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[10 May 2012 | One Comment | 385 views]

One of the reasons I prefer Lion Cache Cleaner over other products is that Northern Softworks is “johnny on the spot” with updates whenever Apple delivers new code. On Wednesday afternoon, Apple shipped OS X 10.7.4 and later that evening …

Mac, Mobile, Software »

[26 Apr 2012 | 2 Comments | 452 views]

Amazon loves the rest of us as much as their PC addled customers, just four months later — Send to Kindle for Windows shipped back in January. Actually, that statement needs qualification — Bezos bunch loves Snow Leopard and Lion users, …

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[23 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 442 views]

If you’re riding herd on a roomful or whole building full of Macs, keeping track of your charge’s hard disk health is very much a good thing. SMARTReporter is one of the more popular ways of doing just that and …

Apple luv »

[20 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 490 views]

Lion misbehaving? Though Apple’s OS X is very reliable, every operating system, Lion included, needs to be maintained and updates for two of the more popular utilities designed for that purpose are available. Keep Lion purring on your Mac.
Northern Softworks, …

Mac, Software »

[21 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 779 views]

Northern Softworks’ Lion Cache Cleaner is billed as a “one stop solution for all your OS X maintenance needs.” Well, add a feature to that claim — the ability to activate GateKeeper in OS X 10.7.3. Yes, it’s a OS …

Mac, Reviews, how to, Software »

[10 Feb 2012 | 2 Comments | 1,098 views]

Whether you’re running out of disk space, a frequent issue with SSD equipped MacBooks, or just a neat freak, MacPaw’s Gemini: The Duplicate Finder is a simple app designed to help you find, inspect and trash unwanted duplicate files.
Moreover, Gemini …

Mac, Software »

[10 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 541 views]

This app’s previous logo (above left) featured Power Mac, eMac and Luxo Junior iMac icons and those things are gone in the new version (above right). However, WhatRoute runs on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Nevertheless, this isn’t your network …

Mac, Software »

[3 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 637 views]

Your mouse and/or trackpad? Those things are so 20th Century. What you really need to time travel straight back to the 19th Century — never take your hands off the keyboard and style at warp speed.
Do I use it? …

Mac, Software »

[2 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 681 views]

Mac utilities come and go with OS X releases, and Lion has left a lot of broken apps in its wake. TechTool Pro and Lion Cache Cleaner have both been updated on the day and date Apple issued a rather …

Apple luv »

[23 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 688 views]

You just finished installing OS X Lion, or Snow Leopard, only to discover you really do need QuickTime 7 (or whatever). What ever shall you do? Yes, of course, you could head back to the OS installer, but there is …