More Software Opinion

• 17 April 2013

• Opinion: Viewing project-related email archives

  Reader Cathron Brewton, like many of us, would like to organize her old email in an efficient way. She writes:

• 16 April 2013

• Opinion: Six good reasons to try Manjaro Linux 0.8.5

  Monday may have brought the disappointing news that Fuduntu Linux will soon close its doors, but another young, up-and-coming Linux distribution appears to be continuing along its upward path without interruption.

• 15 April 2013

• Opinion: Design beautiful PowerPoint slide decks with Slidevana

  If your slide-deck design skills are anything along the lines of basic, fair, or middling, check out Slidevana.

• 12 April 2013

• Opinion: How to restore Google Chrome's missing buttons in Windows 8

  Now that I'm running Windows 8 for at least part of my workday (much to my chagrin), I'm doing my best to make it hospitable. And for me, the first step is installing Google Chrome, my preferred Web browser.

• 11 April 2013

• Opinion: How to handle Notification Center annoyances

  Notification Center on Mountain Lion is quite useful. But sometimes, you end up with a bunch of stacked notifications that you're not quite ready to dismiss--but that are annoyingly covering up important stuff on your screen. Here's how to handle it.

• 10 April 2013

• Opinion: Key updates have arrived for Fuduntu and PCLinuxOS

  Much of the Linux world may be awaiting the final release of the high-profile Ubuntu Linux 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" later this month, but that doesn't mean the many other Linux distributions are standing still.

• 09 April 2013

• Opinion: How to decrease the spacing in Chrome's bookmark lists

  If you're a Google Chrome user, you may have noticed a recent change in your browser. About a week ago, Google pushed out an update that increased the spacing between bookmarks.

• 08 April 2013

• Opinion: Repairing your iPad's network connection

  Reader Walt Czeka's iPad has suddenly turned a blind eye to his local network. He writes:

• 05 April 2013

• Opinion: Ask the Script Doctor: Deduping Contacts and more

  Ask the Scripting Guy is a semi-regular column in which we solve user problems using AppleScript. If you have a problem you think we might be able to help with, send me an email and I'll consider it for publication.

• Opinion: Master the Camera app on iOS

  Both the iPhone and the iPod touch make for stellar pocket cameras, and the iPad and iPad mini aren't too bad in a pinch either. An iOS device isn't perfect for every photographic need. But it can serve awfully well in many situations where you might once have needed a digital camera.

• Opinion: Find missing podcast playlists, replace converted songs in playlists, and more

  Sometimes the iTunes Guy gets questions where the only answer is, "sorry, you can't". This week's column covers a couple of questions with no solutions, along with some that do have answers. Learn about finding missing podcast playlists, replacing converted songs in their playlists, and more.

• Opinion: Mac Gems: Disk Doctor 2.1 frees up storage space on your Mac

  There has never been a great way to clear out the cruft on your Mac's hard drive. Superfluous files, application caches, unused language files that have been languishing on your drive for years--they all take up storage space that you could dearly use, especially if your computer has a speedy (but limited-capacity) solid-state drive (SSD).

• Opinion: Free Game Friday: Play as Tim Schafer

  This week's collection of free games lets you play your city as a video game, pilot a swarm of bees and even lets you live a day in the life of Double Fine founder Tim Schafer. Truly, games make whatever you can imagine possible. Sorry, did that sound sarcastic enough?

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Back in a flash

  One analyst contends that Apple's real business model is storage, which at least explains why it's building such a huge new headquarters. Plus, your iMessages are really way more secure than they probably need to be. The remainders for Thursday, April 4, 2013 will be right back.

• Opinion: What I'm Playing: On magic, mechanics, and musical hotel management

  The Other Brothers (iOS; $0.99)

• 04 April 2013

• Opinion: Cloud-based backup: Is it right for long-term storage?

  Eugene Bartley wanted to know if his files would eventually disappear from a cloud-based backup service.

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Keep your i on the OS

  Apple nerds spitball about future product releases and updates while a piece of the company's history sees the light of day and a former Apple executive runs into a roadblock. The remainders for Wednesday, April 3, 2013 have grounded out to second.

• 03 April 2013

• Opinion: Los Angeles synchronizes all its traffic lights, lets a computer control the roads

  Los Angeles, a city infamously known for rush hour congestion, is the first city in history to roll out a fully synchronized traffic light system. Right now, all road traffic is officially being controlled by a supercomputer grandmaster through 4500 synchronized traffic lights.

• Opinion: How to fast-charge your iPhone or iPad using a standard USB port

  Back in January I wrote about the "inconvenient truth" of trying to charge your iPad from a USB port: there's not enough juice.

• 02 April 2013

• Opinion: The Macalope: It's dumb work if you can get it

  All too often, delving into an egregious act of silly punditry is like peeling an onion of dumb. So many stupid, stinky layers.

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