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App GuideEmail Pro for Gmail
The only clunky thing about Email Pro for Gmail 2.1 is its name. This slender app provides a convenient way to get to your Gmail messages directly...
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BlogsGestures: Hard to use, harder to find
It’s nice that you can tap-and-drag on your Mac’s trackpad, swipe on your iPhone, or pinch on your iPad. These options offer a welcome change...
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App GuideOfficeTime for Mac
OfficeTime is a basic yet useful time tracking and invoicing application that allows you to gather time spent on a project using your Mac or an iOS...
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Blogs 2Why the iPad still can’t be a true Mac replacement
When Apple released iOS 5 back in 2011, it heralded a new “PC-Free” era for iOS devices. You could at last “cut the cord” between your Mac...
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HelpWhat to do when you can’t connect to the internet
If your web browser, email program, or any of a hundred other internet-connected apps on your Mac starts complaining about not having a connection,...
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App GuideMailPop Pro for Gmail
MailPop Pro for Gmail (Mac App Store only) cheerfully fulfills all the functions of a lightweight Gmail client. But it also adds little to distinguish...
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HelpMac 101: Exploring the Mac’s sharing features
Last week I showed you how to connect your Mac to the internet and to a local network. Now that your computer is on speaking terms with other devices...
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ReviewsEIZO EV2436W-FS monitor
The Japanese-made Eizo FlexScan EV2436W-FS is a quality monitor for the office, sporting a 1920 x 1200 resolution (16:10 aspect ratio) IPS LED panel...
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HelpFixing a Safari-to-Mail disconnect
Reader Mike Sadowski finds something amiss in Safari and Mail’s relationship. He writes In Safari 5 I was able to view a web page and, with a keyboard...
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ReviewsApple: 2013 Retina MacBook Pro
In the latest update to the Retina MacBook Pro, some models got price cuts, some received slightly faster processors, and some got a healthy bump...
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HelpHow to disable Java on your Mac
With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s...
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NewsAdobe releases emergency patches for Reader and Acrobat
Adobe released emergency patches for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11, 10 and 9 overnight that address two critical vulnerabilities being actively exploited...
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Gadget GuideMy Best Friend is a Bag Leather Laptop Sleeve
With its structured shape, back pocket, tassel feature and Batik-inspired lining, this new breed of laptop bag toes the line between fashion accessory...
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NewsMicrosoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office
Microsoft has quietly raised prices of Office for the Mac and stopped selling multi-license packages of the application suite. The move puts Office...
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HelpWhat to do when your Mac won’t turn on
One of the scariest things that can happen to your Mac, short of actual flames and smoke billowing from the case, is a failure to turn on at...
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App GuideShush for Mac
Between Google Hangout video conferences for work, Skype videos and calls for podcasts, and FaceTime chats with family and friends, I use AV-chat...
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Blogs 11What’s wrong with the Mountain Lion interface
For the longest time, I resisted the marketing push to move to Mountain Lion (and Lion before that), happy and content with my rock-solid, stable,...
