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Resize Video Podcasts for AppleTV in iTunes.

2. December 2008

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I’m not sure if this is something new, or if it has been around for quite some time, but I just stumbled on it today so I thought I would pass the information along to you guys. Did you know that you can click on the podcast episode and convert the format in iTunes? [...]

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Google Releases Calaboration: Tool to import Google Calendars to iCal

2. December 2008

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We’ve messed with some “early, in dev stuff,” and have shown you guys how to save a quick buck and use Google’s method for syncing your calendars. The process wasn’t easy, but it worked like a charm (I’ve been using if for the last 4 months). Well, Google has officially released a utility [...]

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Make Your Desktop Cheerier

19. November 2008

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Make Your Desktop Cheerier

Ho ho ho! As Christmas draws closer, I start looking for more ways to deck my halls with boughs of holly. As I spend a large portion of my day working on my Mac, it only makes sense that I would want to expand my decorations to my desktop too. Well, I looked around, and [...]

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Applications that fit on a thumbdrive for your Mac

7. November 2008

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With the price of thumbdrives being so cheap these days, you could almost carry around your entire operating system on one. Back in the day I had a nice thumbdrive full of Windows tools to help me troubleshoot problems and clean systems. It saved me a boat load of time, and helped me [...]

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Speed Up Load Times with Automator

6. November 2008

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The absolute worst moment in my daily computing experience is waiting for my machine to boot. Getting from the boot screen to the desktop happens pretty quickly, but from finder loading to usable state is another story. Part of the problem is all my menu bar items. They’re all being loaded at the exact [...]

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