The new Health app from Apple provides a conduit to run all of your health data through on an iOS device in order to then provide you with a single pane of glass to see all of your health related data. This can include diet, workouts, weight, blood pressure, etc, provided that the vendors of such devices or apps you may use support those features. The Nike Running app (not yet for the Fuelband) is one such app. And if you track runs with Nike Running then you’ll want to setup the integration asap, as the Health app only looks at runs that are configured after you setup the integration. To…
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Swiping the MacBook
If you are using a mouse or a trackpad that has multi-touch enabled then you likely know that doing a two-fingered swipe will scroll the window into the direction that the swipe occurred. But did you know that there is also a four-fingered swipe? If you swipe four fingers to the right or left then you will invoke an application selection screen, similar to the selection screen you see with Command-Tab. You can then use the arrow keys to switch between foreground applications. If you use the four fingered swipe in a downward direction you will bring up the all windows Expose screen. If you use the four fingered swipe…
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MacBook Wheel – Tablet?
An oldie but goodie. My wife said I should write a book about the MacBook Wheel. What do you think?
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Mac OS X: MacBook Wireless
The MacBook Pro’s wireless reception is relatively poor in comparison to the MacBook. The reason? The aluminum casehas a tendency to interfere with its radio waves. The wireless signal is received only through the antenna located in the clutch (note the rubbery area under the MacBook Pro lettering on the bottom of your display) – that rubbery material is transparent to the radio waves. The MacBook itself has a plastic case. Most plastics, unlike aluminum, are relatively transparent to radio waves – so better wireless reception.
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MacBook: Battery Tuning
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