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Monday 23 June 2008
Tip 146: System Preferences in the Menu Bar (Mac)
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You can gain quick Menu Bar access to some items in the System Preferences Pane by checking the Show in Menu Bar check box. (Sound, Monitor and Time Machine come to mind) These Menu Bar items can also me moved around (Command + Drag) and even removed.
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Monday 2 June 2008
Tip 144: Activity Monitor
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The Activity Monitor is helpful for checking under the hood of your Macintosh. You can use it for finding memory hogs and applications that have stopped responding. The Activity Monitor can be found in your utilities folder in the applications folder
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Monday 19 May 2008
Tip 142: Quick Look
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Quick Look - The names says it all…. select a file or folder in your Finder and then the space bar. Leopard will display a visual of the item or items selected. See the Images, Hear the Audio, Play the Video. Don’t forget your arrows keys. A great deal faster than trying to figure out the name you gave the file….
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Monday 12 May 2008
Tip 141: Print to PDF - Mail to Gmail
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Accessing important files when away from your computer can be troublesome. Here is a quick way to store and retrieve frequently used data. Print your file to a PDF file and mail it to your offsite gmail account. Use gmalis labels to organize your incoming content.
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Tip 139: Quick Dictionary - Leopard
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Here is a quick and easy way to lookup a word in most OS X native applications. Command + Control + D. A small window will display. Here you can select Dictionary or Thesaurus for a quick word check. Need more information? Select the more… option and be taken to the full-blown Dictionary application..
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Sunday 17 February 2008
Tip 137: Keyboard Shortcuts - Leopard
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Leopard (10.5) has some great new keyboard shortcuts. This tip covers the shortcut to selecting items from the menubar without using the mouse. Command + F2 will do the trick. Use the Tab and arrow keys to navigate your way around the menus. Dont forget the space bar.
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Monday 12 November 2007
Tip 134: Speak my settings (Mac)
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Here is a way to have your Macintosh “tell” you what your slider settings are (volume, balance, etc). Command + Function key 5 will turn on speech. Use the tab key to move through each item.
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Monday 1 October 2007
Tip 132: Keywords in iPhoto 08
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Adding Keywords is now fast and easy in iPhoto 08. Enter Keywords on the fly, use drop and drag or custom keyboard shortcuts.
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Sunday 16 September 2007
Tip 131: Saving web pages with Safari 3
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Saving web page in Apple’s Safari 3 (Macintosh and Vista) is a snap. Save links for emailers, artwork and entire archives.
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Sunday 22 July 2007
Tip 129: Icons in Window Toolbars
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There are icons in the Dock, the Sidebar and the Desktop… How about displaying your favorite icons at the top of each and every window. It’s easy with the Customize Toolbar feature.
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Monday 9 July 2007
Tip 127: Keyboard Viewer
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How do I type a Copyright mark, Circumflex or Paragraph symbol? Find all of theses hidden special characters and more on your keyboard with the Keyboard Viewer.
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Monday 24 July 2006
Tip 117: Hot Corners in OS X Tiger
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Move the cursor into one of the 4 corners of your monitor to….Start - Stop your screen saver or maybe trigger an Expose action. Here are the simple steps to setting up “Hot Corners”
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Monday 5 June 2006
Tip 112: Desktop Printing (OS X Tiger)
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It’s all about saving time. Let’s cut out a few extra steps by printing from the desktop.
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Wednesday 17 May 2006
Tip 111: Automatically Synchronize with .Mac
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Here’s how to “Automatically” Synchronize your .Mac iDisk to your local Computer(s). Apples .Mac Site
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Sunday 23 April 2006
Tip 109: Screen Zoom (OS X Tiger)
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In Tip 58 we covered enlarging the cursor. Now lets zoom the screen.
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Monday 13 March 2006
Tip 102: OS X Tiger and Dialog Boxes.
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A “Mouseless” way to navigate a Save As… dialog box.
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Monday 6 March 2006
Tip 100: Drop and Drag with Expose
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First there was Copy and Paste. Then Drop and Drag. And now…Drop and Drag with Expose. (Fast and Easy)
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Sunday 26 February 2006
Tip 98: Saving Web Pages with Safari 2.0
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Saving Web Pages for the future. You never know when that favorite page may come up missing.
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Monday 6 February 2006
Tip 96: Icon Hunting with Tiger
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Here is a fun way to view “almost” all of the icons within an application. You will Need OS X Tiger and Apples Preview.
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Monday 30 January 2006
Tip 94: RSS Visualizer and Safari
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An RSS reader that will fill your entire screen and it’s built into Tiger. Use Safari to choose custom feeds for the RSS Visualizer in the Screen Saver.
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Friday 20 January 2006
Tip 92: Macintosh Scheduling
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Here are the steps to scheduling your Macintosh to: Sleep, Wake, Shutdown or Startup at a set day and time.
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Friday 6 January 2006
Tip 90: Apple is listening
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Are you a Podcaster? or want to become a Podcaster? Check out Apples new Producing Podcasts Forum for the latest “hot” topics.
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Monday 2 January 2006
Tip 89: Random Photoframe with OS X
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Tired of looking at that same old desktop? Use the Desktop Preferences to cycle through your favorite images.
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Monday 12 December 2005
Tip 87: Customize Apple Mail (Tiger)
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Avalible Options - To: Cc: Bcc: Reply To: Subject: Account: Signature: and Priority. Set them up for everyday use.
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Monday 21 November 2005
Tip 84: Address Book Extras (Tiger)
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A few of the cool new features in Tigers Address Book. Groups, Smarts Groups, Address Book Subscriptions for .Mac and Tons of Printing Options.
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Tuesday 25 October 2005
Tip 80: iPod, iCal and Address Book (Mac)
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How to sync your iPod and your life.
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Monday 17 October 2005
Tip 78: Fast and Easy Movies with Quicktime 7 Pro
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It’s like point and shoot for video. Just plug your Digital Video camera in and hit the record button.
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Thursday 29 September 2005
Tip 75: Creating an iTunes Wish List
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Can’t afford it now? Create a wish list for an easy purchase when the cash arrives.
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Sunday 25 September 2005
Tip 74: Using Stationery Pad (Mac)
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Use this technique to always open a copy of a document.
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Friday 16 September 2005
Tip 71: Sticky Widgets (Tiger)
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A cool tick to make Dashboard Widgets “Stick” in the finder. Type “defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES” in the Terminal (omit the ” “)
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Monday 12 September 2005
Tip 70: How Good is your Password?
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Here is a fun way to check the quality of your password. With Apples Password Assistant.
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Wednesday 7 September 2005
Tip 69: iTunes 5 and Parental Locks
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iTunes version 5, allows you to lock or limit users from Sharing, Purchasing Music, listening to Podcasts or content marked Explicit.
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Sunday 21 August 2005
Tip 66: Keychain Screen Locking (OS X)
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A quick and easy way to lock your screen from the menu bar.
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Friday 5 August 2005
Tip 63: Safari and iPhoto (Tiger)
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How to copy images from Safari to iPhoto in one easy step.
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Monday 1 August 2005
Tip 62: Adjusting List View Columns (OS X)
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Here is a great way to adjust how your Window List display.
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Monday 25 July 2005
Tip 60: Open With… (OS X)
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Here is how you can open documents with “other” applications. One time or always.
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Monday 18 July 2005
Tip 58: Enlarging the Cursor (OS X 10.4)
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How to make the Cursor display larger. A helpful tip for teachers or those whose eyesight is not what it use to be.
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Friday 15 July 2005
Tip 57: Folder View Branding OS X
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A fun little tip that might score you some big points with the client.
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Friday 1 July 2005
Tip 55: Commuting with iCal and Automator (OS X 10.4)
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Never be late to a meeting again. (Sorry, No Guarantees)
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Sunday 26 June 2005
Tip 54: The Power of the Control Key OS X
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Windows users call it a “right click”. If your Macs mouse only has one button, you might want try this tip.
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Monday 20 June 2005
Tip 52: Mouse Movement with the Keypad - Apple
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Locked up mouse? Here is a technique for moving the mouse with the numeric keypad.
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Tuesday 14 June 2005
Tip 51: An Apple Window Tour
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Some “Window” basics for the New user or “Switcher”
Correction: The “Command” key is used to display the Folder Path… not the Control Key…Thanks Chris.
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Friday 10 June 2005
Tip 50: Apples iCal and Time Zones
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Need to schedule a Skype call to someone in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia? Better check their Time Zone.
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Monday 6 June 2005
Tip 49: Using Apples Sidebar
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It’s right there in front of you….do you use it? The Sidebar can really cut down on navigation time.
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Monday 30 May 2005
Tip 47: Zipping files from the Finder (OS X)
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You pay good money for hard disk space. Why use it up with old files and folders of long ago…why not “Zip” them?
Note: This tip will only work in OS X 10.3 and newer.
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Monday 23 May 2005
Tip 45: Parental Control - Mail - Tiger
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A great way to control incoming and outgoing emails within Apples Mail.
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Monday 16 May 2005
Tip 44: Apples iCal and SMS notification
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How about a little reminder…iCal and your cellphone.
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Monday 9 May 2005
Tip 42: Disposable Email accounts with .mac
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Here is one way to cut down on spam. Create an email account that will be used for a single transaction or conversation. Then “dump” it!
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Sunday 1 May 2005
Tip 40: Smart Folders in Tiger
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Check out Smart folders. One of over 200 new features in Apples 10.4 (Tiger). Smart Folders allow you to create folders containing files and other folders that relate in some way. But much more that just date created and size.
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Sunday 24 April 2005
Tip 39: Chicken Exit Series #1 - Konfabulator
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Here is one of the many ways to make Apples Panther look and feed more like Tiger.
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Saturday 16 April 2005
Tip 37: Faxing with one phone line
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No need to have a Fax machine or a second phone line to use this cost saving tip.
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