Ever since Mac OS 10.7 Lion (2011), Apple has stopped shipping Restore DVDs with their Mac computers. Opting instead to rely on their Restore firmware (a.k.a. Internet Recovery) that is encoded onto every Mac’s logic…
A great big thanks to Philipp Schmieder Medien and the guys and girls at Clipgrab, Germany for this superb application that provides a quick, simple and fast standalone application to download your favourite videos from a…
From completely dysfunctional to erratic functionality – Apple’s advanced three finger swipe gesture has been widely reported to be broken ever since the last Mac OS X Mountain Lion update to 10.8.5. Typically, the three…
Its unfortunate but some users have reported that Calendar syncing is once again broken after the recent iOS 7.0.4 update that according to Apple’s release is purported to fix FaceTime issues. Apparently, it has done…
You can stop the search for answers. Unfortunately, the short answer is – “Yes, Apple has gone and done it and. No. Its not a bug.” Its deliberate – read it here. Whether its in…
You don’t need to scour the internet any further for a freeware app that will help you resize images. If you’re running Mac OS X – you already have the app! All versions of Mac…
A whole world of Mac users owe a debt of gratitude to Stéphane Sudre for SaveHollywood which is a nifty add-on that has been the de facto freeware movie screensaver for Mac OS X for years….
Apple has once again ‘included’ another commonly sought after feature within its standard application kit that ships with every Mac OS X 10.7 installation. As long as your Mac is installed with Quicktime 10.2 you…
Ever since Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the ability to encode videos (convert videos) into a format acceptable to iTunes and by extension all our iOS devices, iPhone, iPad and iPods has been built into…
Time Machine was introduced with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and since its inception has proven to be ‘the’ backup utility for Mac. Once you’ve gotten over the initial setup the rest is pretty much automated….