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Things 2.0 and Things Cloud Available

By on 2012/08/09

“Today we are happy to announce the release of Things 2 for Mac, iPad, and iPhone – a free update for all existing users. And we are introducing a new service, Things Cloud, which keeps your to-dos updated across all your devices – also for free.”

The most beautiful todo-application available if you use Mac OSX & iOS has now been upgraded to version 2.0. Things 2.0 will now sync automatically between the desktop and the mobile client.

Read: Things 2.0 and Things Cloud Available (culturedcode.com)

OS X Mountain Lion: Data Loss via ‘Save As’

By on 2012/08/05

“If one edits a document, then chooses Save As, then BOTH the edited original document and the copy are saved, thus not only saving a new copy, but silently saving the original with the same changes, thus overwriting the original.”

This is a really horrible implementation of Save As, let’s hope Apple considers this a bug and fixes it in OSX 10.8.1.

Read: OS X Mountain Lion: Data Loss via ‘Save As’ (macperformanceguide.com)

Get Save As back on Mountain Lion’s File menu easily and without hacks

By on 2012/08/01

Simple and superb tip for getting Cmd+Shift+S to function as “Save As…” in all Mountain Lion applications.

Read: Get Save As back on Mountain Lion’s File menu easily and without hacks (tuaw.com)

Mountain Lion AirPlay mirroring v. AirParrot: fight!

By on 2012/07/28

If you have an older Mac laptop (i.e. older than 18 months) you cannot run AirPlay Mirroring on it, the new screen sharing technique in OS X Mountain Lion. Instead you can run a software called AirParrot, which does the same thing with even more functionality. Check out this comparison between the two over at Arstechnica.

Read: Mountain Lion AirPlay mirroring v. AirParrot: fight! (arstechnica.com)

Top 10 Secret Features of OS X Mountain Lion

By on 2012/07/28

More great tips for those of you who have upgraded to Mountain Lion.

Read: Top 10 Secret Features of OS X Mountain Lion (lifehacker.com)

Getting the most from Mountain Lion

By on 2012/07/26

Some great tips for Mountain Lion, OSX 10.8:

Read: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the Little Details (tidbits.com)

Read: OS X 10.8: Getting the most from Mountain Lion (theverge.com)

Read: How to bend Mountain Lion’s Notification Center to your will (arstechnica.com)

Also, if you are an Xcode developer you should check this out as well:

Read: How to install Xcode 4.4 from Mac App Store if you get message that the version of OS X is too new (discussions.apple.com)

New Dropbox Pro Plans

By on 2012/07/10

If you are a 50 GB DropBox Pro user (like myself) and have (like myself) been looking at Google Drive due to its larger storage capacity for the same price, DropBox Pro will as of today double its Pro storage to 100 GB.

Read: New Dropbox Pro plans! (blog.dropbox.com)

Web Designers: You Need a Retina MacBook Pro

By on 2012/07/06

“Without having and using a real high-DPI computer, all you can do is add high-resolution images for the design you already have. You’ll miss the nuance of what looks good and what works well on a Retina Mac, because you won’t really be using one. Even an iPad 3 isn’t the same.
It’s like designing iOS apps using only the Simulator without ever testing on a device. No respectable developer would ever ship an app that wasn’t extensively tested on real devices, because on the device, you learn that some of your choices just don’t look right or work well.”

Read: Web designers: you need a Retina MacBook Pro (marco.org)

How To Retinafy Your Website

By on 2012/07/04

Essential reading by Thomas Fuchs – don’t miss it if you are creating retina graphics for web pages or web apps.
Read: Flowchart: how to retinafy your website

Layer Cake

By on 2012/07/03

Layer Cake is a lovely designed new application by macrabbit that looks more or less like a requirement if you are building retina-enabled web pages or applications for OSX or iOS in Photoshop.
Read more: Layer Cake by macrabbit