by Bruce Keener on October 1, 2007
in Mac, Windows
I am interested in hearing what software you use to keep your Mac and/or Windows operating systems running well. I describe two utilities I use below.
To keep my iMac running smooth, I use a free utility that has a lot of features: Onyx. Although my iMac is the most stable and reliable system I have [...]
My two primary backup tools are Chronsync for my iMac and Smartsync Pro for my Windows devices. I’ve only recently began using Chronosync, but I am impressed with its speed and ease of configuration. I’ve used Syncpro for years, being prompted to do so by Walt Mossberg’s endorsement of it in one of his older [...]
VMware Fusion has come out of beta and is now at version 1.0.
I love this application. As I mentioned when I first tried VMware Fusion, it has eliminated my difficulties with syncing my Pocket PC and Smartphone and Palm to both Mac and Windows. Now I can just sync them all to Windows, which is [...]
When got an iMac in December 2006, I looked for a way to sync all of my Outlook data to Apple’s iCal and Address Book applications. I describe my first success with this in the following article: Keeping a Pocket PC, Outlook, iCal, and a Palm in Sync.
But, trying to keep all of the data [...]
The news from the WWDC has received a lot of press, so I won’t go into what I think of each of the details of what Leopard will bring to the table, nor what having Safari on Windows means for the long term. Lifehacker gives a really good summary of Leopard’s features, and I encourage [...]