If you are looking for a slick image editor for Mac that won’t push you further into debt, check out this Mactricks.net download of the day. Pixelmator has a cool Mac-style interface with most of the fixins’ that Photoshop provides. Brushes, resizing, layers, colors, and more. Remember, it’s not free (I think the full version is $59) but it’s a hell of a lot better than paying a gagillion dollars for Photoshop, and...

So this is something I just learned today, which I can’t believe I didn’t know before… There is a way to make taking screen shots on a Mac even cleaner and easier. Use this extra step when need-be. Step 1: Hold down Ctrl + Shift + 4, then let go Step 2: Press Spacebar Step 3: Move the camera icon around to the selected area, then click. Your screen shot will be saved to your desktop or wherever you specified. Much cleaner...

The iPad inspired Launchpad for OS X Lion is a cool feature, but it can be annoying if you can’t remove apps that you don’t use. Getting rid of clutter is a must for many, and the I’m sure that over the next few months Apple will release updates that allow an easy way to remove apps from the launch pad. Luckily, MacTricks has found a way to do this that is pretty simple. For all you button-followers, don’t be...

You know, we always have to play fair. If you are like many, lazy, you may not give two pineapples about upgrading to OS X Lion. I mean, Snow Leopard is pretty satisfactory for almost any of our computing needs. Therefore, in this post I will go over some reason you may want to just hold out for a few months and trust your lazy instincts. Of course this does not mean that if you hear of an OS X Lion feature that is useful to you, you should...

So it’s obvious that Apple is testing the water with the new reverse scroll feature in OS X Lion. It’s natural for us on our iPhone’s and iPad’s, but not so much on our laptops. The idea is to standardize the touchy-feely experience Apple has been successful at pushing over the past few years, but is it too weird on our mouse and laptop? Since it seems that this may be the new default for all future devices,...