Austin Mac Works Blog: Software

If you're a former PC user, you might find it helpful to change your modifier keys to more closely resemble what you're accustomed to on a PC keyboard. The Mac OS makes it very easy to change these keys to whatever you're comfortable with. To do this, first open your...

Lion's Mission Control brings together Exposé, Dashboard, Spaces and full-screen apps to provide one place to see and navigate everything running on your Mac. In Mac OS X Lion, Apple has merged the three into a single interface, called Mission Control. It offers an...

You probably run the heck out of your Mac with hardly a thought to its health. But over time, unnecessary bits and pieces of software can build up in your computer’s depths, unseen but causing havoc nonetheless. You probably want to get in the habit of doing routine...

The cat's out of the bag. This summer, Apple will spin the latest version of OS X for your Mac. Get ready for the newest ferocious feline from our favorite personal computer maker: Mountain Lion. Apple is already ready to show off the new version of OS X — technically...

Apple’s had a lot of fun with the code names for its operating systems versions, honoring a succession of big cats: Puma, Tiger, Leopard and other feline beasts. The code names, in fact, became so well known that Apple began using the code names to market the...

There are many good reasons to upgrade to the Mac’s current operating system, Lion. In addition to being affordable and easy as pie to install, Lion offers lots of great new features. Lion feels more organized; its interface is also pleasant. Lion incorporates some...