“Cleanliness is next to godliness” or so the saying goes. If that’s true, getting the work done automagically with a cleverly crafted AppleScript must be a sure ticket to Mount Olympus residency. Here’s a little script to flush your Downloads …

Gadzooks! The weather has been hell with snow, rain, wind o’ plenty and colder than the business end of a sorceress’s mammary. Although foul weather delayed him by a day, Scruffy the American Kennel Club certified feature retriever did find …

OK, everybody wants an iPad, including mom. Although you can’t put a price on mother’s love, with gas prices soaring past $4 a gallon, you need to make sure your 2011 Mother’s Day gift comes in on budget. And, while …

There’s one encyclopedic Apple product reference and this is it. But, this isn’t your daddy’s MacTracker. Version six comes to market with a new user interface chock full of features and eye-pleasing product icons. Come inside for the full monty …

My twins are 10 and I’ve been a Toast user half again as many years — this is the best-loved, longest serving optical disk burning tool on the Mac. Nowadays it’s a lot more with fast and easy tools for …

Whether you’re downloading direct or Software Update, it’s time to saddle up boys and girls, because Apple’s fried up a tasty-fresh iTunes update. No new features, but there are a bunch of bug and feature fixes, as well as a …

As we all know, every season is an Angry Birds season. After Saint Patrick’s, Trick or Treat and Season’s Greedings, Angry Birds Season is back — and now there are chocolate eggs and bunnies! Have a few chocolate eggs and …

One by one, in big apps and the diminutive alike, developers are dropping support for PowerPC Macintoshes. Though I haven’t owned a PPC Mac for over a year, maybe two, there’s still a twinge of sadness when an app drops …

With customers like this, who needs thieves? A combative customer that had already received nine App Store refunds complains when he’s refused the tenth and none other than Apple CEO Steve Jobs steps up to deliver the email smack down.
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Regular Fairer Platform readers know that I’m a big fan and advocate of Apple Certified Factory Refurbished gear — I buy and recommend it. That said, the best price for a 2010 MacBook Air is $849, refurbished, and it comes …