One of my favourite apps to avoid using is Adobe Flash. There are large security, performance and battery life benefits. I do not have flash installed on my OS X and used When I must have Flash, I use Google Chrome because a Flash Player is built into it. But switching to Chrome can be made […]
Listening to Your own Podcasts
Posted on 4 July , 2013 //
I record podcasts regularly – typically once a week at the Packet Pushers Podcast. One of the less obvious problems of podcasting is that I have to listen to my own voice during the edit process (which Ethan & I do ourselves). Even after 170 shows published to date, I still cringe when listening to […]
Mac OS X: SwitchResX – Todays Favourite Feature
Posted on 3 July , 2013 //
I have two monitors on a MacBook. I mostly run with the lid closed and OS X doesn’t always use the correct monitor as my main display. In the past I had to disconnect the external monitors and reboot, then connect the monitors in the correct order. Painful. Recently, I discovered that the utility SwitchResX […]
Mac OS X Glui
Posted on 19 May , 2013 //
Screen Capture Applicaton for the Mac that replaces Skitch since Evernote trashed it. Highly recommended. Best Features: Snaps an image with minimum of fuss Fast upload to Dropbox (Skitch no longer able to upload anywhere useful). Annotations of images are quick & simple Glui