and all the way through the release of Leopard and the the iPhone.
Published at Computerworld – 1/16/2009
As part of Computerworld’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Mac, I take a look at the people and events that were led to the Mac’s 1984 introduction.
Published at InformIT – 1/9/2009
Rolling out software across a network and maintaining a software inventory can be challenging and time consuming in any network environment. In situations where applications must be deployed and tracked across both Macs and PCs, these tasks can seem twice as bit. With the right tools, however, you can cut down the amount of time and energy that of managing software across all client machines regardless of platforms.
Published at Computerworld – 12/31/2008
2008 may go down as one of the significant years in Apple’s history since the introduction of the Apple II and the original 128K Mac. As 2008 comes to a close, I count down the five most significant moments for Apple during the year.
Published at Computerworld – 12/17/2008
For Apple fans and longtime Mac users, MacWorld Expo is more than a trade show. It is a chance to see the latest from every Mac/iPod/iPhone vendor, watch Steve Jobs unveil great new products, and meet other passionate Mac users. So, what will happen next year when Apple pulls out of the show altogether? I can’t say for sure, but here are my thoughts based on more than a decade of Apple-watching and MacWorld attendance.
Published at Computerworld – 12/12/2008
The iPhone may be on the way to becoming the most popular smartphone in the world, but there are still some serious improvements that Apple needs to make in order to truly make the device into the “it” mobile platform for business. Find out the top improvements needed from both an IT perspective as well as the perspective of the average business user.
Published at Computerworld – 12/10/2008
Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X Snow Leopard may not have 300+ new features like Leopard, but it does promise to shrink the hard drive space used by Mac OS X and deliver new innovations for performance. However, there are plenty of ways to speed up your Mac and recover hard drive space right now – and here’s my picks for the top ten ways to do both
Published at Datamation – 12/9/2008
Apple introduced 300+ documented new features in Mac OS X Leopard, but the OS also offers a range of hidden features that typically require in-depth exploration of configuration files and Terminal command to uncover. For anyone wanting access to these hidden features and configuration options without the work of poking around Mac OS X, read this article to find out about a handful of tools provide easy access to hundreds of additional ways to customize and get more out of Leopard.
