Vanessa asks: I really need to get some back up Hard Drive. I’ve heard I need at least 3 HDDs. is that what I use? Also what brand or memory space do you think is required? On a mac the best back up is a external firewire HD and then setting up time machine. Time […]
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How safe are your passwords?
If you are like many people online you are probably using Mozilla’s Firefox as your web browser of choice. If you aren’t using Firefox then this post won’t directly related to you. However if you are… read on. Do you save passwords to frequently visited websites in Firefox with this dialogue drop down menu? If so, do […]
Happy 40th Birthday
Happy Birthday to the Mouse. The computer mouse turns 40 via Macworld. Stay tuned for our favorite mice used by us here at About This Mac
Magic Eraser + Macbook = New
For those of you that have a white macbook and have had it for any length of time will notice the discoloration of the palm rests. What once was a bright clean white macbook as turned to a rather ugly looking colour. This can be an issue when you are showing off your amazing Macbook […]
Customize About This Mac
Customization of your Mac is one of the best ways to bring your personality to your Mac. And what better place for us to start talking about customization than with the About This Mac screen. Now some of you might not even know where to find this screen. So to begin click on the Apple […]
uTorrent comes to Mac
One of the most popular BitTorrent application, uTorrent, has finally found its way to our Macs. It is officially available. This first official release is still beta, and Intel Macs only, and the developers are aware that it still may contain bugs. However, it looks great and I can’t wait to test it out. Visit […]
Creating Your Own Shortcuts
Jared asks: I have been using Pages for a lot of my desktop publishing needs while on my Mac, however, I still need people in the PC world to view my documents. I have been using the Export function quite a lot and noticed that it does not have a shortcut key next to it. […]
Quick Tips
Back to the Desktop
Quite honestly the shortcut key I use the most throughout my day is when presented with a ‘Save’ dialogue box (i.e. when you go to save your Photoshop, Word, etc. document for the first time)
Simply pressing Command-D will change the currently selected directory to your Desktop. Saving files to the desktop (temporarily!) makes it easy to use, particularly if you’re going to be emailing, Twittering or Facebooking an image or document right away and not really saving it for long term use.
Command-D, enter a file name, Return and you’re done.
The Command key is the one next to your spacebar that has the word “Command” on it, or as is the case on earlier Mac keyboards, has the Apple logo.
(As an aside, ever wonder why that symbol is called “Command?” It’s a symbol for an interesting feature in a Swedish campground.)
8 Subtle Changes You May (Or May Not) Notice in iOS 4.
Every time Apple releases a new OS update, be it on the Mac or iPhone, there’s a bucketload of smaller - lesser-spotted - changes that appear in the system. iOS 4 very much continues this trend, so whilst you’re busy perusing the new update today here’s 8 little changes you may (or may not) spot.
Taking a Screenshot on iPhone/iPad/iOS Devices
Let’s say you want to take a screenshot of the latest app you are running on your iPhone or iPad (maybe to show off a high score in Carcassonne - great game btw!) to send to a friend or upload to your blog. Here’s how:
- Press the ‘Home’ button and at the same time press the ‘On/Off’ button. No need to hold them down for very long (1 second is enough).
- The screen should flash white briefly.
- Now startup the Photos app
- Inside the ‘Saved Photos’ album you should see your screenshot waiting for you.
Now you can email it to yourself or the next time you sync with iTunes it will pull the screenshot into iPhoto (or whatever photo application you are using on your Mac).
WANT: Leather iPad Case with a 100 year warranty.
Moving Apps Around
In order to move apps around your iPhone/iPad screen, you just have to press and hold on any app for 2 seconds (try not to move your finger) until the apps start shaking and some of them (non-Apple apps) get a little ‘X’ in the top left corner - you can stop pressing now:
Now press and hold on on the app you want to move and slide it to the location you want the app to be. Other apps will slide out of the way as you slide the app around.
Once the app is where you want it to be, press the Home button to lock the apps back into location.
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