Source: makeuseof In terms of entertainment on Mac, one of the most exciting thing is playing games. The 90s produced some of the most  quirky, clever, and unique games the world has ever seen. Into Mac gaming? Want to play something cerebral or innovative. Here are 5 of classic Mac gaming’s finest that you can play on Mac today. Top 5 Games From The 90s You Can Play on Mac today Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri Trust me, it’s a wonder we got this out there. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is, in brief, Civilization… in space! In this spiritual sequel to Civilization, a loose collective of human survivors have managed to escape. They left behind a doomed Earth, only for their spaceship to crash-land on the unforgiving terrain of Alpha Centauri. It is here you will establish your colony. As it your technology advances and your military becomes stronger, you will have to do battle with hostile indigenous aliens and other humans, all whilst striving to become the dominant faction in this brave new world. You need this game in your life. You can download it for PC and Mac on GOG for only $5.99. This also includes the Alien Crossfire expansion,

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If you have an iPhone or an iPad in hand and a Mac in front of you, I’m excited to tell you that, you can now record your device’s screen thanks to a new “hidden” feature in Mac OS X Yosemite. This feature was designed for app developers, but it can be used by anyone else. But don’t worry; it’s rather easy to use. You can start recording your iOS device within minutes. Get started now! 1. What you need? a Mac running OS X Yosemite an iOS device running iOS 8 or later a Lightning cable to connect them. (It is just an omni-directional Lightning connector on one end and a USB connection on the other. A cable like this has shipped with every iOS device since the iPhone 5.) Note: In my testing, I find direct connection to the Mac used for recording is required for relize this feature. Also, this feature is only compatible with iOS devices that have a native Lightning port, so there’s no way to use it on an iPhone 4S or iPad 2 even though they can be updated to iOS 8. Your iOS device needs to have “trust” with the Mac you’d

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Do you konow Apple Pay? Apple Pay was launched the service earlier last week alongside the release of iOS 8.1, which will let you pay for stuff with an iPhone 6 or Apple Watch either in physical stores or through apps. Apple says that it is not only secure, it’s more secure than regular payment methods. What’s your opinions? Want to get info when Apple Pay will launch in your country or wanna upgrade your iPhone? To understand all about people’s intentions towards Apple Pay, and we will show you this MakeUseOf Poll. 1. Geeks Buy Gadgets Read the results of the question “Where Do You Buy New Gadgets?” from the poll last week, we can see, out of a total of 257 votes, 50.2% chose Amazon, 18.7% chose An Online Retailer, 8.2% choseeBay, 6.6% chose A Local Independent Retailer, 5.8% chose The Manufacturer’s Own Store Or Website, 5.5% chose Other, and 5% chose Big-Box Retailer. As we know, Amazon is popular, however for one online retailer to poll more than 50% of the votes is astounding. The three biggest shares of the votes all went to online retailers (for a total of 77.1%), showing how much bricks-and-mortar stores are

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