Whilst similar in concept, Sidekick has been completely rewritten to take advantage of the best features of Mac OS X, and sport an entirely new user interface that’s subtly inspired by iOS in the way it lays out menus, switches, backgrounds, or toolbar buttons. Sidekick, a new app by Oomph, aims at automating the tedious process of changing your Mac’s settings basing on the location of your computer.įormerly known as Network Location, Sidekick is a new creation from the Oomph developers, also formerly known as Centrix. My laptop may be changing location travelling from my office to my house and everything in between (usually a coffee shop downtown), but the workflow is the same. I fire up some music, talk to my co-workers overseas, and browse iTunes. Sure, the computer was new, but the pattern of actions that followed the opening of the lid wasn’t uncommon: this is what I do every day after dinner. Thirty minutes later, I opened the MacBook’s lid again, fired up Spotify and Google Chrome, launched MacStories’ internal chat URL, and opened iTunes to check for app updates. A few hours later, when it was time to go home for dinner, I took my MacBook Air, got home, and placed it on the desk in my room. I was at my office, and in less than two hours I had my new MacBook Air up and running with my favorite applications, Dropbox, work documents, and so forth. As soon as I got it, I opened it up, set up my personal information, and connected it to the Internet to start downloading my first apps. As with the Apple online store’s tradition, the computer showed up at my doorstep in roughly three days. My MacBook Pro was getting old, so I decided it was time for an upgrade – and the new MacBook Airs looked like a worthy upgrade. Last week, I ordered a new MacBook Air from Apple’s website.
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