http://www.yukonmac.com commentary and thoughts on the mac Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:53:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en About four years ago I had a pressing amount of work to get done in late fall. Coincidentally, thats the time of year that I take a week off to go on my annual elk hunting trip with brothers, dad, cousins and uncles. We journey to the remotest of woods ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/03/05/working-with-screen-brightness-set-to-zero/ A while back I told you I was overhauling my application lineup. In the spreadsheet department Excel was getting tired. I had long had my eye's on Apple's iWork "productivity suite" but had not taken the plunge. For a long time this was because iWork had no spreadsheet application. When ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/02/28/apple-iwork-numbers/ Apple released updated MacBook and MacBook Pro's today. As I and many others had postulated they do indeed come with a new trackpad that accepts gesturing like the MacBook Air. Speed bumps are moderate up to 2.6Ghz on the MBP. I really have no reason to upgrade but the wife ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/02/26/macbook-macbook-pro-updates/ I have a bad habit of downloading at least 10 freeeware apps every day - well maybe not every day. Yesterday I stumbled upon RapidoResizer from App4Mac. Having to crank up Photoshop just to crop and resize an image for a blog post is too consuming. RapidoResizer looked like the ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/02/21/rapidoresizer/ A quick recommendation to Mac bloggers. This post was created using MarsEdit by Red Sweater Software and I like it! I have used others in the past but never felt fully compatible. MarsEdit, which used to be owned by Ranchero Software, was recently taken over by Red Sweater and I am ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/02/20/marsedit-os-x-blogging-software-review/ Now and then, when helping other Mac users, I am surprised to see the waisted time spent navigating their Mac. In my mind the dock is for quick application launching and organizing frequently used items - not constant application switching. Even worse is when I see a Mac user dragging ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/02/19/quick-tip-application-window-navigation/ So with MacWorld San Francisco well behind us. Mac users are wondering what to expect from Apple in the near future. I would say you can bet that the next 10 months will see mostly incremental hardware and software updates. With OS X 10.5 Leopard, MacBook Air and iPod Touch ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/02/18/mac-buying-advice-for-2008-a-good-time-to-upgrade/ You might not know it from the title of this post but I do like to-do lists. Often referred to as "todos", "to does" or my favorite "2do." But, I have searched high and low over the years and have yet to find a program for OS X that works ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/01/28/disenchanted-with-to-do-programs/ I'm busy trying to reorganize the site to include weekly video episodes for your enjoyment. I'm almost there with the site/WordPress redo, but couldn't let the MacWorld SF 2008 go bye without some thoughts about the newest goodies from Apple. So here's the first episode, enjoy! ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/01/16/yukonmac-tv-episode-1/ Here's my stab at the almost-for-certain Thin MacBook to be announced by Steve Jobs at Macworld in San Francisco tomorrow. iPod based hard drives Minimalistic in nature "One Laptop Per Child" type of initiative Low price for easy entry - sub $600? The Red iPod series, Jobs' zen type ideologies and the snubbing of ... http://www.yukonmac.com/2008/01/14/thin-macbook-prediction/