You probably know Gatekeeper from its warnings that tell you the app you are trying to install “can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer” or “can’t be opened because it was not downloaded from the Mac App Store.” You can head to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and set Gatekeeper to …

I have come to rely on the Reminders app on my iPhone. I set reminders daily and particularly enjoy location-based reminders that remind me, say, to put the towels in the dryer when I get home. What I don’t enjoy is getting the same reminder on my iPhone, iPad and MacBook. With iCloud, you can sync the Reminders app so …

I’m a jotter. I’m a sketcher. I’m a midnight noter. Even if I wasn’t making a poor attempt to channel Steve Miller, those three statements are true. Most of the notes and lists in my life are of the pen-and-paper variety because I like the act of scribbling. I prefer handwriting to typing. An organizational structure is certainly lacking from …

My MacBook Pro’s battery is living on borrowed time. It has experienced a whopping 1,044 cycles, which puts it over Apple’s maximum cycle count of 1,000 for my early-2011 model. Thanks to the Monity widget, I can monitor my MacBook Pro’s battery cycles along with a boatload of other system information. Monity usually costs $4.99, £3.99, AU$7.99 but is currently …

Other than for a few trusted dishes, my collection of cookbooks sits in my kitchen gathering dust for the simple fact that it’s easier to find a recipe on the Internet than than by flipping through a book. Microsoft has made it even easier to find recipes online with Bing’s image search with the addition of recipe badges. When performing …

The Kansas City Royals may be up two games to none over the New York Mets, but the 2015 World Series is far from over as the series shifts back to Citi Field in New York on Friday night for Game 3. Fox is broadcasting the games on cable, but if you can’t watch on TV, there are a number …

For my money, the Photos app for OS X improves upon iPhoto in and of itself. And you can make it even better with third-party editing extensions that bring the power of other editing apps inside Photos. The hardest part about using an editing extension for Photos is finding one. They are littered about the Mac App Store but I …

Spotify lets you do a great many things, but quickly assembling a playlist is not one of them. The playlist-creation process can be laborious, where you must add individual track after individual track. Sure, you can add entire albums to playlists, but who wants to do that? With MagicPlaylist, you can create Spotify playlists in a snap, while potentially discovering …

I have found that whistling while I work improves neither my productivity nor mood. Watching a video while I work may not improve production but it can make certain tasks seem less menial. With the Helium app, I have a better way of watching a video on the side than taking a Chrome or Safari window and resizing it just …

Google Maps’ latest update for Android lets you search for gas stations, restaurants and other points of interest along your route without leaving navigation mode. Prior to this update, you would need to leave your turn-by-turn directions to search the map for a gas station, for example, and then jump back into navigation mode. Now, you can search along the …