Category: 799: Happy New Year!, Change Your Default Desktop, Quicken User News, “Natural” Scrolling

Over the weekend, billions of people got new Macs (not a scientifically accurate number), and many of those users are new Lion. I’m betting aside from the squeals and screams of joy at getting one of the greatest computers currently in existence, the phrase, “Why isn’t this scrolling in the right direction?” was uttered. When…

One of the biggest complaints we hear about upgrading to Lion is its inability to run PowerPC applications. When Apple made the switch from PowerPC to Intel processors in 2006, they included a utility called Rosetta so people could continue using their old programs on their newer Macs. This “on the fly” translation was so…

What image do you have behind the login menu when you start up? Classically, depending on the exact version of Mac OS X you are using, you have one of the “universe” images. This image can be replaced on your system with a picture of your choice. To replace the image you see as the…

Hello all, Liam here; I’m writing this from the tech room in now-snowy South Burlington. The store is busy and we are wrapping up (so to speak) a brisk holiday season and we are getting ready to ring in the new year next week. As a holiday traditionalist, I look forward to spending the next…