Search the New Mac Shack Solutions List

You can get a lot of information about Mac solutions by searching the Mac Shack Solutions List. Many links to applications and custom UTSA solutions are linked from the Solutions List, and you can search either by name or by description, or browse by category. Give it a try!

Cheap Mac Software Bundle at StackSocial

Not sure how long this one runs, but it has some software titles that I’ve been interested in trying, so I’m posting it.
The Name Your Own Price Mac Bundle 2.0 | StackSocial
CrossOver 12
HoudahSpot
DiskTools Pro
Paperless
Mac Blu-ray Player
Gemini
PhotoBulk
Elmedia Player Pro
Snapz Pro X
Musictube
Right now the minimum price for the entire bundle is under $10. You can pay more, [...]

CrashPlan PROe upgrade enables successful web console login for Safari

CrashPlan PROe has been upgraded to version 3.4.1. The upgrade offers several important improvements, but one that may benefit Mac users is that the CrashPlan Web Console is no longer impaired for use with Safari. Before the upgrade, recent versions of Safari stopped responding when executing the request to log into the console, so it [...]

Microsoft Word 2011 Customization tips

If you recently upgraded from Microsoft Office 2008 to Office 2011 and try
to customize your environment in Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac as you did in
previous versions, you might be in for a surprise. For example, if you
open Word Help from the Help menu in Word and search for “Customize
Toolbar”, you’ll probably find one or [...]

New update for Microsoft Office 2011 now available

Microsoft just released version 14.3.1 of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. See our Microsoft Office update page for more information.

Contact Groups (Recipient Lists) in the Office 365 Cloud

At the Microsoft Office for Mac support website, there is a web page that tells you how to Create a contact group (also called a distribution list). One awkward limitation is referred to right at the beginning of the article:

Note If you have an Microsoft Exchange account, contact groups are not saved to the Exchange server. Any [...]

Highlight cursor with keyboard shortcut

Do you ever need to call immediate attention to the cursor’s location on your Mac’s screen? You might need that for locating a hard-to-find cursor, or for making demonstrations or onscreen tutorials. You could buy Mouseposé, but here’s a way to do it for free.
Here’s the software you need.
ThisService (You could do this with an [...]