You can quickly and easily adjust the duration of your calendar events using only one finger in iOS. This tip works especially well on the iPad, but has some limited abilities on the iPhone and iPod touch. If you haven’t already open the Calendar...Adjust Your Calendar Events Duration With One Finger [iOS Tips]
You can quickly and easily adjust the duration of your calendar events using only one finger in iOS. This tip works especially well on the iPad, but has some limited abilities on the iPhone and iPod touch. If you haven’t already open the Calendar...So long, and thanks…
It is hard to imagine that I’ve written and contributed to more than 450 posts during the nearly two-year tour of duty with all the rest of the Cultists at Cult of Mac. I’ve served up news, break fixes, tips, opinions, etc. to more...Amaze Your Friends With Mac OS X Lion Improved Smart Folders [OS X Tips]
Smart Folders in Mac OS X Lion are finally something to talk about. In earlier versions of Mac OS X they were frankly kind of dumb, but not any more. They now act and work just like regular folders in Finder and they are...Develop Apps For Mobile And Desktop Platforms With LiveCode 5 [Review]
There are many other development tools available besides the free copy of Xcode that comes with every Mac. LiveCode 5 (starts at $99; $49 for upgrades), a development tool running on Mac OS X and other operating systems, from RunRev gets it inspiration...Use One Finger To Quickly Add A Calendar Event [iOS Tips]
Apple has introduced another way to add events to your calendars in iOS. You can quickly and easily start the process to add an event to any of your iOS calendars with only one finger! Open up the Calendar app on your iPhone, iPod...Easily Access Your Camera Roll While Taking Photos In The Camera App [iOS Tips]
The other day a friend and I were discussing the merits of the iPhone 4S camera and the new software features in iOS 5. He was grumbling about not being able to see his camera roll after taking some snapshots. His complaint was that he...Quickly Access Your International Keyboards With One Tap [iOS Tips]
I use multiple keyboards on my iOS devices English (US), Emoji, and Deutsch (German). It used to be a drag to have to click the globe icon on the keyboard multiple times to get to the keyboard you needed, but not any more. You...Encrypt The Startup Disk On Your Mac With FileVault 2 [OS X Tips]
Last week I wrote a few tips about disk encryption, but I didn’t write about what to do with the startup disk on your Mac. I cannot think of any reason you shouldn’t encrypt your startup disk after the release of...Use iPhone Backup Extractor To Recover Lost Data [iOS Tips]
Here’s an amazing utility that every iPhone, iPad or iPod touch owner should be aware of. It will recover data from your iOS backups in iTunes, but only if the backup isn’t encrypted. I have a work-around in this tip for the encryption problem,...Select A Fun Or Stuffy Font In The Notes App [iOS Tips]
I’ve heard people complaining about the fonts in the iOS default Notes app for longer than I can remember. Most of the time people thought the default font was pretty cartoony and they wanted something a bit more professional. I think Apple has finally...Create An iTunes Account Without A Credit Card [OS X Tips]
It’s Thanksgiving Week, and that means that most of us Americans will start thinking today about how much weight we’ll gain on Thanksgiving Day and how much money we’ll end up spending on Black Friday, especially if we have children clamoring for an iPhone,...VMWare Fusion 4.1 Release Allows Virtualization of Leopard And Snow Leopard
Last last week VMware released Fusion 4.1 an update to its popular virtualization software that adds many improvements and bug fixes. The biggest improvement is the applications ability to run older versions of Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard. I’ve known for...
