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Ten Kid Games Every Mac OSX User Should Own

There are many games available for the Mac OSX that kids will love. Mac OSX is the Mac operating system used for Mac computers. Kids love to play video games. Buying games for your child is a win-win situation. Parents get a nice break from parenting when their children are quietly playing games.

Steam for Mac is a great place to get the best Mac games online. Portal is one of the best Mac games available for kids on Steam. Portal is a puzzle-solving game. Read more »

Five Kid Friendly Games For Mac OSX Users

Monkey Math

Monkey Math is a game designed to help children learn math with the help of loveable Marvin the monkey. Monkey Math teaches basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and fractions.

Indiana Jones Lego Game

The Indian Jones Lego game teaches helps kids develop spatial skills while using the unfolding Indian Jones story as in incentive to move forward. As puzzles are solved and Lego’s are added, more of the story is revealed.

Peggle

Peggle is a wild, fun-filled pinball game, but this isn’t Read more »

Five Fun Games For Mac OSX Users

Finding great games for Mac OSX users can be a bit costly, especially if you have to buy a specific Mac capable game. But, here are a few older, but classic games, which can be downloaded for free, and can be used on any Mac computer.

First, is a game called Macabre mysteries: curse of the nightingale collector’s edition. The object is to find hidden objects in the game, to complete a level series. The Read more »

How To Port Forward Using a Mac OSX

What is Port Forwarding? Port Forwarding is a way that you tell the router how to send requests from the internet to the Mac with the server. In order to be successful in using port forwarding, it is very important to set up a static IP address. This is easy to do. Once you have your port forwarding set up, you can then use your router to forward ports to a specific IP address. This process will work when you initially set up your computer. Read more »

Hidden Terminal Commands For Your Mac OSX

The Mac OSX has all kinds of little secrets that you can use to perform different functions. This post will be specific to games you can play with hidden terminal commands for your Mac OSX.

This may not be earth shattering for many that are savvy to using the terminal commands but can be fun for those that are not aware of the hidden functions.

Mac OSX has several games that are available using simple instructions that are available by typing in short requests into the terminal.

The terminal can be found in the utilities, but it’s easier Read more »

Best Mac Travel Accessories

Mac users know what it means to be on the go and Mac does a great job of coming up with travel accessories that make using Apple products even easier. Here is a list of our favorite Mac travel products and accessories:

Wireless – Staying connected has never been easier than now with the introduction of clear in so many new markets. Use your Mac to get online from wherever you are, from Houston to Bridgeport.

Chargers – MyCharger has seven adaptability plugs that allow you to charge all your Mac products in one place making it easier than ever before to stay powered up when you’re on the run.

Lost and Found – zReturn has come up with a nifty system for getting your lost Apple products back to you if you’re careless enough to let them get out of your sight.

Bags- With so many Mac bags out there it’s hard to choose. Should you go with the eco-friendly version or the solar powered bag that charges your Mac while you travel? It’s a personal choice, really.

Speed Up Your Mac OSX Free

Whether you’re running OS X 10.5 or the much faster Snow leopard OS X 10.6, there’s quite a bit you can do to further speed up you OS X-based systems. This is specially for those people whose Mac Books and IMacs have become slower over time. Many of these tricks will garner a lot of speed out of older Macs, especially Panther and Leopard, although smaller speed benefits under Snow Leopard will also be noticed.

Disable dashboard widgets:
While widgets are fun, and a funky way to attain information at a button Read more »

Five Reasons To Use a Mac OSX

When it comes to simplicity in design Mac computers take the cake. Apple has made it a point to make their operating system safe, easy to use and very lightweight. Here are 5 reasons why people should use Mac OSX.

1. Mac OSX is a very light operating system. The amount of processing power that it takes for a Mac to do something such as play a song is significantly less than comparable operating system. This gives a number of advantages. First, any battery powered computer running OSX is going to have superior battery Read more »

Ten Ways To Speed Up Your Mac OSX

As the title implies, there are ten ways of choosing that Mac OSX works quickly. The programming of the OSX operating system has options to work more rapidly. The programming can allow for a more rapid pace if the processing unit has a memory partition between information and active programs. Second, users who delete temporary backup files may have faster graphic presentations later. Third, adding chips to the empty slots on the inner motherboard cuts defragmentation time. Allowing horizontal windows reveals consecutive documents Read more »

Lion Looking Like a More Mobile Beast

Though consumers have been well aware of Lion, the latest name in Mac OSX releases, since the preview was publicly unveiled in late October, the countdown has nearly reached its halfway point, with a summer 2011 release scheduled for markets in the Northern Hemisphere. Lion will mark the 8th major operating system release for Mac users, adding another big cat to the Apple animal kingdom. But will Lion truly do its name justice, marking enough improvement to declare itself the new “King of the Jungle?”A lot of buzz surrounding Lion centers around its parallels to Apple‘s mobile operating system. In short, Lion is expected to factor in a lot more iOS favorites, closer linking Apples wildly popular mobile devices with its home computing products. Users hope Lion will effectively merge the full functionality of your standard desktop or laptop computer with the simplicity and convenient user interface that has made Apple’s mobile device platform so revered. Towards this end:

  • AutoResume When a particular app is closed out, when reopened it will continue from its point of last use.
  • Hidden Scrollbars It may be subtle, but unless actively perusing content, scrollbars will not appear, only manifesting when in use.
  • Launchpad Launchpad will look similar to iOS from an aesthetic standpoint, offering icon grids arranged in pages, just as you would find on an iPhone or iPad. It will also maintain the ability to create folders for grouping apps and creating new pages for more depth in organization, as in iOS. Read more »