Once upon a time, I believed that computers behind the router/firewall on a home network were pretty safe from hacking. Yes, I knew that I could download nasty bits of software from the Internet, but as far as being hacked by access from “my” network, it just wasn’t likely. I didn’t use software firewalls on… Continue reading IceFloor: Harden Your Mac OS X Firewall
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Watermark Your Photos or Digital Artwork With The FREE CF/X Watermark Pro
If you have photos or digital artwork you wish to protect, the CF/X Watermark Pro for Mac OSX will be a great tool for you to use. The CF/X Watermark Pro makes it easy to watermark your work with text, logos, gps data, and even QRCodes. It is flexible, free, and easy to use. When… Continue reading Watermark Your Photos or Digital Artwork With The FREE CF/X Watermark Pro
AppCleaner – The Best Free Uninstaller For Mac
So you have apps on your Mac “taking up space”. You just aren’t using them, or if you are like me, you can’t remember why you installed them in the first place. OS X makes uninstalling easy, you just drag the icon of your unwanted orphan from the Applications folder to the “Trash basket” on… Continue reading AppCleaner – The Best Free Uninstaller For Mac
Onyx: A Swiss Army Knife for OS X Maintenance
In the beginning… Having once had my computer hacked, I have become very paranoid about the security of my machines and the network on which they run. One security process I carry out daily when I am done using my computers is a very simple one: I turn off the computers. It is indeed very hard to… Continue reading Onyx: A Swiss Army Knife for OS X Maintenance
Project Naptha – Manipulate Text In Graphics. A Software Review.
Project Naptha software is promoted as being able to manipulate text found in images, found in comics, document scans, photographs, posters, charts, diagrams, screenshots and memes on the internet. This is how he Developer describes his product: “This entire webpage is a live demo. You can watch as moving your cursor over a block of words changes… Continue reading Project Naptha – Manipulate Text In Graphics. A Software Review.
Blink – Fast, Instant Video For Your iPad or iPhone
There are too many times to mention that I have tried to take a quick movie or photo, only to miss the shot entirely because it took me too long to get my iPad camera program working. What I needed was to have a “Wild West gun-slinger quick draw” camera moment, and until now there… Continue reading Blink – Fast, Instant Video For Your iPad or iPhone
Use FocusWriter To Improve Your Writing
I do a lot of writing. Articles, blogs, ad copy, ….. whatever. Regardless of what I am writing, it is a creative process, where ideally, ideas and concepts flow from my brain to my current project-document . Distractions inhibit this creative process, and they are personal. What is a distraction to me, may not even… Continue reading Use FocusWriter To Improve Your Writing
Review: Logitech Harmony Smart Control Remote Model #915-000194
If you have a home theater system with multiple devices, then you also have a number of remotes. Running your system with multiple remotes requires patience, time, planning, and did I say patience? After juggling a half dozen remotes for a while, you realize that a universal remote will make your life a lot easier,… Continue reading Review: Logitech Harmony Smart Control Remote Model #915-000194
Use rsync To Backup Your Data On Mac OSX and Linux
The Problem: I had been backing data from my stand-alone server (Mac Pro G5 with Ubuntu Server 13.04 software) to an external USB drive on an iMac, then to a hard drive on a HP laptop with Debian OS, and finally to SkyDrive (a Microsoft cloud storage option). I used a “Norton Commander – like”… Continue reading Use rsync To Backup Your Data On Mac OSX and Linux
BizXpenseTracker For iPad and iPhone – Mileage, Expense, and Time Tracking
Features: BizXpenseTracker is powerful and easy to use software to help you track and monitor both your personal and business expenses. In addition, it can be used conveniently on your iPhone or iPad. For a $5.99 piece of software (from the App Store), the BizExpenseTracker is feature packed: • Records all of your expenses and… Continue reading BizXpenseTracker For iPad and iPhone – Mileage, Expense, and Time Tracking