How to Replace iCloud’s Missing Keychain Sync Service

by Tom Nelson With MobileMe going away soon, we are going to look at various ways to replace the services you’ve come to expect. Sure, you can move to iCloud; we highly recommend the service, in fact. But not all MobileMe services made the jump to iCloud. And of course some of you may not [...]

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MobileMe Mail to Remain Available After MobileMe Shuts Down

by Tom Nelson Many MobileMe users wonder how they will be able to access their MobileMe mail after June 30 if their Mac doesn’t meet the upgrade requirements for the iCloud service. Apple has updated one of the MobileMe to iCloud transition documents to clarify that MobileMe mail will still be accessible to everyone, even [...]

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Setting Up Dropbox for the Mac

by Tom Nelson Last week, we covered the release of Google Drive, a cloud storage service you can use with the Mac. We also mentioned one of its competitors, Microsoft’s SkyDrive. While we talked about how to set up and use these two cloud storage services, it was brought to my attention that we didn’t [...]

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Apple Developers Being Prodded to Create Signed Apps for Mountain Lion’s Gatekeeper Service

by Tom Nelson Apple is in the process of sending out reminders to the Apple development community that the upcoming release of OS X Mountain Lion will include Apple’s Gatekeeper security system. Gatekeeper is designed to check any app you load onto your Mac to ensure it has come from a reliable source, i.e., a [...]

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Set Up Google Drive for Mac

by Tom Nelson Google Drive is the newest cloud-based storage and syncing system available for the Mac. Google Drive isn’t much different from other online storage systems, except for its integration with Google Docs. In fact, if you use Google Docs, you will soon be using Google Drive to store the docs you create. Google [...]

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Apple Announces New iPad

by Tom Nelson Apple today unveiled the newest version of the iPad, as well as a new Apple TV. The new iPad has many new capabilities, but it’s lacking one important new feature: a new name. Going by just the moniker, iPad, it enters the market with the same name as the original iPad. This [...]

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The 10 Applications I Always Install on My Mac

by Tom Nelson Whenever we buy a new Mac, I always get it ready for work and play by installing a base group of 10 applications. My list of top 10 applications doesn’t include many of the more common apps people use. Instead, they’re mostly utilities that I tend to use quite often. The last [...]

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Apple Reveals iBooks 2, iBook Author, and Updated iTunes U

by Tom Nelson At its educational event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City this morning, Apple revealed its new textbook publishing and distribution system. It also updated iTunes U to better serve educators in creating online courses. iBooks 2 is an update to the current iBooks reader app for the iPad. This new [...]

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Apple Launches iTunes Match Service With iTunes 10.5.1

by Tom Nelson iTunes Match, a service that for a $25 annual subscription allows you to keep a copy of your iTunes library on Apple’s cloud service, has been officially released. The service allows you to store your entire iTunes library on Apple’s cloud servers. Any tracks in your iTunes library that you didn’t purchase [...]

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Setting Up Mac Mail to Access iCloud Mail

by Tom Nelson When Apple released iCloud and OS X 10.7.2, one of the first things I did was set up iCloud’s free web-based mail. The next thing I did was set up Apple Mail to access the service. iCloud Mail Setup iCloud Mail is a pretty straightforward IMAP-based mail system, so adding it as [...]

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