Deskepticizing Old Skepticisms: My Look at the WWDC Announcements

If there is one thing that has been consistent about the keynotes that Steve Jobs (et al) make during the San Francisco Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), it’s that they have not really been consistent.
Take 2003, for example, when the PowerMac G5 was first introduced, topping off at 2 GHz, and Steve Jobs promised 3 GHz [...]

OS X’s Missing Audio Recorder - Tape Deck

The Mac can do almost anything you want it to. And what really sets the Mac apart is how elegantly and simply the Mac does these things. But it can’t always do everything so wonderfully, and when it came time for me to recorded some simple audio, quickly and without hassle, I had a problem. [...]

jUploadr- The Mac’s Best Way to Upload to Flickr

Flickr, being one of the most popular (for good reason) photo websites, seems to have no end on ways to upload pictures. There are two ways to upload from the web site its self (Web Uploadr and basic web Uploadr), via email, Flickr’s own desktop uploader application (available for Mac, Windows, and Linux), and from [...]

Will .Mac become Mobile Me?

There has been some rumors floating around the past couple of weeks that .Mac will be seeing some major changes. As all of you should know, WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) is coming up next week, and it is going to be huge. We already know that is probably going to focus around the iPhone, [...]

Apple to offer HUGE back to school savings

Ron Johnson, Apple’s Senior Vice President, has been reported as saying that the 2008 “Back to School” Promo will be the biggest ever. To put into perspective what that might mean, here are some past deals:

2007: Up to a $199 rebate with the purchase of a qualifying Mac and qualifying iPod. (The 4Gb iPod Nano [...]

Homework Management on the Mac

I, like most of the contributing writers here at MacFocus, are teens and students, and everyone that I know integrates, in one form or another, school and technology. Whether it be simply using a word processor to type up a paper, or utilizing the internet as the valuable information resource it can be, it is definitely an asset.

Essential background applicaions

There are several small, simple applications that, by themselves, do very small tasks but serve an important purpose. Things like Growl, probably one of the most popular background applications, is something most people consider ‘essential’.
The first of these applications is a menu bar item called Caffeine. The concept seams simple, click it to prevent your [...]