In what may be the most expected result of any Mac test I’ve ever done, I learned that closing the lid on a MacBook while it is still in the shutdown procedure will not cause it to sleep, but will continue in the shutdown process. Handy.

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If you’re a Mac user, you’ve likely heard a significant amount about Leopard, the new OS X version 10.5. From newspapers, blogs or magazines, there is a lot of information on this newest cat. You’re likely wondering what Leopard brings that makes it worthy of an upgrade and $129 (that’s right, Canada has the same [...]

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While preparing to launch this blog, I noticed a number of other sites that displayed how long the page took to create. Many of the solutions I found to add this functionality did not yield the proper result, so after much tinkering and looking for solutions on the interweb, I will share the product. Access [...]

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I use Butler everyday, many times each day. I become less productive without it. One of the most productive uses I have found for Butler is linking it to Internet search engines. Here is a tutorial on how to make Butler play nice with Google et al.

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While there are websites available that can save and convert YouTube (and other flash video) videos to use on an iPod or other media device, nothing beats having control over the output and doing something yourself. Here, I’ll show you how to convert YouTube videos using iSquint for Mac OS X.

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