Make sure Siri is passcode protected for some extra security
In our child-like excitement to try out Siri on iPhone 4S release day, most of us missed the fact that you can launch Siri, compose...
Lion hides Wi-Fi diagnostics tool, usefulness questioned
OS X Lion brought with it many neat new features and many not-so-neat bugs, and while we thought that the release version would get rid...
Unsuck Lion’s sucky parts with a nifty tweak app
Lion is probably one of the better, and probably most important, operating system updates to come out of Apple in years. There shouldn’t be much...
Lion DiskMaker is your one click solution to a bootable Lion install disk
With the introduction of Lion, Apple has shifted to a digital only distribution model. Lion DiskMaker helps you get back to your roots by helping you create...
Lion: Three finger double tap brings up the dictionary
Most of the time looking up words and proper spellings is as easy as typing a word right into Spotlight: input the word, and get...
Lion: Turn off those pesky Mail animations
Some things are prettier than others around Lion. Some animations add to an application’s charm while others just add CPU cycles and RAM leaks. In...
City Edition: A weather screensaver that doesn’t suck
I know what you’re thinking: Screensavers suck pretty much unanimously. When it comes to my Mac I tend to only install things that have a...
Turn your Safari URL bar into a search bar with SafariOmnibar
Some of us spent years convincing the Internet newbs that the URL bar was not a search bar. Typing keywords into the URL bar was...
Disable the auto window restore feature in Lion with one checkbox
Lamenting on Twitter about anything usually results in some pretty interesting responses. Today’s lament was brought to you by Lion, and the auto-window restore functionality...
Upload images of your latest escapades to Google+ via iPhone
So you’re the first of all your friends to nail down a Google+ account. You’ve started pushing invites to everyone you know. You are logging...
Lion: Push and hold gets you iOS inspired accented characters
Lion has introduced a new, quick and easy, way to get access to accented characters — push and hold, just like in iOS. Tap the character...
Lion: Select text, right click, boom, add to iTunes
Students, get ready to rejoice in the street, riot in the mess hall, save yourself a lot of reading time, and spend a lot more...
Customize your websites iOS bookmark favicon
Saving a link to a website on your iOS device is a great way to get to your favourite sites fast. Unfortunately most of those...
Here’s how you’ll reinstall Lion without a disc
With all of Apple’s announcements about Lion at WWDC, one was particularly paradigm-changing. Lion will be accessible only via the Mac App Store. This immediately...
Q and A: Do I need anti-virus on my Mac?
Q. I installed the Apple security update yesterday. Is my Mac now safe? Do I need some sort of anti-virus too? A. Unfortunately, I do...
iSync no longer on Lion
We’ve all used iSync at one time or another. In the days of oldness and wrinkly bags, we would use iSync to sync contacts...
Apple is close, but not quite there, on music-streaming deals
Apple is hoping to have all things worked out before WWDC so they have something to announce, something that’ll hold people over for the next...
Phishing and malware emails pretending to be Apple
Reports are pouring in of readers and the like receiving emails that contain similar design aspects of those that Apple sends out. The only problem...