As a designer working mainly with on screen design, I have had a few discussions about whether text in a design is readable or not. These discussions have previously resulted in a situation where one party ended up unhappy with the result because this was discussed as a matter of opinion. Fortunately, it’s possible to put [...]

One of the many problems with Apple Mail is the way that it handles typography in rich text messages. You are able to set ‘Message Font’ under ‘Fonts & Colors’ in Preferences, but this is a little misleading. What you are actually setting is how you would like to view your own emails, not how [...]

image © Apple Different places, different needs Startup Items lets you open the same applications every time you log in, but that is not necessarily what you want. I have different uses for my MacBook Pro depending on where I am, and I want different programs started and different servers mounted at work than I [...]