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You don’t have to pay for everything these days, what with the great open source applications available over the internet. This post will cover the ins and outs of some free applications which are free alternatives to iTunes & Quicktime, Microsoft Office and iWork, and Photoshop, Aperture and Adobe Lightroom.
Plex Media server is one of those applications that once you start with it, you can’t stop. Far better than iTunes for organising and watching media, and it works on just about any screen, be it a networked flat screen TV, or a standard monitor. It connects via a network cable and can in many […]
Mail on the Mac is sometimes believed not to be the most feature-rich email app available, but it’s baked right into OS X and is the default mail client. It’s also more than good enough for the majority of people and offers some nice features that make it that little bit easier to compose and read messages. In the latest […]
Apple has added a fair few new features to its new version of OS X, El Capitan, even though the main focus is on performance. There are little tweaks and streamlined ways of interacting here, there and everywhere, and thankfully Safari hasn’t been left out. Safari is of course the default browser on the Mac, and […]
The Notes app in OS X El Capitan has thankfully had important changes and new features that were badly needed. The new Notes app is now much more useful, and Mac users will find it can handle some of the more advanced features typically offered by third party apps such as Evernote. In this article, we’ll run through some of the key changes and how you can make the most […]
Removing Caches and other Temporary files can save space on your hard drive and in some cases even stop apps behaving erratically or sluggish. The following steps will show you how to safely remove Cache, Log and Temporary files from your system. Removing these files triggers the applications to build a new file when it’s […]
As any user of the Internet will tell you, ads are the bane of our lives. They can be found on almost every website, and can even be found in apps installed on your computer, such as Skype and uTorrent. Thankfully Adguard is here to save the day! Unlike other ad-blocking programs you may have […]
Nowadays, privacy is hard to come by. Large corporations seem to know us better than we know ourselves, and very little can be kept a secret. Sometimes though, certain files need to be kept private, and Macs are great at helping you hide the things you want hidden. Below, you’ll find the 10 best ways […]
Frustration deriving from the Mail app is fairly commonplace on Apple’s operating systems, and it appears that Google has thrown another spanner in the works by changing how it deals with apps and services that don’t use so-called “modern security standards”. According to Google, since some apps and devices are easier to break into, blocking their access […]
Apple and Google are two giants in the world of technology. With such large competition between the two companies, it’s inevitable that difficulties will arise when trying to get products from each to work together. On previous iterations of iOS, Gmail and Apple’s native mail app didn’t sync together very well, and although improvements have […]
With so many apps available for Apple’s OS X operating system, it’s hard to tell which are worth a download, and which aren’t. Hopefully this article will help shine a light on those Yosemite apps that you just can’t do without. 1. Caffeine Free from the Mac App Store Caffeine is a small app that […]
Family Sharing is a new feature in iOS 8 that allows you to share all of the iTunes and App Store purchases you make on iOS with your family, even without sharing the same Apple ID. Additionally, there’s a level of built-in protection as children need to ask permission from the designated parent or elder before […]
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