APPLEMATTERS REVIEWS

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)

Setting Up Mail for Mac

Introduction The latest release of Mail, available on Mac OS X ‘Tiger’, is one of the simplest yet effective e-mail clients I’ve come across.  E-Mail …(read more)

Microsoft Vista: Another Reason to Switch to Apple

In 1984, Apple Computer ran a still-talked about Super Bowl ad. It is often credited for starting the annual competition for best ads during the …(read more)

ER 6i from Etymotic Research - I can’t hear you! No, really, I can’t hear you!!

The digital music revolution means for me that I can carry everything I might ever want to listen to with me everywhere I go. More …(read more)

iWeb: A First Look

A few days ago I purchased the new iLife Suite. It arrived and I have spent the weekend exploring some of the new features in …(read more)

A Dozen Mac Gems Unearthed In 2005

What where your favorite applications you found for the Mac in 2005? Everyone does a “top ten favorites of the year” and I’m no different …(read more)