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[Mac OS X] Stop pressing the ‘Delete’ key with Don’t Look Back
In high school English class, you were probably subjected to at least one class where you learning about “stream of consciousness” writing. This writing exercise helps people be more creative by simply writing everything that comes into your head, and following your thoughts to their most logical (or illogical) conclusions. [...]
Apple’s new Mac Pro looks like a garbage can that is sold in Japan, becomes Amazon’s bestselling garbage can
When Apple announced its brand new redesigned Mac Pro, they made a pretty big deal out of its design. And understandably so, since it’s most likely unlike any other computer we’ve seen. But there are a few problems with its new cylindrical design — one of which is that it [...]
Read More »[Mac OS X] Noteworthy+ is a menu bar app for notes, to-do lists, and more
Throughout history, there have been plenty of people who were both young and talented. Age doesn’t always equal experience, and many apps and computer technologies have been created by young, forward-thinking people. The tech sector is great that way: most other industries would dismiss a young person’s ideas out of [...]
[Windows] Text people around the world for free with Pinger Desktop [Mac OS X]
While social networks make the world seem like a smaller place than ever before, there are some aspects of technology that just don’t seem very forward thinking. I can’t be the only person who finds it weird that I can send a tweet or email to someone in a different [...]
Apple announces Mac Pro with all-new cylindrical design, 12-core CPU, designed and assembled in the USA
Apple took sometime during its opening keynote at WWDC 2013 to give Mac Pro fans a sneak peek at the future. The Mac Pro is anything but dead: The high-end Apple desktop has a radical new look, high-end components and it’ll be made in the US.
The new Mac Pro [...]
Read More »Apple announces OS X 10.9 Mavericks with Maps, redesigned calendar, improved multiple display support, and more
As expected, Apple announced the latest version of their desktop operating system at its opening keynote for WWDC 2013. Gone is the traditional naming scheme of cats as OS X 10.9 will be known as OS X Mavericks. The company’s new naming scheme will be inspired by different things in [...]
Read More »[Mac OS X] Annotate or read PDF files with Skim for OS X
Earlier this week, I was raving about Get Mac Apps, a web app that lets you install a bunch of different apps at once using a Terminal command. Get Mac Apps featured a bunch of apps that were quite familiar to me, but many others that were not. One of [...]
[Mac OS X] Quickly install multiple, popular apps with the web app Get Mac Apps
So I’m getting ready for a sort-of-fun Mac project: taking an old MacBook I bought in 2008 and souping it up with a solid state drive. Of course, this will entail a fresh install, which is both good and bad. There’s nothing like a clean slate for your laptop…but I [...]
How to create animated GIFs on Windows, Linux, and Mac — lesson 1 [Guide]
![How to create animated GIFs on Windows, Linux, and Mac — lesson 1 [Guide]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2013/06/dottech-fast-290x100.gif)
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open-source, cross-platform, and powerful image editor for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image [...]
Read More »25-year-old laptop vs today’s laptop [Image]
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This image compares one of the first ever laptops from 25 years ago to today’s modern laptop.
Read More »EA is taking Origin mobile, brace yourselves Android users
EA’s digital distribution platform is not exactly loved by the gaming community. It is clear, however, that EA is trying to compete with Valve’s Steam, another popular distribution platform. Though, Origin has nothing on Steam in terms of functionality and support; when you factor in some of the incredible deals [...]
Read More »[Mac OS X] Send faxes without a fax machine using iFax for Mac
In most of the world, the fax is a dinosaur, an outmoded piece of technology that takes up space in your office, but doesn’t really do much. I know that in Japan, they’re oddly still quite popular, and many people have to use them regularly for dealing with timesheets and [...]
How to create an image with transparent background on Windows, Linux, and Mac [Guide]
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open-source, cross-platform, and powerful image editor for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production [...]
[Mac OS X] A Monster Ate My Homework is a charming physics-based puzzle shooter
Most of us don’t think about it, but physics is everything. Well, at least when it comes to games. Video games that lack realistic physics (or at least, consistently fantastic physics) are often games that frustrate players. Even though I’m not much of a science nerd (my physics grades were [...]
[Mac OS X] Track time spent and productivity with Harvest
There are two main reasons to track how you spend your time: because you want to boost your own personal productivity, or because you have to do invoices/payroll. Whether you’re a solo user, or own a small business, one tool that can be really helpful in managing and monitoring your [...]
Apple CEO thinks Apple is still “cool” and Google Glass lacks “mass appeal”
This week, AllThingsD is holding their D11 conference where they are having many top executives in the technology industry speaking and being interviewed. The conference opened up last night with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook. As you probably know, Apple has been struggling over the last year or so. In fact [...]
Read More »[Mac OS X] Liquid is a productivity app that boasts it “makes you twice as fast”
“Liquid…makes you twice as fast.” That’s the bold statement made on the Liquid Mac App Store page. The official site also boasts a glowing testimonial from beloved actor and bon vivant Stephen Fry. With such great expectations set up by the developers, can Liquid for OS X actually [...]
[Windows] sView is a free stereoscopic 3D media player (video player and image viewer) [Linux, Mac OS X]
If you are like me, you definitely dislike optical disc playback because sometimes playback fails; reasons behind failure include, but are not limited to, faulty disc, region lock, device limitation. For example, a DVD bought in US may not play in India if it is not region-free; or blu-ray disc [...]
[Mac OS X] Regner puts a custom calculator in your menu bar
It’s interesting how your computer preferences can change over time. When I got my first MacBook, I was all about setting up a ton of widgets. Now, I only have five that I use regularly. After my widget phase, I was more into standard apps and programs. But lately, the [...]
[Mac OS X] Minbox claims to be “the fastest file-sharing app in the world”
I’m a sucker for any app that has a sleek, minimalist design. Design isn’t everything, but an app that has been thoughtfully designed almost always works better than an app that features a clunky aesthetic. So when I heard about Minbox, a file-sharing app that featured a very minimal [...]
[Mac OS X] Watch tweets and trends with ‘Echelon: a passive Twitter client’
We’re lucky enough to live in an age where Twitter news of an earthquake travels faster than the quake itself. Twitter is a great tool to harness the power of crowdsourcing, discover trending topics and news events, or showing the reach of your brand. More and more often, professionals in [...]
[Mac OS X] Easily switch between the alphabets of different languages with Transliteration
I took two semesters of Japanese in college, and it was so much fun. But one thing that was challenging was getting used to an entirely new system of writing. I was big into Japanese pop music back then, even before I took the class, so I would find transliterated [...]
[Windows] ZeZebra is a great way to share files between Windows, Mac, Android, and/or iOS
Desktop to mobile file transfer clients are a dime a dozen. We’ve covered quite a few here at dotTech, such as AirDrop and qrSend. ZeZebra is another program that allows you to share large files from Windows or Mac to Android or iOS devices. Let’s see if it is worth [...]
[Mac OS X] Play Pathways Into Darkness, Halo’s predecessor, for free!
I absolutely adore old-school games. Whether it’s an arcade cabinet from the late 70s or a polygon-laden bit of nostalgia from the 90s, I have a real affection for old, retro, and forgotten games. I also love modern video games, and I’ve spent more hours playing Halo than I’d care [...]
[Mac OS X] ChronoSlider Lite offers super-fast, super-simple one-click timers
Back in February, we took a look at a little timer app called Pomodoro. This customizable timer was somewhat inspired by the Pomodoro time management technique, whereby you break down your working day into short increments of active working time (25 minutes), and take 5-minute breaks between each 25-minute block. [...]
[Mac OS X] Get a Microsoft Paint experience with Paint Pad Lite for Mac
After converting to the Cult of Mac in 2008, I was totally won over. I don’t think I could ever go back to working on a Windows computer. But that being said, I do get a bit nostalgic when I think about the Windows machines of my youth. I’ll say [...]
[Mac OS X] Share your screengrabs online with Gyazo: Instant Screen-Grabbing
There are tons of reasons you would want to share a screenshot. True, most funny images online already have a shareable URL…but other things, 
like personal documents and movie stills do not. If you want a very simple app that can help you share screenshots and keep a record of [...]
[Mac OS X] FGDesktopLoupe helps you divert attention to a specific part of the screen by darkening the rest
Sometimes, communication is hard. If you work on a team where you need to collaborate with people who work in a different office, it can be really hard to clearly explain what you’re looking at. After all, a screengrab or screen-share can only go so far. If you need to [...]
[Mac OS X] Find useless junk that wastes hard drive space with FindSpace
Feel like your hard drive has a bunch of stuff on it that’s superfluous? One app that can help you clearly and quickly review disk usage is FindSpace, developed by John Holdsworth.
What is it and what does it do
Main Functionality
FindSpace displays disk usage in a simple-to-review- [...]
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[Mac OS X] Cleanly uninstall or delete apps and programs with AppCleaner
This past weekend, I decided to clean out my hard drive. I had tons of applications and old files that I needed to get rid of, and I cleared up a ton of space. But there’s one thing that annoys me about clearing out old applications: I can never seem [...]
MacBook Pro is “the best Windows PC on the market”, according to report
Tired of constant crashes and blue-screens on your PCs? The answer to your problem might not be one you’d expect. The computer that would offer the most trouble-free operation wasn’t even designed to run Windows — Apple’s MacBook Pro.
Soluto, a PC remote management tool provider, has released their first [...]
Read More »[Mac OS X] Paper Train Lite is an addictive puzzle game
Th
e great thing about the App Store is how easy it is to find a hidden gem, even years after the app was initially released. The right string of words in the search box, and pow!– there’s a game you missed when it first launched that’s still worth checking [...]
[Windows] Create horizontal or vertical panoramas from photos with PhotoStitcher [Mac OS X]
Snapping a panoramic photo is fairly easy in today’s world; simply pull out your smartphone, use a panorama app, and go. However, there are times when you don’t have access to a smartphone or have images you snapped individually that you want to stitch together to create a panorama. This [...]
[Mac OS X] Dimmer Than Dim will lower your brightness more than what would normally be possible
Whenever I go to the eye doctor, they always ask what I do for a living. When I say that I’m a writer, and I spend most of my day starting at a screen, the doc always clucks his tongue. We all know that computer screens are bad for our [...]