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Note and Compute

2011-11-27T12:24:00Z

We often have to deal with calculations. But for most of us they do not contain complex mathematical formulas, sines, or cosines: what amount to bill a client, how many panels to buy for remodeling of an apartment, how much money can I put away for a future purchase, how much others owe me taking...

5 Amazing Children's Books Apps for the iPad

2010-08-03T12:45:00Z

The iPad is proving to be a big hit with kids. They already love the iPhone but they love the iPad even more because its bigger. A fast becoming popular category is the Children's books. With the iPad's gorgeous screen, audio capabilities and that great touch input allowing interactivity, it's not...

30 Appealing and Excellent Digital Art Wallpapers for iPad

2010-04-06T12:29:00Z

The wait is finally here. The product that created so much hype, likes as well as dislikes from many has finally arrived at the US stores and soon it would be a worldwide phenomenon. However, the controvesial topic of the iPad would barely cease even after it has been launched. As the iPad falls...

A Hearty Collection of Valentine Wallpapers

2010-02-11T05:00:00Z

Perhaps we haven't notice the reason why but the the heart is often associated with the notion of love. In ancient times, the heart was believed to be the origin of emotions. Giving your heart to someone could mean that you are giving away everything completely to that person. Be it myth or...

Tweaks for the Dock

2010-01-05T14:00:00Z

Tweaking the interface of my Mac has long become part of activity. It's a lot of fun in the process of it. However, you should always remember to backup your files before starting the tweak, in case you accidentally make your Mac explode because of it (I'm exaggerating here). Left all the...

100+ Beautiful Nature Wallpapers

2009-12-28T13:00:00Z

In this article, we’d like to showcase you a list of 100+ Beautiful Nature Wallpapers to decorate your desktop. Previously we have also compiled some beautiful wallpapers; if you like to collect wallpapers, you may want to look at some of these posts: 100+ Elegant & Artistic Wallpapers 200...

50+ Mac Applications with Great Interface

2009-12-15T14:00:00Z

Having used Mac for quite some time, I discover that I deeply fall in love with smooth and sleek interface offered by most of Mac built-in applications. And the good news is, there are many third-party applications out there developed with more or less the same design standard as those...

Mac Applications for Tagging Files

2009-12-08T14:00:00Z

Often, we have plenty of important working stuffs stored on our Mac. Without proper management on those files, it will be difficult for us to search and get back to our previous work files. One way to manage our files is by grouping files. There are some worth mention Mac File Tagging...

Custom Exposé Glows for Download

2009-11-06T13:00:00Z

In our previous article: Daily Trick 47. Tweak Exposé Glow, we have brought forward the option to change your Exposé glowing effect. After few minutes playing around with the image sprite, I have come up with these various sprites. In this article, I'd like to share the sprite with you. You can...

Mac Application Updaters

2009-11-05T14:00:00Z

Sometimes, it's difficult to search and update to the latest Mac applications. This may hinder some people in using their Macs. In order to reduce the hassle searching for required applications, we can use application updaters, which will do the information gathering for us. Some application...

Daily Trick 47. Tweak Exposé Glow

2009-11-04T15:00:00Z

For Snow Leopard Users If you have noticed, whenever you press F9 key to activate Exposé, you will see a rather different Exposé from Mac OS X Leopard. And upon mouse over on one of the item, you can see blue glowing effect. Today, we are going to bring you to tweak on the...

New Design. The White UsingMac

2009-11-04T09:25:00Z

After several months of black-theme UsingMac, we've decided to transform into white-theme design. Perhaps, some of you might feel surprised by this sudden change, but we hope that you feel comfortable with our new design. Why Do We Choose White? Having browsed through most of the websites that...

Fave Mac App 3. Path Finder 5

2009-10-23T14:00:00Z

Path Finder is an award-winning file browser and management application for Mac OS X. This is achieved by adding on more useful features to the familiar user interface of Finder. There are several features that I like to use while using Path Finder: Multiple Tabs Browsing Sometimes we...

Poll. Your Favorite Mac Desktop

2009-10-22T14:00:00Z

This article is intended to give exposure to other contestants that have submitted their works. The screenshots of their submissions are listed below. And you can cast vote on any that you like (you can choose more than one) at the end of this article. Let's vote for your favorite Mac Desktop...

Tweak Screencapture Behavior

2009-10-19T14:30:00Z

Normally, we will use keystrokes Cmd-Shift-3 or Cmd-Shift-4 to take snapshot with Mac default screencapture utility. And new in Snow Leopard, we will end up having a PNG image file automatically stored inside our Desktop folder with the name Screen shot … . Those behaviors mentioned...