The survey is closed, and here are the results: How Many Apple Products Do You Own? [MakeUseOf Poll]. N.B.: you need to scroll down to the correct survey and click the link (sorry it’s so convoluted…) (Thanks to Andrew Zima for the broken link catch.)
MakeUseOf wants to know: How Many Apple Products Do You Own?
Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page.
Ever notice the Utility folder, in the Applications folder, on your Mac? Go ahead, take a look…
All kinds of interesting stuff in there, eh? 9 Useful In-Built Mac OS X Utilities You’ve Probably Never Used introduces nine utilities and discusses what they’re good for.
Check out this free collection from macappware: http://macappware.com/software/free-fonts/.
Yeah, we all have stuff to do; are you noticing that a lot of that stuff needs to be done in a particular place? Or in one particular place rather than another? How does this sound?:
Perhaps the coolest part of Checkmark 2 is the ability to create location groups. Say you need to remember to pick up some milk when you go by the grocery store – easy enough for you to set a location-based reminder that pings you. But let’s say there are a handful of grocery stores you frequent – Checkmark can alert you to pick up milk when you go by any of them.
Pretty nifty, huh? Here’s the whole story: Checkmark 2 reminds you to do that thing at the place.
Di-No Computers, in Pasadena, hosts a rotating set of Mac classes on Tuesdays from 2:00p to 3:30p; and iPad classes on the first and third Mondays of each month, also from 2:00p to 3:30p. These classes are all no-cost; feel free to contribute to the tip jar, though, if you feel so moved! The schedule for the next five weeks is as follows:
| 25 Mar 2014 | Mac Play | This class will focus on iPhoto |
| 1 Apr 2014 | Intro to the Interface | This class is an introduction to the Mac |
| 7 Apr 2014 | iPad Basics | This class will focus on the essentials of the iPad: gestures, settings, and using basic apps |
| 8 Apr 2014 | Navigating the Interface | This class focuses mainly on organizing files and dealing with the Finder |
| 15 Apr 2014 | Mac Work | TBA |
| 21 Apr 2014 | iPad Basics | This class will focus on Mail, Contacts, and Calendar |
| 22 Apr 2014 | Mac Play | TBA |
Call Jordan at Di-No for further details, including what you should bring with you, etc. To subscribe to Di-No’s class-schedule calendar, click here.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
You weren’t?? What were you thinking? :::shaking head:::
At Coco’s, topics ranged from Ireland, to the singular of martini, to panorama photos, to amber (the fossilized tree resin amber); we also missed Jordi.
That’s my story; I’m sticking to it!
…a new acronym the other day: ICYMI
In Case You Missed It
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Facebook MUGs
02 Safenetting: Security ALERT: American Express Identity Theft
03 Strange Macintosh “Fixes”
04 IDG: Artificial Intelligence: Big Data, Robots and the Future
05 iPIN – Password Safe is available for iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows
06 Random House Digital Releases Happy Camping
07 Espresso Ray 3D 1.1 – New 3D Viewer and Surface Analysis Tool for OS X
08 Ten Tips to Speed Up Mavericks
09 Flixel Cinemagraph Pro Earns Featured Status on Mac App Store
10 EverWeb 1.3
11 GlucoAide
12 Quotes: Making mistakes Continue reading
Prof Breen posted an interesting question from a reader this morning:
I am a casual photographer who has amassed about 10,000 pictures in my iPhoto library. iPhoto now runs so slowly that it is essentially unusable (and occasionally tells me that my Library has been corrupted). I’ve heard a few people recommend switching to Aperture, adding iPhoto Library Manager, or jumping to an Adobe or Google product. I just want something where I can organize my photos by date/event and do very light editing. What do you recommend?
In How to speed up a slow iPhoto library, Chris gets into some detail in his answer, based on the reader’s stated requirements. Interesting!
…make sure you check out today’s Google Doodle. It’s a moral imperative!
