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VMWare Fusion 7 vs. Parallels Desktop 10
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There are two prominent commercial packages to help run Windows 10 on your Mac: VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop.
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Best of both worlds
How to install Parallels Desktop and Windows 10 on your Mac
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Now that Parallels Desktop supports Windows 10 Technical Preview, you can safely run Microsoft's new OS on your Mac. Apple's Boot Camp software lets Macs runs Windows by restarting in Windows instead of OS X. Boot Camp, however, doesn't officially support Windows 10 yet. In the interim, there are other ways to get Windows 10 to work on the Mac. One of the best ways is using Parallels...
Virtualize this
Parallels now supports running Windows 10 inside OS X
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Parallels today released an update for their OS X virtualization software that will allow Mac users to download, install, and run the Windows 10 Technical Preview as a virtual machine. Yes, Windows 10 on OS X (ten) through Parallels 10. It's a mouthful, and technically experimental support right now. But it's also another avenue for people to try out Microsoft's latest and greatest OS (...
iOS 8 Apps
Best Touch ID compatible apps for iOS
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When Apple first introduced Touch ID in 2013, the company initially only allowed using it for unlocking your iPhone and confirming App Store purchases. Now, thanks to iOS 8, app developers can securely take advantage of Touch ID to protect and secure purchases, notes, passwords, and other kinds of app data. These are currently our picks for best iPhone apps and best iPad apps that take...
Screenalicious
Get Screens VNC for half off!
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One of our favorite virtual networking apps, Screens, is going half off just in time for Black Friday. It's normally $19.99, and is available now for $9.99. The Mac app, normally $29.99, is also half off and available for $14.99. Here's a quick rundown of all the wonderful things you can do with Screens. Connect from Everywhere: Install Screens Connect on your Mac and make it...
Come to the Dark Side
How to make OS X Yosemite's menus dark
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OS X Yosemite introduces the first major interface changes to OS X in more than a decade. Yosemite offers flatter iconography, a cleaner design and better typography more suited to the increasing number of Macs with Retina displays. One change Apple's implemented is an optional "Dark Mode" that inverts the color of your menu bar and makes the dock darker too. Here's how to get the most...
Apps Made For the Big Screen!
Looking for 6 and 6 Plus apps? Try these!
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Now that you've got your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus in your hand, you'll probably want to load up on the best apps that take advantage of the larger screen real estate. While all App Store apps work on the 6 and 6 Plus thanks to scaling, we all know that the ones that are optimized look loads better. That's why we've done the dirty work for you in order to find the ones we think look...
Touch ID for all!
We're flooded with iOS 8 app updates!
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Today iOS 8 launches, and along with it, a whoooooole bunch of apps are being updated to support the new software. It's a veritable avalanche of updates, but we're going to dig up the very best ones for you. Give us a shout in the comments if you find any more! iOS 8 app updates TextExpander - Set custom shortcuts (snippets) which expand to full phrases with this custom keyboard....
Out of the Office
Access your PC or Mac from anywhere with these iPad apps!
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In search of the best iPad apps that let you access your desktop PC or Mac from anywhere? Let's face it, sometimes as humans we can be forgetful. Ever walked into a meeting and realized that you didn't remember to transfer a document or presentation you needed to your iPad? Or perhaps you forgot to email your finished lab assignment to yourself before leaving your dorm. Remote desktop...
New and updated apps: Documents 5, iMPC Pro, Uber and more!
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Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! Today we've got updates to Documents, a terrific document viewer with other capabilities, Real Racing, Uber, a new music production tool for iPads and much more! New and updated iOS...