Matt Elliott/CNET Turkey and traffic, two time-honored Thanksgiving traditions. I’ll leave it to you to find your own turkey-roasting (or -frying or -grilling) technique, but I can point you to a post from Google’s Official Blog to help you with the latter challenge. Google Maps looked at the traffic conditions of 21 US cities from …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Google yesterday released its first 64-bit browser for OS X with Chrome 39. (For those scoring at home, specifically it’s version 39.0.2171.65.) In addition to the usual security fixes, the latest version of Chrome promises improved stability and performance over its 32-bit predecessor. Chrome 39 will arrive via automatic updates if you have such things enabled. If not, …
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Matt Elliott/CNET I once found myself long ago in a beer hall in Munich with a college friend. We often passed the time by playing backgammon and thought the game would be the perfect accompaniment to our afternoon of enjoying giant mugs of beer. Without a backgammon board or even a set of dice, we’d draw a board on a …
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Matt Elliott/CNET OS X 10.10 Yosemite introduced iTunes 12 and an entirely new look and feel of Apple’s sprawling hub for managing a variety of media along with your iOS devices. If you use iTunes for its original pursuit of listening to music, then perhaps you have bemoaned the flattened, simplified design that has removed or obscured a few of …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET To date, I have been enjoying Yosemite’s overhauled design, including its translucent effect that lets the background colors bleed through some windows and menus. Of course, your opinion may differ. If you find Yosemite’s translucence distracting or annoying or both, there is a way to turn it off. 1. Open System Preferences. 2. Select Accessibility. 3. …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET OS X Yosemite introduced Safari 8 and a flatter, more streamlined design. Jason Cipriani offered four tips for Safari 8 last month, and I have a quick fifth tip for you. As part of its embrace of sleek simplicity, Safari 8 does not by default show the full Web address for Web pages in its address …
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AppDen The majority of Facebook users access the site via mobile devices, but if you still check your feed primarily via computer and are on a Mac, the Current for Facebook app can help improve the experience. The Current app costs $1.99 (£1.49 in the UK and AU$2.49 in Australia) in the Mac App Store and delivers added functionality that …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Just how many times a day do you check your phone? If you aren’t afraid to find out the answer, give Checky a whirl, a free app for iOS and for Android. It may help you curb your habitual phone-checking habits and let you enjoy the rest of the world around you and your electronic device. When you …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Welcome to Mac Mondays! Each Monday, the team at CNET How To goes in-depth on ways you can improve your Mac. We’ll talk performance upgrades (for old and new models), hardware hacks, and workflow tips. This is where you’ll go to find out how to release your Mac’s potential and make the most of your purchase. Despite repeatedly …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Instagram is still stubbornly mobile only. Until Instagram releases a desktop app, you are left to use third-party apps or access Instagram awkwardly through a browser if you want to see your feed on a computer. I wrote about PhotoDesk earlier this year, a third-party app which brought Instagram to Macs, and now I’ve got another Mac app …
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