TextExpander Alternatives for Disgruntled Smile Customers
Over the last couple of days there has been a lot written about the Smile Software decision to move to a subscription model for version 6 of TextExpander
Kickstarter – Pixo magnetic Tablet Mount
The Pixo is an interesting looking Kickstarter project to create a magnetic mounting for iPads/tablets to attach to the side or top of your desktop screen/iMac.
Near Lock – Unlock your Mac with your iPhone or Apple Watch
Near Lock is a new pair of apps for iOS and OS X that allows you to unlock your Mac with your iPhone or Apple Watch. Once installed and configured the app can be configured to lock or unlock your Mac as soon as it detects the presence of your iPhone. The sensitivity of the... » read more
Copied – Sync your clipboard for iOS and OS X
Copied has recently become one of my favourite apps for iOS and OS X. It is a slick and useful clipboard manager that makes cut/copy and paste on iPhone,iPad and Mac much more useful and when combined with multiple devices introduces a new capability that was previously only possible by emailing or Messaging between devices.... » read more
Game of the day – 2 Cars
One of my favourite quick-fix games at the moment is 2 Cars from Ketchapp. It is a very simple top to bottom scroller where the objective is to steer your 2 Cars around the oncoming square blocks whilst at the same time intercepting the round blocks. Any collision with a square block ends the game.... » read more
Swapping Between Hardware and On Screen Keyboards on iOS
I recently bought the excellent Logitech K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard to share between my iPad, Work laptop and iPhone. It’s a great little keyboard, light enough to carry around with a decent layout and spacing that suits my typing style well ( your mileage may vary ). There are however times that I need to... » read more
Free Markdown Video Tutorial Series
Markdown is the plain text markup syntax developed by John Gruber of Daring Fireball over 10 years ago to help bloggers write in a readable format that could be easily converted to HTML. Since then it has grown in popularity and spawned a whole ecosystem of applications and tools for the easy management and production... » read more
They just don’t make ’em like they used to
Macworld writer Christopher Phin takes a fond look back at what is probably one of the most iconic Macs ever made, the iMac G4.
More Problems with iOS 9.3 ?
It seems the recent reported problems with iOS 9.3 and older iPads isn’t the only issue with the latest release. My wife has an iPhone 6 that was working fine until it suddenly stopped being able to open hyperlinks in Safari and Messages… Oddly when searching in Safari with the browser set to use Google... » read more
Rumour – Ultra-thin 13″ and 15″ MacBooks due in June-July
Interesting rumour from MacRumors.com