Tag Archives: Mac OS X

Scrivener for iOS – coming soon(ish)

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Here’s an early Christmas present for me and for quite a few of my friends and colleagues: Scrivener, the marvellous long-form writing tool for Mac, is coming to iPad and iPhone: It’s still early days, though – we are about … Continue reading →

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Malware, the Mac, and the wolf

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

John Gruber’s delivered a list of previous claims that the Mac is about to succumb to malware real soon now under the title of “Wolf!” The analogy John’s making is that the pundits should all remember the tale of the … Continue reading →

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OmniFocus Tips For Power Users

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

OmniFocus is my favourite GTD app for the Mac, but it isn’t always the easiest piece of software to get your head around. This video has some great OmniFocus tips and tricks, and if you’re a user it’s well worth … Continue reading →

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Touchpad scrolling is broken in Lion

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

As Cult of Mac notes, the default behaviour for touchpad scrolling in OS X Lion is reversed. In previous versions of OS X, you move your fingers down on the trackpad to scroll down. In Lion, you move your fingers up. … Continue reading →

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Magic Mac-ball says: No way!

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I try not to get into the predictions game (partly because I’m too-often wrong) but I’m willing to bet that this little snippet from LOOPrumors is completely wrong: “LOOPRumors received a tidbit of information today suggesting Apple is planning to … Continue reading →

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Kiwi: The best Mac Twitter client yet

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

As you’ll know if you follow me or this blog on Twitter, I’me a voracious Twitterer. I also can’t stand Adobe Air applications, which means that my options for Twitter applications are somewhat limited. There’s a few around, of course. … Continue reading →

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Come, gentle readers: Help me buy a new phone (Part 1)

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Within the next month, my contract with o2 runs out – and that means it’s new phone time. However for the first time since the release of the iPhone, I face a serious choice: do I stick with iPhone, or … Continue reading →

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Amazon begins offering Snow Leopard pre-orders in the UK (nearly)

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Amazon begins offering Snow Leopard pre-orders | Mac OS X | MacUser | Macworld: “If there’s one thing more fun than ordering software it must be pre-ordering software. We may not have a hard release date for Snow Leopard—during the … Continue reading →

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Switching

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

You might have gathered from some of my more recent posts that I've switched platform. My main machine is now a Dell laptop, running Ubuntu 8.10. I've been using Macs since 1986, and have owned one more or less continuously … Continue reading →

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