Quick tip: Reclaim space in a pinch on iOS devices
Don't have enough space to download your favorite app's update? For those of us that fill our phones to the brim with apps and media, it's a familiar scenario. However, there's a neat trick to easily and temporarily reclaim space on your iOS device.
7 iOS features I wish Apple would bring to the Mac
This summer Apple continues the strategy begun with OS X Lion of integrating some iOS features into OS X. iMessage, system-level Twitter integration and notifications were great additions, but there are still features not in Mountain Lion that I'd like to see migrate from iOS.
Digging deeper: Smaller changes in OS X Mountain Lion
The major new features in Apple's OS X Mountain Lion are what everyone is talking about, but with every release of OS X, the company makes some smaller changes that escape the notice of most. We take a look at some of those changes.
5 music-focused iTunes alternatives for Mac
iTunes may be great for syncing your iOS devices, or buying songs, movies, apps and books, but it's not exactly the most nimble music player anymore. Here are five great Mac-compatible alternatives that focus on the music, without the bloat that iTunes brings.
iPad or Kindle Fire: Which should you buy?
Amazon's first foray into the tablet market, the Kindle Fire, is widely perceived as the first real competitor to the iPad. Here's an outline of how the two compare, and which is better suited to which kind of gift recipient this holiday season.
Switching from Android to iOS: What I’ll miss and what I won’t
As someone who regularly blogs about Apple, it's a bit surprising that the iPhone 4S is the first iPhone I've owned. Until now, I've been an Android user, so here are my thoughts about the good and bad that come with going all-in on Apple devices.
Sleipnir for Mac: A new OS X browser with unique features
Sleipnir, for those not versed in Norse mythology, was the eight-legged horse of the god Odin. It's also the name of an iOS browser that has a reputation for doing things a little differently. A new Mac beta version could change your desktop browsing habits, too.
7 Lion annoyances and how to fix them
With every OS upgrade, there's always some new annoyances that pop up, and since Lion is such a big update to OS X, it stands to reason that it has more annoyances than usual. Here's how to remedy seven of them quickly and easily.
The road to Lion: How Lion’s new features evolved
The latest update to our favorite OS code-named after felids, Lion, is due out sometime this month. To celebrate, we're going to take a look at how Lion's new features evolved from its predecessors, its little brother (iOS) and other sources.
6 ways to make Snow Leopard roar like Lion
If you can't wait to try out some of Lion's new features, but don't have access to the developer preview, I've got good news: You can get many of Lion's new features in Snow Leopard using these third-party apps, tweaks and downloads.
Mac RSS reader roundup: Reeder, NetNewsWire Lite, and Pulp
For all the talk of social media replacing RSS, I still find it to be the best way to get news efficiently. A quick look at the Mac App Store shows quite a few RSS reader options, so here's a look at three of the best.
Apple could kill the finder. Would you miss it?
At the WWDC keynote this week, Steve Jobs remarked that the file system is the trickiest part of adjusting to a new OS. Apple seems intent on a future where the file system is invisible to the user. Is that a good or a bad thing?
