Hello again! As last year, I will continue in my annual must-have apps for Mac summary. As you may know, I use Macs since 2008. I started with entry-level MacBook White Early 2008 and now I’m running on CTO iMac Retina 5K Late 2015. As my iPad Pro replaced my MacBook Pro Retina, I sold it and now… Read More »
More and more households are getting a wireless router to create Local Area Network (LAN) with Internet connectivity. Router is something like door between your home network and worldwide Internet. Internet connection is, of course, not required to create LAN, you can create home network to link computers together without any access to Internet. Sometimes something goes wrong… Read More »
Do you remember security issue on Macs with root access? It was a big security issue, which allows attackers to get root access on your Apple computer. It was fixed fastly, but another security flaw appeared. It’s not as dangerous as root access, but it’s shame that biggest private technology company makes mistakes like this one. This issue… Read More »
No one loves obstructive ads on many webpages. And some sites went more further – articles on magazines are splitted into “chapters”, or call it “capitoles”. This may not to be bad thing, especially for long reviews, but if one chapter contains few sentences with few words and load of ads, something is wrong. I hate this model,… Read More »
In past, Macs were well secured computers thanks to UNIX-like operating system macOS (formerly Mac OS X / OS X). This OS was not majority system as was MS Windows, so it was “ignored” by hackers. With growing popularity of Mac computers, the same applied to “hacking scene” of macOS. You can no longer visit pirate or illegal… Read More »
We use iTunes to manage our iPhones and iPads. Many users are saying, that iTunes is bloatware and it should go to diet. Personally, I don’t like the idea to update operating system on my tablet via music player, it’s like to press Start and then Turn off to shut down your PC with Windows. Apple should make… Read More »
Many unofficial apps for YouTube on iOS were using not allowed APIs from Google. It means that you could play 60 FPS videos, watch videos in 4K resolution (if available), background playback, audio-only mode (which was useful while hearing music from YouTube without video to save free datas on mobile plan), and, the most important, to block ads.… Read More »
It’s official! Apple’s autumn event was set to 12th September at 12:00 PDT and will be streamed from Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Campus with tagline “Let’s meet at our place.”. For streaming, you will need iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 7 or greater using Safari, or Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or later running on OS… Read More »
Apple released probably the last update for macOS Sierra, iOS 10 and tvOS 10. In macOS Sierra and tvOS, developers were focusing on security, stability and compatibility. In case of iOS, a big issue with Broadcom Wi-Fi chip was fixed, which could allow to hackers to execute a malicious code on this Wi-Fi chip, which is included in… Read More »
Are you finding simple widget for iPhone or iPad, which shows you which song is played in your iTunes app on Mac with some basic controls – pause/resume, skipping song in playlist or to control volume? If yes, you will love TodayRemote app. Great news is that it supports some other players – Beamer, Vox, VLC – and… Read More »
We control wirelessly many devices, like TVs and DVD players. But did you think about to control your Mac in the same way as your TV? I don’t mean complex solutions like TeamViewer for working on your Mac remotely, but just wireless controller, like your TV got. A controller which can change volume, turn on/off display, turn off/restart… Read More »
Apple recently updated it’s iMacs with Virtual Reality support. Some older high-end computers from Apple, like iMac Retina 5K Late 2015 with R9 M395X graphics are capable to run less resource demanding virtual reality too, but probable the most known virtual reality manufacturer, Oculus Rift, said they won’t support VR on Macs till Apple creates powerful computer. Even… Read More »
