Category: Mac Treat

I’d like to thank all of you who emailed me regarding last week’s Mac Treat about streaming content in iTunes! I received a lot of great feedback about different audio output options — some of which I was aware of, and some of which was new. What I’ve learned is that there seem to be…

Lately, I have been dealing a great bit with color (not too surprising for someone working in the marketing department!). I’ve found that Apple has a great base to build upon with their Colors Utility. If you’re wondering what the Colors Utility is, it’s a good bet you’ve used it without realizing. In apps like…

For Christmas this year, my Dad bought himself a Bose speaker with a universal remote to control his entire media center. Luckily for him, he had both of his technologically-inclined sons home to help set everything up. My brother got started first, setting up the universal remote as I was off helping my mom. Everything…

One of things that Apple is known best for is its clean design aesthetic. And when it comes to ever sleeker MacBooks and iMacs, there is no doubt that aspect is a plus, but every once in a while it seems the folks at 1 Infinite Loop take things a little too far. For instance,…

Oddly, I have been asked several times in the past couple of weeks how to disable the feature in 10.7+ that keeps one from typing multiple letters in a row. (Guess I know a lot of Drama Queens (and Kings).) I wrote a Mac Treat about this a little while ago, so the following is…

Here at Small Dog, we sell a sweet little cable that will connect your MacBook Pro to your HDTV. It’s called the Hammerhead Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Cable. I purchased one of these as soon as I got my Mac, brought it home and plugged it into my computer and TV. It was as simple…

One of my favorite features in Mountain Lion is Notification Center. I have been using Growl for years, and the impact Notification Center has on my workflow is very similar, and it’s an added bonus to see it on both my iPhone and now my Mac. In Calendar, you can set alerts for birthdays and…

Recently, I wanted to capture a set of commands to create a video tutorial, and I was ready to download a third party application to help me record them. Turns out, in Snow Leopard and later, QuickTime (v10+) does just that — and it’s included in the OS. Screen Recording mode is located under File…

While it is not often necessary to shut down your computer, it is not a bad idea to do so from time to time. For example, I am flying to Ohio today and will be shutting my MacBook Pro down completely before I send it through the scanner. Also, for a number of reasons, we…

I found this really cool trick on OSXDaily.com that I just have to share. First, you need a Mac with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) installed. You’ll also need an iOS device and iCloud enabled on both. On your Mac, create a to-do list in Reminders. Double click the to-do list that you created and…