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, […]
Great Deal on Learning to Switch to Mac
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 […]
Microsoft Publisher for Mac
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 […]
Any Document To .pdf
Portable Document Format, or .pdf, is my favourite filetype to send to others when I want to show them a document, and I care about formatting, filesize and compatibility. Your Mac comes with Preview, and Windows users can download a multitude of .pdf readers like Foxit Reader and Acrobat to read .pdf’s.
From Windows to Mac
Keith asks: My Windows XP PC kicked the bucket, but its hard drive is fine. I bought an iMac; how do I get my documents from my PC’s hard drive to my new Mac? You could network your PC and iMac, but your PC is fried. I recommend buying a 3.5 inch hard drive enclosure that […]
Download YouTube videos
Alexa writes: I downloaded some videos from youtube and they are currently in flv format. I’d like to put them into a powerpoint, and I think I need to convert them to mpeg, or something. But I don’t know how to do that or what program to use.Thanks! I get asked this question all the […]
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Create a folder containing your current selection by choosing File > New Folder with Selection or by pressing Control-Command-N (⌃⌘N).
Handy as hell.
Six Unexpected Uses for the Application Switcher
I didn’t know about half of these.
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