Perhaps the most important statement in an otherwise unsurprising keynote was the admission by Steve Jobs that some of the features of Leopard were still “top secret.” Now there may be a psychological factor here, to deliver the news in bits and pieces over the next seven to ten months of development time. But there […]

It’s hard to remember that long ago, but Apple’s Keychain was even around in Mac OS 9. The idea behind it is sensible, a single file that stores all your user passwords. You can lock it for even greater protection, and when it works, you don’t have to pay attention to it. When it doesn’t […]

When I first had the chance to review Move2Mac, from Detto Technologies, I thought it was a clever idea with one serious limitation. Yes, it did a decent job of transferring your stuff from a PC to a Mac, although it was rather slow at the task. But what about upgrading from an old Mac […]

After reading some of the online comments and a few of my own articles on the subject in recent weeks, I bet you’re wondering whether the Tiger upgrade is really worth it. In fact, I’ve gotten more than a few letters from you readers on the subject. I mean, with all those horrible bugs, how […]