Your diagrams can be saved in a number of formats including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF or copied to text processors via a clipboard.

You can purchase Diagrammix via the MAC App Store and the app sells for $19.99.

Tags allows you to add tags to your files simply by pressing the Control – Spacebar command. When you are finished tagging your file, you can utilize Spotlight to search for specific tags.

You can tag files and folders in the finder, emails in Mail, music in iTunes, photos in iPhoto, bookmarks in Safari and much more.

Imagine always finding all the files you need in seconds.

Tags is available at Case Apps for $29.00.

With DocuSign Ink, you can sign and return any document on your iPhone or iPad in seconds! Quickly and securely add your signature and other data and then send your signed docs to anyone with an email address. 

Unlike other apps that merely stamp your signature into a document, your DocuSign Ink signature is secure because it is validated on the DocuSign Global Network, trusted by more than 10 million users in over 50 countries.

Open and Sign documents from hundreds of locations such as:

• Email Attachments
• Box.net
• Dropbox
• iOS Applications like Scanner Pro, iDisk, Carbonite, and hundreds of others
• iPhone or iPad camera
• PDF forms on web sites

Easily keep track of documents online with secure cloud-based storage, available anytime, anywhere from any device. No matter where you install DocuSign Ink, your documents are instantly available and synced.

The free app, designed for both iPhone and iPad, is available for download now at the App Store.

Mouse:

1. Press the control key
2. Place your finger on the scroll wheel of your mouse, of course that is if you have a scroll button
3. Scroll the wheel backward to decrease the zoom of your desktop

Keyboard:

1. Press and hold the option and command keys
2. Press “-” (minus key) while continuing to hold down option and command
3. Tap “-” (minus key) until your desktop zooms out to the desired magnification

Apple Support – Apple has a great Support page with an extensive collection of knowledge base articles, manuals, as well as video clips walking you through the process. If you are having a hardware issue, you will also find information for contacting AppleCare.

The Genuis Bar. What can I say about the people who work at the Apple Retail Store Genuis Bar. They truly have seen every problem imaginable and will do all they can to resolve your problem. If they are unable, they can make arrangements to get your Mac product to a repair facility.

Apple Discussion Forums. On the Apple website there is a discussion forum area – discusssions.apple.com.  The discussion forum is not moderated by Apple but there are some pretty smart people there to lending a helping hand. As with any discussion forum, explain your problem as thoroughly as possible and be polite.

Macworld Forum – Macworld, the premiere Mac publication, also has a discussion forum. Forums.macworld.com.

“As more and more small businesses adopt Macs, we see increased adoption of QuickBooks for Mac,” states Dan Wernikoff, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intuit’s Financial Management Solutions Division.

I truly feel that 2012 has been the most robust upgrade for QuickBooks for Mac.  Some of the new features include:

Improved search functionality. You can now assign keywords for locating client transactions, vendor invoices, employees, items and accounts. You can apply filters for specific search results and save the search criteria for future reference.

Progress invoicing is now available. You can easily create multiple invoices from a single estimate for a project over a specific time period or by percentage based on line items.

When entering vendor invoices and you are not sure if you invoiced for reimbursed expense, you can now sort invoices by date, amount, number, or customer eliminating the need to flip through each invoice entered.

As in the PC version, the panel view of customer and vendor account activity including payments, invoices and notes is finally available in the Mac version. This is a tremendous time saver as you quickly glance through client balances, and vendor invoices.

Online Banking.  Intuit, the owner of Mint, the popular financial app for your iPhone has certainly made some great improvements for online banking. You are able to download multiple transactions from both your bank and credit card institutions into QuickBooks at the same time. In prior versions you needed to enter each one individually.  This is a huge time saver especially for those that have a large volume of credit card or debit transactions.  Smart rules also help in matching payee to the proper chart of account.

Report preparation is also streamlined. Data can easily be imported to Numbers or Excel for additional analysis allowing you to add graphs and reports easily into printed reports in Pages or Word.

In addition, Intuit is offering to all QuickBooks for Mac 2012 customers, one hour of free technical support as part of their new Get Started Right Program.

QuickBooks for Mac 2012 requires Mac OS X v 10.6.7 or v 10.7. The software retails for $229.95 and is available at the App Store, Apple Retail Stores, Amazon and your major office supply retail stores. QuickBooks for Mac 2012 will be available early October 2012.

I have been using QuickBooks for Mac for a few years now and this release is the most robust upgrade to date. With more and more small businesses switching from the PC/Windows platform to the Mac environment, it is good to see Intuit taking the Mac business user seriously.

iPad: itemizer by Digital2Analog Software. Itemizer helps you keep track of just about anything such as possessions, product catalogs, collectibles, inventory, etc. The app is available at the iTunes store for $4.99.

iPhone: About my Home by Accord Technologies LLC. About My Home is a photo, inventory and events organizer to keep track of all things around Your Home that you should never forget, but most likely will. This app is available at the iTunes store for $1.99.