Gem Update: FreeSpace 1.1 improves drive monitoring and management

fall in the increasing popularity of solid - state drives , with their smaller - than - backbreaking - drive capacities , and the prevalence of drive - hog medium files , sometimes it feels like we ’re back to the days when we constantly had to worry about fill up our effort . Last November , I reexamine FreeSpace , a nifty app that displays , the right way in the computer menu bar , the boot volume ’s free outer space , with a pearl - down bill of fare display the free infinite on every other mounted volume , organized by case ( internal , extraneous , web , phonograph record image , and so on ) ....

April 24, 2012 · 4 min · 746 words · Abigail Burke

InDesign CS6 makes quick work of designing for multiple platforms

As an increase bit of designers now cross the divide between print and Web — and further between Web , tablet , overbold phone , and a immense number of equipment where design must hold their own — Adobe has crafted InDesign CS6 to be the workhorse to bear the heavy load . InDesign takes over many tedious and time - consuming tasks , from conglomerate and save content to mock up pages for different devices , so designers can centralize on the creative operation rather than on machinist ....

April 24, 2012 · 13 min · 2750 words · Douglas Aguilar

Automator workflow of the month: Convert PowerPoint to Keynote

Many Mac user who give presentations have gravitate towardApple ’s Keynote applicationand away fromMicrosoft ’s PowerPointbecause they favour the flexibility and slick design of Apple ’s alternative and , perhaps more significantly in today ’s roving - centrical world , Keynote display can be project from an iOS gimmick . But if you ’ve been at this a farseeing time , it ’s probable you created a clean numeral of PowerPoint presentations that you might care to work with in Keynote ....

April 23, 2012 · 3 min · 632 words · Ashley Martinez

Intel releases Ivy Bridge: New Mac models coming soon?

Intelon Monday unveiled theIvy Bridgeprocessor kinsfolk , the third generation in the company ’s line of Core C.P.U. . The set of quad - core processors released Monday are made for desktops , all - in - ones , and high - final stage laptops . Intel has eight Core i7 processor models : two for the desktop , two designated as Desktop Low - Power , and four wandering models ....

April 23, 2012 · 5 min · 920 words · John Green

Less than half of Mac owners have antivirus software installed

A recent Macworld poll has show that more than half ( 57.5 per cent ) of Mac owner do n’t use any anti - virus protective cover software , despite the late rise in Mac threat , including theFlashback Trojan outbreak . Best Mac antivirus software We ask Macworld readers whether they run anti - virus package on their Mac . Of the 1106 masses that replied , 470 said yes , and only 27 ( 2....

April 23, 2012 · 4 min · 740 words · Christopher Duarte

Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud: What you need to know

There ’s been a whole lot of bombilation around Adobe Creative Suite 6 lately , and even if you ’re familiar with the canonical construct of Adobe ’s huge program bundle provide to artist , graphic designers , photographer , Web couturier and developer , videographers , and a emcee of related professions , CS6 can be a swiftly shifting landscape , peculiarly if you factor in in the novel Creative Cloud offering ....

April 22, 2012 · 6 min · 1270 words · Lisa Graves

Adobe Creative Suite 6 launch propels design, Web, and video apps onto center stage

With the launch of Creative Suite 6 ( CS6 ) , Adobe has realine , tightened , and refocused its collecting of software system and target bundles into four discipline chemical group . With Photoshop CS6 at the helm , CS6 reflects the updated , aerodynamic , actual - worldly concern workflow of many originative operations . Adobe has long notice that print and online originative undertaking were converge , and this version of Creative Suite demonstrates that ....

April 22, 2012 · 25 min · 5315 words · Catherine Ramirez

Adobe launches Creative Suite 6 alongside new Creative Cloud subscription service

The suspense is over . Adobe CS6 Master CollectionAdobe has plunge the much - anticipatedsixth edition of its Creative Suite—14 separate coating , include two companion apps — span a vast range of creative work flow and pursuits , targeting artists , graphic designer , photographers , videographers , multimedia system medical specialist , and Web designers . At the same time , Adobe has debutedCreative Cloud , an overarching collection of products and service of which the raw Creative Suite 6 ( CS6 ) is a vast part ....

April 22, 2012 · 9 min · 1791 words · Ricky Hancock

Adobe offers Creative Suite, Creative Cloud for students and teachers

Adobe CS6 Master Collection boxAcknowledging the critical role of digital medium in the classroom , Adobe has set up the Adobe Creative Cloud Student and Teacher Edition and the Adobe Creative Suite 6 Student and Teacher Edition , both place to educational institutions , teachers , and students worldwide . This release , plus supporting educational resource , are designed to help K-12 and higher education institutions enhance teaching , see , and career preparation using Adobe ’s creative products ....

April 22, 2012 · 6 min · 1165 words · Hannah Perez

Weekly Wrap: Flashback, free Snow Leopard, Instagram alternatives

The days are baffle long , and the weather ’s getting warmer . You ’re forgiven if you forgot to refresh Macworld.com as obsessionally as often . as luck would have it , the Weekly Wrap , our aggregation of the bestMacworldstories from the week gone by , is here to help you take hold of up on what you drop . On the Mac side Apple released a standalone Flashback removal tool ; if you have n’t run Software Update , take a few minutes now and do so ....

April 21, 2012 · 3 min · 533 words · Michael Jones

MacJournal 6 is an ideal personal writing organizer

Our Verdict Boy , there are a set of writing applications on the market now . In accession toMicrosoft Word for Mac 2011 ( ) , there are word processors that specialize in handling alien nomenclature ( Nisus Writer , Mellel ) , others that specialize in varlet founding ( Pages ’ 09 ; [ ] ) , and apps that you’re able to use in your web internet browser ( Google Docs ) ....

April 17, 2012 · 8 min · 1510 words · Cindy Palmer

The Macalope Weekly: Are you crazy?

That ’s what the Macalope frequently finds himself asking loud as he reads some of the textile he plod through every week so you do n’t have to . This week , one analyst tried to beat back a busload of investors over the edge of Contrarian Gulch . Meanwhile , an InfoWorld writer want you to shed a tear for how ill Microsoft has been treated . And in conclusion , the Macalope has never thought “ doing the same affair over and over again and expecting a different outcome ” was a particularly good definition of crazy , but Katherine Noyes makes a pretty good case ....

April 14, 2012 · 11 min · 2266 words · Dakota Bennett

Embracing the educational iOS device

I latterly offer some advice on how to configure an one-time iPad for a child , and while the subsequent reaction was largely positivistic , there were the few ( and expected ) reply that suggest break a small fry to an iPad would lead to a simple machine - drug-addicted future , devoid of fresh air , firm sinew feel , and rightful human interaction . It ’s a familiar response — one we ’ve seen tie in to novels , radio receiver , movies , television , plug-in games , television game , and rock ‘ n ’ roll ....

April 10, 2012 · 11 min · 2196 words · Jacqueline Randall