With millions of new Apple computer owners joining the Macintosh family there is more demand than ever for the www.top-mac-software.com/turbotax-taxcut/tax-programs-for-osx.html" title="Federal and State Tax Software for Apple Mac computers" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #2792da;">Tax software for Mac to help with filing Federal and State income taxes. Unless you are filling out a 1040EZ Federal form, you need all the help you can get to prep taxes on a Mac with accuracy and ease. The two main programs for Mac tax preparation are Intuit's long-standing TurboTax and H&R Block At Home - formerly named TaxCut. Both programs become available before year's end to get a jump start on your taxes.

'Marketing Flop' are the only words to accurately describe the rollout of the jointly developed ThunderBolt high-speed computer I/O interface from Intel and Apple. Months and months after the first ThunderBolt enabled MacBooks shipped, weeks and weeks after the addition of ThunderBolt to the iMac desktop line -- consumers are STILL waiting for something real, anything to plug into their sparkly new ThunderBolt ports. (Well, besides their old DisplayPort monitor.)

With Intel as the sole supplier of ThunderBolt chipsets - few prospective computer peripheral makers have had easy access to the technology. And of those who have partnered with Intel, none have shipped any products as of yet. So the months roll by and the promise of ultra-high speed computer peripherals and ThunderBolt backup drives remains elusive.

Not that it matters much to the average consumer. Because the announced - but not yet shipping - ThunderBolt peripherals have all been rather high-end, Prosumer solutions: Multi-Drive RAID disk arrays from Promise Technologies, Dual SSD external ThunderBolt drives from LaCie and Sonnet, some T-Bolt enabled DAW - Digital Audio Workstation hardware... Announced but not shipping, and likely to be aimed - and priced beyond the wallet of the average Mac (or eventually PC) user wanting to backup data in seconds and not hours.

I blame Apple more than Intel. I blame Marketing more than Manufacturing. Apple really, Really, REALLY needed to introduce those T-Bolt port MacBook Pro's ALONG SIDE SOME SHIPPING ACCESSORIES - so that buyers IMMEDIATELY could buy and experience the promise and immediate benefits that Dual-Channel 10Gbps computer peripherals will bring to our everyday computing experience.

We're still waiting. And waiting... FOR USB 3.0 SUPERSPEED to relegate ThunderBolt to the niche-market it's destined to be in the near-term. But it has to be said, Intel and Apple don't WANT USB3 to get any traction - not until they get millions of empty ThunderBolt ports out there FIRST.

So hurry up and wait everyone. Intel and Apple have a sloppy game to play out to control the future of high-speed computer peripherals... They're selling us the Kool-Aid and asking us to drink - but they haven't given us any cup to put it in...

Recently, updates to Apple's iOS4 operating system have enabled direct wireless printers for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch models. Wireless 
printing from the insanely popular Apple tablet is here thanks to the latest 
round of AirPrint compatible printers that are now available from 
Hewlett-Packard. While initially a weak point of the Apple iPad, these HP 
printers are an important step to better print capabilities that will mature 
over time. 

AirPrint printing is 100% wireless thanks to auto-discovery of available
print devices on the local network. Much like Bonjour enabled devices, the
iPad automatically locates, connects and prints to an AirPrint capable
printer of your choosing. AirPrint technology works with Safari, Mail,
Photos, iWork, PDFs in iBooks, and in third-party apps with built-in
printing needs.

Unfortunately - control of orientation, layout, page range, and other Page
Setup functions of AirPrint are still very limited. Hopefully more 3rd-party
printer manufacturers will. support universal AirPrint technology in their
wireless printers for iPad and other iOS4 Apple handhelds. Until then,
currently only specific models of HP AirPrint capable printers are today's
best option for hassle-free iOS prints.

Sadly, Apple doesn't yet support AirPrint features in its PC and Mac
compatible wireless AirPort base stations. However some clever Mac programs
and iOS4 apps and software hacks can allow limited iPad printing by what theycall "Bridging". These 

apps allow your Apple gadget to bridge through a Mac computer that's live on
the network to any shared printer its set up to print to.

Long ago, Apple computer pursued a lot of proprietary, unusual printer interface connectors that limited printer choice. But Apple's aggressive embrace of industry standards has enabled downright ease of finding printers compatible with Mac computers. It's no longer much of an issue for printing software drivers either: OSX Leopard and Tiger now bundle hundreds upon hundreds of OS X printer drivers from every major manufacturer for literally installer-free setup of printers.

Apple's adoption of USB, Ethernet, Bluetooth and wireless WiFi printer connectivity standards has rendered the notion of 'Mac compatible' a bit archaic. These days, simply stay current with Mac OS X and any printer driver updates -and nearly plug and play printing is the least of your concerns.

Someone had to do it: Do more than just kick out a blog post or two about the SEO potential of Apple's new Safari 5 and it's Extensions feature. Safari using web masters have been at a disadvantage when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)  Internet Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Social Media Optimization (SMO) tools on the most widely used Mac browser. Many of us site owners were forced to use Mac FireFox on occasion to really get all the power and tools we needed.

Well, that's changing as Mac Gizmo Guy sets out to track all the new SEO related buttons, toolbars and Extensions for Safari 5 as new add-ons roll out. A dedicated page on seo-tools.com is in progress, tracking this new opportunity for Apple computer using website owners to leverage the power we've lacked until now. Stay tuned as the Safari 5 SEO Extensions page get's fleshed-out and I dig in and unearth the best SEM - SMO - SEO Safari power tools we've longed for.

For Mac website owners leveraging the power of Article Marketing - you know manual article submission is a slow, painful hell. And while outsourcing submissions can be fairly economical - you pretty much lose ALL control over the process once you submit your project - and may find yourself scrambling to modify and fix stuff when they're still in a 'Pending' status at one article directory after another before they go live.

I recently discovered a FREE app: Article submission software for Mac OSX that runs on Adobe's AIR cross-platform code.

ArticleSubmissionHelper - ASH is a godsend, letting you register, import your articles, spin titles and content to your liking - then helps you either step-through submits - or autosubmits to the article directory list for you. Either way, ASH helps ease the pain of submission - while retaining control of the process. A good thing for all Mac article marketers!

Stumbled on an old DaniWeb forum discussion about SEO Software for Mac webmaster needs. Was able to update it with some of my site optimization, back-link building, and internet marketing insights. I hope it helps Apple using website owners realize there's more webmaster tools for Mac OSX out there than you might think - without having to resort to running Windows in BootCamp or a Virtual Machine.

Hopefully I can build a really valuable resource for the Mac community over time. I'm hoping to make www.mac-seo-tools.com a one-stop Apple-specific and Mac-friendly SEO site that addresses the unique needs of Macintosh site owners like none other.

With 3+ million Macintosh computers being sold each quarter, Apple's market share exploding. It brings a whole new wave of Mac web masters and site owners looking not to just build a website with OSX  authoring software - but an increasing need for Mac compatible SEO software, tools and search engine marketing tips and resources that are Mac specific.

I hate to think Running Windows via VMWare or Parallels is the 'solution' -- so many automated site, RSS feed and article submission or social bookmarking tools are Windows only. But in reality there are *select* SEO programs and tools that *are* cross-platform or run natively on Mac OS X.  Those, along with many website submission and promotion activities that be done with Safari or any Mac web-browser, Apple site owners have a modest but decent set of site optimization and submit tools at their disposal. Check out this blog for a growing list of Mac webmaster tools and resources available to get a site seen and rising to the top of search engine results - On a Macintosh.

For those interested in swapping out their old spinning platter hard drive and putting in a MacBook or Mac mini SSD upgrade in instead -- Select models of recent solid-state drives using the revised JMicron controllers may feature a built in USB 2.0 port in addition to the SATA II connector. Makes it just that much easier to transfer and clone your OSX apps, data and operating system onto the solid-state disk - before making the swap.