APPLEMATTERS REVIEWS

Folksonomy on the Macintosh: Del.icio.us, Flickr and Last.fm

Folksonomy is a collaborative way in which information is categorized by people on the internet.  If you have ever used Flickr, Del.icio.us, Last.fm (Audioscrobbler) or …(read more)

I’m the DJ – Numark’s iDJ Mixer

The iPod now has a nightlife.  Numark announced the first mixing console made for the iPod, the Numark iDJ Mixer in July 2005. The piece …(read more)

Securing Your Mac

In light of the recent so-called ‘virus outbreak’, as some people are calling it, I’m going to try and lower a few heart beats by …(read more)

RIP: 15-inch PowerBook G4

Close a Window and open the door. The 15-inch PowerBook G4 is vanishing from the online Apple store, leaving behind its 12 and 17-inch brethren …(read more)

iWeb Review

I was starting to feel uneasy about iWeb, Apple’s recent effort at a WYSIWYG. It didn’t get any better when I tried to open an …(read more)

Review: Echo One software

The Apple platform is blessed with many many great software developers. A lot of them have a well-known product, but then have some other gems …(read more)

Part 2: Dealing with Parental Controls

Authors note: This is the second in a two-part series on parental controls. Last week I covered the parental controls featured in OS X Tiger …(read more)

Camino 1.0: The Scoop on Mozilla’s New Open Source Browser

Earlier this week, the Mozilla foundation announced the 1.0 release of their open source Mac OS X browser Camino. Camino is the only native Mac …(read more)

Part 1: Dealing with Parental Controls

Authors note: This is the first in a two-part series on parental controls. Unfortunately the Internet isn’t a safe place for Children, especially if they …(read more)

Dells Much Cheaper than the MacBook Pro? Well, Sometimes…

Back in the olden days, say pre-June of 2005, people knew Macs cost more than a comparable PC. But, with the fundamental differences in architecture, …(read more)

Useful Finder Shortcuts

For sometime now it has been possible to customize your computer with so many extensions, widgets, shareware, freeware, donationware, etc. that your so called “Mac” …(read more)

Fink: The Power of Open Source

Of all the applications you use on your Mac, which is the one you truly cannot live without? Do I hear GarageBand. Did someone say …(read more)