Merry Christmas new Mac owners! And a special extra treat for any of you that are switching from Windows to your first Mac. Don McAllister at ScreencastsOnline has made a free episode of his popular video podcast available specifically for switchers. Click here to check it out. And if you find it interesting and helpful, […]
OS X Primer for New Mac Owners">OS X Primer for New Mac Owners
by iChris on 04. Jan, 2010 in Basic, Conversion, Switcher, Video
Hawk Wings Flies Again
by iChris on 23. Jun, 2009 in Customizing, Mail.app, Tweaks
HawkWing.net is a great blog for finding tips, tricks and fixes for Mail.app — the default email client on a Mac. The site was dormant for awhile, but recently woke up and has resumed posting. Interesting side note, it’s run by Tim Gaden who is Dean of the Theological School , College Chaplain and Stewart Lecturer […]
Great Deal on Learning to Switch to Mac
by iChris on 28. Jan, 2009 in Basic, Conversion, Switcher, Video
MacZot.com is a site that features daily deals related to Mac software. Today they’ve got a deal going on what looks to be a great little tutorial/manual for switching from Windows to a Mac: macZOT » “It’s About Time to Learn the Switch to Mac.” It’s About Time to Learn the Switch to Mac®” is the […]
Speeding Up a Slow Mac
by iChris on 12. Jan, 2009 in Tweaks, iBook
Kevin writes: I have a iBook G4 — 1.33 GHz — 512 MB RAM. It’s running really slow. Do you have any “quick fixes”? I was looking on the internet and saw that “anacron” was suggested. Do you guys have any suggestions. I don’t really want to buy a new mac (yet) so any suggestions […]
Customize About This Mac
by Daryl on 29. Nov, 2008 in Customizing, Tweaks
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 […]
Microsoft Publisher for Mac
by iChris on 25. Nov, 2008 in Conversion, Microsoft, Software, Switcher
Melissa asks: Do you know if there’s a Microsoft Publisher version for mac? i know they have office.…(working on a newsletter that’s done in publisher, for now anyway, but I have my mac) Unfortunately there isn’t any easy way to convert a Microsoft Publisher file to something that you can edit on your Mac. You can […]
Loud Fan and Low Battery — What to Do?
by iChris on 24. Nov, 2008 in Hardware, Mac OS, Tweaks
Mikul asks: Hey, our MacBook’s fan has been running really loud lately. It used to not at all, and now it does 100% of the time, even when we’re not running anything. Also, the battery has been lasting for a lot less time than it used to. Any ideas of what it is or what […]
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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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