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App Specific Passwords

In response to the latest hacking of iCloud Apple has tightened security. A few days ago they implemented App Specific Passwords If you have third party..

Printworks 2

In my previous article on Printworks I provided an overview of the app and covered the top menubar. Today I want to go over the..

Yosemite Beta 5

Apple has released some Golden Master versions of Yosemite to Developers over the past few days. They also released Yosemite Beta 5 today. I installed..

Printworks 1

I have used various print (although print and web is blurred these days) design programs over the years including Adobe InDesign. No, I am not..

Apple Support Profile

This is a good article on the Apple Support Profile from Apple. It keeps track of all the Apple devices you own. If you have several devices..

MacBook Air Fix

Recently a good friend gave me two older Mac laptops to do with as I pleased. One was a 2007 MacBook Pro 15”, the other..

App Store Settings

You may or may not have noticed but in OS X Mavericks and Yosemite you can modify how and when your App Store application installs..

Yosemite Beta 4

Apple just released Yosemite Beta 4. I have upgraded to it (it does do a restart) on my Yosemite test system. All seems to be..

Blogo Revisited

In my previous article on Blogo 2 I covered several of the main features. I want to continue that by talking about some of the..