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How to Keep an IOGear KVM from Dimming Your Mac’s Screen
Just a quick tip tonight about something that’s been nagging me. I love my IOGear MiniView Micro GCS632U KVM, but I’ve had a weird problem since hooking it up to my new MacBook Pro. See, the IOGear...
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Switch Day 58: Ten Pros and Cons of the MacBook Pro
I’ve now been a Mac user for two months. Since I switched primarily to get access to Apple’s excellent hardware, I thought I would issue an update on my observations about it at this point. I should...
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Panic! Green Light and MacBook Pro Keyboard is Half Dead!
That green light just means that Num Lock is on A brief moment of panic today: I open up my MacBook Pro and can’t log in. The left half of the keyboard doesn’t seem to work, and there’s an odd green...
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New Mac Mini Is A Diamond In The Rough
After a very, very long wait, Apple has finally updated the Mac Mini, their entry-level “bridge” Mac. It’s amazing that, after 19 months without an update, Apple’s new Mini looks exactly the same as...
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Apple QuickTime and Front Row Keyboard Shortcuts
One of my favorite features of Apple’s Mac OS X is the clean and simple media players bundled within. QuickTime and Front Row are so much easier to use than Microsoft’s Windows Media Player, and Front...
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How To Use Mac Photo Booth With No Flash or Delay
This is not exactly the photo I intended to take... Among the useful features and applications bundled into Mac OS X, Photo Booth is not exactly the most useful. Still, it’s handy to sometimes have an...
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Review: Das Keyboard Model S for Mac (and Why I’m Sending It Back)
Das Keyboard promises that their Model S for Mac is a worthy successor to the legendary IBM Model M, but I beg to differ I make my living typing, and always have. From my days as a systems...
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Hands-On Review: Unicomp Spacesaver M Keyboard for Mac
Back in February, after my 25-year-old IBM Model M keyboard toasted yet another USB converter, I decided it was time to update my keyboard. I am a fast typist, and like a keyboard with long travel,...
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My Core i7 Macintosh SE
I recently built the biggest, clunkiest iPad mini case ever, transforming my old Macintosh SE case into an iPad stand. But what to do with that empty case? Why, it’s the perfect size for a custom...
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The 2018 iPad Pro is a Beast!
I’m loving the new 2018 iPad Pro. It’s amazingly fast, showing off Apple’s chops in hardware design like no Macintosh can do. Frankly, it’s as important an advance as the iPhone X! Amazing Progress...
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