Read Later for Mac OS X

Mar 06, 12 Read Later for Mac OS X

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Instapaper, Read It Later, Readability are web based services allow you to save long web pages to read later, when you have time, on your computer, iPhone, iPad, or Kindle. These web based services have native iOS that have become popular on mobile devices but desktop operating systems have gone without. On the Mac, the only option...

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Sync Yahoo Contacts, Calendar, and Mail to your Mac

Oct 25, 11 Sync Yahoo Contacts, Calendar, and Mail to your Mac

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{EAV_BLOG_VER:58ff1b81f38fa2c9} I’m a big Google Services user but some of my friends and colleagues prefer Yahoo! I’ve written about how to integrate Google Services with my Mac, iPhone and iPad but I’ve remiss in writing anything about Yahoo! Enabling Yahoo! Services on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) is fairly straight...

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The Mac App Store

Mar 01, 11 The Mac App Store

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It’s been almost two months since Apple launched the Mac App store on January 6. The Mac App Store is Apple’s attempt to bring the same easy of use of the iTunes App store to Mac app purchase and installation. While it does not quite deliver on that promise it does make things simpler than they have been in the past. It’s a...

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Installing apps on your Mac

Apr 13, 10 Installing apps on your Mac

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A number of my friends are fist time Mac users and I’ve been answering a lot of questions. One place where new Mac users get stuck is with installing apps. My friends are used to the Windows method of installation. Launch a setup.exe file, click Next, click Next again to agree to the license, wait for install to complete, click...

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Connect your Mac to the office

Mar 23, 10 Connect your Mac to the office

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During the first few months I’ve worked from home more often than I did all of last year. I’m not on any official company teleworker program; it’s just that we’ve had quite a number of storms hit the area. I think we had about three snow storms in February that left so much snow on the ground it did not melt until the rains...

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How to secure your Mac — Part 1

Jan 12, 10 How to secure your Mac — Part 1

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So you just got your new Mac and are excited to start using it. You’ve heard a lot about how Macs are easy to use and how secure they are. You’ve seen the ads on TV showing how Windows is susceptible to viruses and hacking and Macs are (supposedly) immune. Apple’s marketing machine and Steve Jobs reality distortion field...

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