One of the coolest things about Skitch is how easy it is. If you’re not familiar with it, it is a Microsoft Paint-esqe drawing program on steroids. It’s web-based so you can share your drawings with friends and family, or co-workers if you prefer. And, it has a TON of  [ Read More ]

NOTE TO READER: If you don’t know what a plist is, you may want to skip this post. So I was frustrated with my iCal reminders one day, and I thought I would edit the preference file (.plist) to get the exact reminder BY DEFAULT that I wanted. When I  [ Read More ]

Valve, creator of the award winning Steam gaming platform has released a statement today regarding the latest update for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Steam says that performance with the new update has diminished on systems with Nvidia graphics cards. So for all the Mac gamers or anyone who does graphics work  [ Read More ]

Back by popular demand for a fourth month is our Stump the Staff session of Free Fridays @ Four! So bring your questions, conundrums, and confusions and let us help you clear them up. The staff reserves the right to use a lifeline before declaring that we are officially stumped.

Since the announcement of the iPad and now the iPhone 4, the Apple rumor circuit has been relatively calm. As always, rumors regarding existing and future products continue to circulate. An interesting rumor regarding WWDC made the rounds this week, suggesting that there may be 2 WWDCs a year in the future; one for  [ Read More ]

Due to several calls we received this past week, I’d like to post a few important dates for upcoming Apple products as well as a table about compatibility. June 15th 2010 – iPhone 4 pre-orders begin (Apple Store/Online/AT&T) June 21st 2010 – iOS 4 will be available for download (Compatible  [ Read More ]

OMG. If I have ever found a worthwhile subject for my blog column, this is it. I hadn’t heard of Tune Up before, but the first time I used it, I knew I was going to be recommending it to everyone. Blake and I have HUGE iTunes libraries. And I  [ Read More ]

I’ve studied many productivity techniques with varying results. The common denominator between them all? Writing things down as soon as they enter your head. Whether it’s a to-do, a phone number, a date, an investment idea, whatever. If  not already being implemented, I believe this is something we should all  [ Read More ]