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The Latest in Macs
Stellarium planetarium app - Courtesy of Stellarium.org
Stellarium Lets You View The Universe: Tom's Mac Software Pick
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for the Mac that can show you the universe as seen from your backyard. With a huge catalog of objects, and easy-to-use controls, Stellarium will soon have you viewing stars, comets, planets, and deep space objects.
Toy car and apple - David McGlynn / Photographer's Choice / Getty Images
New Macs, FREAKy Security Update: The Mac Weekly News 03/13/2015
The week in review finds Apple announcing the Apple Watch, a new MacBook, and updated MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros, along with new Apple car rumors.
OS X Yosemite on MacBook Pro - Courtesy of Apple
Mac Developers See Third Beta Of OS X Yosemite 10.10.3
The third beta of OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 has been released to the Mac developer community. This release contains a number of new features and capabilities, including support for the new Force Touch trackpad.
Screen Sharing Using the Finder Sidebar - Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc.
Use the Finder Sidebar to Access Another Macs Screen
Using the Finder sidebar to access screen sharing has many benefits, including not having to know the IP address or name of the remote Mac. Instead, the remote Mac displays in the Shared list in the Finder sidebar.
2015 MacBook All Colors - Courtesy of Apple
Early Geekbench Results For 2015 Models Of MacBook Air And MacBook Pro
Early Geekbench results for the new 2015 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro are coming in about where we expected. The Broadwell processor update is delivering on its promise of performance at reduced energy usage.
2015 MacBook Exploded View - Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc.
New 12-inch MacBook Has Force Touch Trackpad With Haptic Feedback
Apple took the wraps off the new 12-inch MacBook with Retina display, and updated both the 13-inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lineups.
Man using Macbook Air - pixabay.com
Retina iMacs And Mac Pros Available: Apple Steals & Deals 03/08/2015
The refurb store is starting to see a better selection of the 27-inch iMacs with Retina Display. In the past, there would be a baseline model available, but the store stock is finally expanding to include high-end configurations.
Keka - The full featured file archiver. - Courtesy of Jorge Garcia Armero
Free File Compression Utility - Keka: Tom’s Mac Software Pick
Keka is an archiving utility for OS X that provides quite a few advanced features, and supports many different types of archiving formats. Did I mention that it's free? Check it out in this review.
Man using Macbook Air - pixabay.com
Java Update Includes Adware: Mac Weekly News 03/06/2015
Rounding out the Mac news this week are a Java update that installs adware from Ask.com, the possible update of some MacBooks, and more Apple Watch rumors.
PowerPoint on Macbook Pro - Microsoft
Try Out Office for Mac 2016 With The Newly Released Preview
The Office for Mac 2016 preview is available as a free download from Microsoft. This new version of Office can be tested on any Mac running OS X Yosemite. The final release is expected to be available in the second half of 2015.
Spare Admin Account - Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc.
Your Mac Needs a Spare User Account to Help You Diagnosis Problems
Everyone should have a spare user account (administrator account) that has been set up but never use. The idea is to have a pristine account with a set of untouched preference files that you can use during Mac troubleshooting.
Disk Utilities Restore Tab - Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc.
Protect Your Data! How to Clone a Startup Disk Using Disk Utility
You can create a clone of your Mac's startup drive that is not only an exact copy, but bootable as well. This is the ideal type of backup to perform before updating any system software.
Photos app running on iMac - Courtesy of Apple
Take Photos And OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 For A Spin With The Public Beta
Apple has made the public beta of OS X Yosemite and Photos available for download and installation. Here are instructions for joining the beta program, and for working with Photos.
MacBook Air - Courtesy of Pixabay
MacBook Pro For The Power User: Apple Steals & Deals 03/01/2015
The Mac refurb store is well stocked in every category except the Mac mini, which only has a single model available. The rest of the Macs available include both baseline and well-outfitted models, so there's something for everyone.
Records for Mac application icon - Courtesy of Push Popcorn
Records for Mac A Nifty Personal Database App: Tom's Mac Software Pick
Records for Mac is a personal database app designed to make creating and using databases easy. It offers simplified form design, but lacks a few basic features that we hope will be addressed in future versions.
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