Last Friday, AT&T finally enabled Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) support for the iPhone 3G and 3G-S here in the U.S. Now, users can send pictures, location data, contact information, voice memos, and video quickly and easily. The MMS service is very easy to use. From the Messages app, you simply tap the camera icon on the bottom… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2009
How to Use Scanners with Legal SaaS Applications
Posted in Hardware, How Do I ... ?, SoftwareLast week, I published explained how "The Paperless Law Office" is possible and the ways that it can benefit your firm. Does it make a difference if your firm uses a web-based (SaaS) case management program? The short answer is no, as explained in a recent article by Larry Port. The process of quickly scanning, storing,… Continue Reading
How to Work with WordPerfect Files on a Mac
Posted in How Do I ... ?Some attorneys just seem to love WordPerfect. I am not (and have never been) one of them, though I have several good friends who are. For that reason, I occasionally receive files in *.wpd format, which I must open on my Mac. This might seem to pose a slight problem, since there hasn’t been a Mac version of… Continue Reading
Macs In Law Offices (MILO) Now the Largest Online Forum for Mac-Using Attorneys
Posted in Online ResourcesYou might know that the Macs in Law Offices (MILO) group is one of the best resources available on the internet for lawyers who use Macs. However, you probably didn’t know that it is now the biggest as well. Let’s take a look at the numbers… The "other" group has been around since May 4, 1999, and… Continue Reading
The Paperless Law Office
Posted in How Do I ... ?, Office ManagementThis month’s Law Practice Today webzine from the ABA Law Practice Management Section focuses on how to implement and utilize paperless strategies in law offices. I had the pleasure of serving as the editor for this issue, and I am very pleased with the result. You can read the following articles at the links provided below, and I hope… Continue Reading
Microsoft Announces Plans to Bring Outlook to Macs in 2010
Posted in SoftwareMicrosoft announced that it intends to finally include Outlook in its updated Mac:Office suite, scheduled to be released in late 2010. Until now, it has included Entourage, "a sort-of-like-Outlook, sort-of-different application that got great reviews when it debuted but which has also suffered from iffy compatibility with Outlook and Exchange." Of course, Mac users already… Continue Reading
Which Version of Adobe Acrobat Are You?
Posted in SoftwareAdobe Acrobat is a great product, but one of its "problems" is that there are so many different versions. Not only are people still using Acrobats 7, 8, and 9, but then there’s also Reader, Standard, Pro and Pro Extended to consider. It’s almost enough to cause a headache. Fortunately, Rick Borstein has made it extremely easy… Continue Reading
The Premier Online Forum for Mac-Using Attorneys
Posted in Online ResourcesIf you are an attorney who uses Macs in your practice and you aren’t a member of the Macs in Law Offices (MILO) group, then you are missing out on one of the best resources available on the internet. The MILO forum has well over 1,500 members (with more joining every day), including some of… Continue Reading
iPhone Called Out Over Alleged Security Flaws
Posted in iPhone, Security"The words iPhone and security do not belong in the same sentence…" So begins the article from John Simek, one of the premier computer forensic experts in the country. It gets worse, as he says, "The iPhone encryption is a non-starter and accessing the device is child’s play even if it is password protected." He… Continue Reading
Seven Excellent Online Security Blogs Worth Subscribing To
Posted in SecurityThe issue of privacy, more specifically as it relates to online security, is a hot topic these days. As people use the Internet for more and more of their everyday functions, they want to understand what online security means and how it relates to them. While people fear for the safety of their own information,… Continue Reading
MILOfest 2009
Posted in PresentationsIf you are a Mac-using attorney (or if you want to become one), then you should attend MILO Fest 2009, the Mac-focused conference for attorneys that will be held Thursday, November 5, 2009, through Saturday, November 7, 2009, at the Disney World Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. Topics announced thus far include: SaaS Roundtable, Branding with… Continue Reading
Guest Post :: Thoughts About Microsoft’s Current Ad Campaign
Posted in Guest Posts, Mac vs. PCThe following Guest Post is from one of my readers and fellow attorney, Kurt Gibson, in response to the current "anti-Mac" ads being run by Microsoft: I just saw the Microsoft ad (for the hundredth time) where the announcer states that the buyer gets a budget to purchase a laptop. The buyer looks at the Macs… Continue Reading
The Mac Lawyer Featured at SLA’s 60 Sites in 60 Minutes
Posted in This BlogOne of my readers informed me earlier this week that The Mac Lawyer was one of the featured sites in "60 Sites in 60 Minutes" presented at the Special Libraries Association‘s 2009 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO held in Washington, DC this past June. The speakers at this seminar were Gayle Lynn-Nelson from LexisNexis and John… Continue Reading
Snow Leopard FAQs and Installation Guide
Posted in Mac OS XMacInTouch has posted a list of Frequently Asked Questions for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, which answers questions in the following topics: Requirements Purchase Install Miscellaneous Macworld has also published an article that explains everything that you need to know about installing Snow Leopard, including step-by-step instructions with illustrations. You can read that article by clicking… Continue Reading
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