Following Tuedays iPhone/Apple Watch launch event, Apple have quietly released new monthly iCloud storage plans. This is supposedly getting ready for the new ‘iCloud Drive‘ functionality which will be supported in the new iOS 8 & OSX Yosemite operating systems. This is expected to be a real step up for Apple’s cloud services which have faced criticism in the last few years; especially with strong competition from Google Drive, DropBox & Microsoft’s SkyDrive. If so, this is good news for existing Apple users.
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Mac Tips: Using Spaces on OSX 10
One of the features I like and use most on OSX 10 is Spaces.
Spaces allows you to group different apps and windows into several ‘virtual desktops‘ which means you can have a less cluttered work-flow and focus on one or two tasks/apps at a time.
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Useful Mac Apps
Here are a few every-day useful apps I have picked up over the years:
Mountain Lion Cache Cleaner http://www.northernsoftworks.com/mountainlioncachecleaner.html
Carries out all the maintenance tasks you could want for your mac simply and easily; including virus scanning.
Cloudmark DesktopOne http://www.cloudmark.com/en/products/cloudmark-desktopone/index
Intelligent spam protection tool for your email that uses several techniques including blocking emails that other users of the program have blocked. Works with Mail app and
Little Snitch http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
A simple tool that lets you allow or block incoming/outgoing internet communications from your applications separately for greater security.
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