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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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Tip 145: Google Earth and Disney World

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What a great combination. Google Earth and Disney World in 3D. Take a walk down Main Street USA or Spaceship Earth over at EPCOT. All you need is the latest version of Google Earth and some time to play.

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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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Tip 143: One use credit card number

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With your browser and a Paypal account, you can create a one time use credit card number or a number that can be used again and again but only for a single website. It works with any browser and no special software needed. Find it in the Tools menu on your account page.

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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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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.

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Tip 140: Drop.io - Swiss army knife of file transfer

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Lets see… A folder with up to 100 MB of storage, private or public, for photos, audio, media files. I can access it through the web, email, SMS/phone or fax. I can even call the folder from my phone and leave a message…. and all of this for free! You have to check this web service. www.drop.io. Like a Swiss army knife for file transfer.

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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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Tip 138: Speak your message with Jott

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Now and then you run across new and extremely helpful web services. Jott will record your voice, transcribe it and send it off as an email or text message. Jott yourself, contacts, to do lists or even your google calendar. Tons of other cool features as well. Check it out at www.jott.com. Do not forget to Jott yourself an Amazon list…

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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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Tip 136: Finding The Perfect Color

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Ever needed to match or harmonize a color in a great photograph? http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/colors.php will work from an uploaded image or from your flicker / photobucket collections. Select Create to view, print or copy web colors. A neat way to set up a color scheme for a web site, scrapbook or a can of paint for a room remodel.

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Tip 135: Youtube subscriptions in Safari (Mac/Windows)

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Here is a great way to avoid the clutter of the Youtube interface. Subscribe to your favorites tags and users with the Safari 3 browser (Mac and Window). Use the following examples in the address line.

To subscribe to Videos with the tag car enter:
feed://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/car.rss

To subscribe to Videos with the tag car and truck enter:
feed://www.youtube.com/rss/tag/car+truck.rss

To subscribe to Videos from an individual user enter:
feed://www.youtube.com/rss/user/-the_users_name-/videos.rss

And since these feeds are subscriptions, they will update as more content is added.

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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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Did youComments (0) see the “Google” Witch on Halloween night?

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It’s always great to see the Google Labs team having fun at work. Google Maps Street view is displaying a pixel witch in place of its regular yellow pixel person for Halloween.

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Tip 133: Stopping your iPod

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Here is another way to stop your iPod while playing, even with the hold button on.

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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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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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Tip 130: Google Earth and Sky

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Google Earth is a great way to look at the ground below our feet. With version 4.2 of Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) you can now look up. Zoom to your current location on earth and then click on the View Sky button (top of the main window) to see your current universe. Be sure to check out the animations of the moon and planets.

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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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Tip 128: Google Maps Alternate Routes

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Once again Google has updated its Google.com/maps site. Now you can adjust points in-between your Starting and Ending directions. To avoid streets or to make stops along the way.

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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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Tip 126: Multiple iTunes Libraries

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With all of the new playback devices like iPhones, iPods, AppleTVs and their different formats. Movies, TV shows Podcasts, etc. Sometimes playlists just don’t cut it. This One Minute Tip covers the process of setting up multiple iTunes Libraries. These new libraries can be set up on local drives or network storage drives. And can even help cut down on multiple copies of media.

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Tip 125: Google Image Labeler

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Play a 2 minute game, receive points and help Google label their images. Check it out at http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/.

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