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How to build a Mac for £300

November 14, 2010

The two Steves, Jobs and Wozniak, built the Apple brand on its synergy between hardware and software. 25 years on, you pay a premium for that. It’s £599 for the cheapest Mac Mini. £1999 for an entry level Mac Pro. But since 2006, new Macs have had a very similar internal architecture to Windows PCs. [...]

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Boonana Trojan Horse Removal Tool

October 27, 2010

Boonana Trojan Horse Removal Tool is a free product by SecureMac to remove the Boonana trojan horse, trojan.osx.boonana.a. The trojan is spreading through social networking sites, including Facebook, disguised as a video. The trojan is currently appearing as a link in messages on social networking sites with the subject ‘Is this you in this video?’ [...]

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Seashore – A Free Lightweight Image Editor For Your Mac

September 15, 2010

Mac doesn’t count nearly as many free image editors as Windows. This is something you won’t notice if you’re using Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator or Apple’s own Preview application. But you’ll need a second mortgage to afford Photoshop, and Preview doesn’t do much more than annotating and cropping. Looking for freeware clears the stage of all [...]

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Quick look at Raskin

August 23, 2010

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review! In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Raskin. The developer describes Raskin as a desktop user interface Inspired by Jef Raskin which shows you all the [...]

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15 System Preferences Items A New Mac User Should Adjust

August 11, 2010

System Preferences is a hubbub of settings and controls on your Mac computer. Yet, it’s quite possible that if you are a fairly new Mac user you probably have made changes to only a few of the many items found in the Mac System Preferences. You might have added another user account or set up [...]

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100 Incredibly Useful & Free Mac Apps

May 11, 2010

Everyone loves free applications. One of the greatest things about Macs is the wealth of extremely talented developers that are willing to share their amazing creations without asking for a single cent. We’ve compiled an enormous list of 100 amazing free Mac applications that you can download and start using today. These apps span multiple [...]

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How To Create Stunning Presentations Using Text Images

April 22, 2010

I guess it’s true that there’s a first time for everything. After years of watching people doing presentations, I finally got to create my own. I wanted my first time to be special, so I tried to find ways to make sure that mine was not going to be ‘just another boring presentation’. I noticed [...]

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How to clean your Mighty Mouse

February 27, 2010

Apple’s Mighty Mouse (now also called an Apple Mouse) has a dirty little secret. While the scroll ball performs its duties as intended when the mouse is new, it can become clogged with dirt and grime over time. Its performance then deteriorates dramatically, with the ball sticking and failing to scroll. There are a number [...]

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