Microsoft OneNote - Free Digital Notebook and More

If you’ve ever used OneNote on Windows, you probably know that it’s more like a blank scratchpad for your computer than anything else. Now that same functionality is available for Mac OS X and it’s free!

The editor of OneNote supports rich text documents and images, and all notebooks can be synced with your Microsoft Live username and password. All content is readily searchable and the plan is to never charge for this functionality.

Check out the application OneNote on the Mac App Store and remember to get the iOS versions if you want to access the content from your iPad or iPhone.

Enjoying HDMI Output from Thunderbolt Ports

If you have a Mac with a Thunderbolt port, you might really enjoy watching movies or simply using your big screen TV as an extra desktop for your computer with an HDMI output. There are a number of manufacturers of Thunderbolt to HDMI cables, but you don’t have to buy the Apple-stocked (and expensive) Belkin models. Amazon stocks multiple low-cost versions ready for shipping via Amazon Prime, and I can recommend two of them that I use.

Here are just a few of the things you can do with one of these cables:

• Mirror your desktop
• Extend your desktop onto the HDTV
• Use the HDTV as a “space”
• Display fullscreen apps on the HDTV while using the regular Mac desktop to continue working on other things
  • Safari or Chrome
    • Netflix
    • VuDu
  • VLC for watching videos
• When combined with a wireless keyboard and mouse (or trackpad), work using the HDTV as the only screen

I initially bought a 10 foot cable, this one from Cable Matters:

It turned out that the cable was just a little short if I wanted to sit back comfortably on the living room sofa and work while watching videos on my HDTV in the living room, so I got this:

With prices like this, there’s no reason for you not to have the fun of your Mac on the big screen anymore!