Aperture to Lightroom Migration Guide →

Back in June, Apple discontinued development of Aperture. A move that wasn't all that surprising considering how long it had been since it had received a major update.

While there isn't anything wrong with continuing to use Aperture, the lack of updates will mean that any outstanding bugs or new features will never be worked upon, so many are now switching to Adobe Lightroom. 

Aperture Vs Lightroom has published a comprehensive migration guide, going far beyond Adobe's own PDF migration guide by covering everything from metadata to flags and labels. 

Restore the Power Key's Pre-Mavericks Behaviour →

The release of Mavericks brought about many changes, though one that has been unwelcome to some was the altering of the Power key's default behaviour. Prior to this version of OS X, pressing the Power key would bring up a dialog box asking you to select whether you'd like to Restart, Sleep or Shut Down the Mac.

Now that pressing the key puts the Mac to sleep, it's become a hard habit to break for those that have used the Mac platform for many years. Fortunately, Mac|Life explain how to change this behaviour back using a simple command in Terminal. 

New Ebook: Mac Administration Basics →

If you’re responsible for the configuration of tens, if not hundreds, of brand-new Macs then you’ll probably know how time consuming it can be to get them all set up. The process of setting up a user account, installing any required software and applying all of the available updates on each and every Mac before handing them to users can be both laborious and horribly inefficient.

Mac Administration Basics brings together six of our previously published guides for easy reference, incredibly useful when wanting to deploy, troubleshoot or configure Macs at home or in the workplace.

Members of The Instructional can download this for free by using their unique coupon code during checkout. 

Contents

1. A Closer Look at System Information
2. Reset a User Account's Password with an Apple ID
3. High-Speed Data Transfers with Thunderbolt
4. Build & Deploy OS X Images with AutoDMG
5. How to Re-Run the OS X Setup Assistant
6. Encrypt an External Disk or USB Stick with a Password

Offsite: How to Free up Space on iOS →

Bradley Chambers has a bunch of great tips on freeing up some space on your iOS device, especially useful for those of us on 16GB devices who are frequently getting close to their capacity. 

While some of the tips may seem rather obvious (for example, deleting apps), there's a lot of great information about spring cleaning to reclaim storage space that you may not even realise was missing. 

Highly Recommended: StackSocial's Name Your Own Price Mac App Bundle →

StackSocial is running a fantastic Mac app bundle for the next few weeks that features a great selection of Mac apps:

• Path Finder
• Fantastical
• Flux 4
• Gemini
• Logoist
• Tangerine!
• DiscLabel
• Tune Cleaner
• MacX iPhone DVD Ripper
• SyncMate Expert 5

While some of these apps are likely to just gather dust in your Applications folder, this bundle is worth it just for Fantastical and Pathfinder alone. Android users will find SyncMate Expert especially useful. 

You can pay any amount you wish to get three of the available apps, though paying more than the average price nets you all ten. What makes this bundle extra special is that 10% of the price you pay goes to charity. 

I've bought various app bundles over the years thinking that I'll only ever use one or two of the apps but, more often than not, I end up finding a use for them. And if you don't, you could always give the licenses away to a friend or family. 

Highly Recommended: The Doxie One →

I'm a big fan of the Doxie One, a fantastic little scanner that makes it so easy to go paperless. It's small and portable, can run off either batteries or AC adapter and all scans are saved to an SD card without the need to connect it to a computer. I've had one for over a year and it's been indispensable, especially when I'm needing to scan in a bunch of receipts or letters the bank still insists on sending through the mail. 

The Doxie companion app for OS X can save important documents as OCR text-searchable PDFs and scans can be saved or exported to a range of cloud-based services, such as Dropbox or Evernote.

Until July 4th, the Doxie One scanner is available via StackSocial with free shipping for only $99 (US) or $149 (International). 

You can read my guide Go Paperless with Doxie over at Tuts+ to learn about how it can make your life a little less cluttered.