If you’re a fan of Google’s online Office Suite and you’re a Firefox user you’ve probably already heard of Google Gears. The plugin has been available for Firefox for a while now, and basically what it does is allow you to access certain Google services (like the Reader, and Docs for example) offline. [...]

We’ve all heard about the problems that Apple has been having with their recently launched MobileMe service. While the service may be having a difficult first few months, things are getting much better, and MobileMe is finally coming into its own.
If you buy the service from Apple it will cost you $99 for a [...]

Organizing your dock can help you get things done much more quickly and easily. In today’s screencast we’re covering how to do that using Stacks.
With Stacks you can create a stack of your favorite applications that appear bundled together until you select the stack. Then they will fan out allowing you to select [...]

An easy way to change the default application for a file is to right click (Control+Click) a file and hold option while selecting an application from the “Always Open With” menu.

Please note this only changes the default application for that one file–not every file with this type. See our other post for assigning default applications.
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.Mac has always been a little expensive when compared to other alternatives. The upside has always been a @mac.com e-mail address and seamless integration with OS X.
One of the best features of .Mac is iDisk, which acts as a remote hard drive for storing and sharing files.
But if you’re willing to get your hands dirty [...]

I recently discussed the benefits of using NetRestore to manage multiple computers. Now you can continue managing those computers without ever touching each machine!
After you have NetRestore completely set up and working, all you have to do is open Apple Remote Desktop choose the computer from your list that you want to NetRestore and [...]

Twitter has taken over Flickr as the default web service for building desktop apps for. It’s especially great for people just learning to program because you already have the service there, you have the API to hook into and that leaves you all set to code and have some fun. Here’s a list of some [...]

For Emacs users on Linux one of the most efficient and important things to
do is remap your Control Key to your Caps Lock key. This is because the Caps
Lock key has such a prominent position on the home row and yet it is [...]

Recently we released the MacTips widget with a lot of success. Because of this, I decided to create a video explaining how to create your own widget.
In this video, I talk about the basics of creating your own Dashboard Widget with Dashcode. I also dabble in some of the more advanced features in Dashcode such [...]