Internet calling pioneer Skype has always required a standalone app of some sort in order to make audio or video phone calls from your laptop or desktop computer. Those days will soon be behind us, as Skype has opened the...
12-inch MacBook keyboard, Photo by Steven Sande Since the first Mac rolled off of the assembly lines in 1984, there have always been keyboard shortcuts available to make certain actions easier to perform than grabbing them from a menu. For...
This April, the Rocket Yard will provide you with tips and hints on backing up all of your data — not only the information that’s on your desktop or laptop machine, but your iPhone and iPad as well. In the first Backup...
Source: NVMExpress.org Last week's update to Mac OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite featured a number of new features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. For example, the update brought the new Photos app to all users, a precursor to the eventual elimination of both...
One of the more intriguing features that appeared with iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite was something called Continuity, the ability for iOS and OS X apps to communicate with each other to create a seamless flow of...
Scams are nothing new on the Internet. But one that has become more prevalent recently is the “pop-up tech support” scam. For example, while browsing the Internet, a user sees a pop-up or a page that warns that their Mac...
With the latest update of its Java installer, Oracle has included the Ask toolbar. This might not be news to Windows users who are already familiar with the adware, but Mac users are now getting the same treatment. When installing...
The tagline for this year’s fall Apple event was “It’s been way too long.” Was this Apple hinting at long-needed refreshes or an ironic joke about this event taking place a mere 37 days after the iPhone 6 extravaganza? Judging...
Coming into this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference, much of the talk was surrounding the software. Of course, this makes complete sense – it is a conference for developers, after all. Hardware chatter took a backseat to talk of iOS 8,...
