Category: Tech News

While installing and uninstalling applications in OS X is far easier then doing it in Windows, there could still be improvements. Both OSes, (Windows more then OS X) leave behind extra files (usually in the Library) that could be gotten rid of along with the application. A while back I wrote about a wonderful little…

I’ve been following this bunch of rumors and story about Mac OS X Leopord screenshots on TUAW for a week or so now. I am someone who loves to play with alphas and betas of operating systems or at least have a peak at the future! In the above image

One of my all time favorite games has recieved another update! This new version 1.11 includes a couple new features although there is one feature that did upset a lot of people. First here’s the list of updates: – The Looking For Group channel is now global. – Escape Artist now displays a message in…

This afternoon Rob A. had a customer ask him about how Parallels works with 2 monitors and if you could use Mac OS X on 1 and Windows XP on the other. After hunting down a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter I plugged it into my MacBook and a 23” Apple Cinema Display. I then opened…

One of my other favorite web browsers besides Mozilla FireFox is Camino. Oddly enough, Mozilla also makes this web browser! You might be a little confused as to why Mozilla is making 2 different web browsers, well they actually make three! Mozilla, Mozilla FireFox AND Camino! Each browser has its up and downs and by…

This little application just sits up in your menu bar and shows you how many unread emails you have. It works with the Apple Mail program included in every 10.3.x – 10.4.x system. You can choose which mail boxes it checks through to see if there’s any unread mail. It also allows you to choose…

I am not sure how this one slipped by me, but Google has a new extension for FireFox that allows a user to sync many of their web browsers settings across multiple computers. So far you can syncronize bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords. As an everyday Mozilla FireFox user and as someone who…

In issue #316 of TechTails I mentioned a video podcast called MacBreak. Since then Leo and gang have put out a couple new episodes that are very cool and should be watched by any Mac-loving-user! Episode 6 goes over how to encrypt your email using Apple’s Mail client. While it does get pretty technical, it’s…

Ever since I got my MacBook I’ve been running Parallels on it. I have been more then impressed and pleased while using this piece of software. It has allowed me to run Mac OS X, Windows XP Pro, and Ubuntu Linux side-by-side without really making any performance issues within each operating system environment. It works…

Two of my favorite programs are finally Universal Binaries. Google Earth and TechTool Pro are going to or are already in a Universal Binary format. Google Earth is the one that is actually in a Universal Binary as of this writing. New features to this update include Sketch-Up integration, embedded client, localization, terrain quality settings,…