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Switching to Mac 101

By on November 17, 2008 in Mac, Mac OS, Switcher, Tip

When I bought my first Mac sev­eral years ago, it took a while to fig­ure out how to do all the stuff I already knew how to do on my PC. While I am a techie, geek and Mac Addict and spent the time fig­ur­ing this stuff out, there’s no need for you to have […]

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Are you stuck?

By on September 22, 2008 in Basic, Mac, Tip

Kendra asks,“How do I eject a CD or DVD on my Mac when press­ing the eject but­ton doesn’t work?“This is a great ques­tion that I myself had to search apple sup­port for the answer when I first had this prob­lem on my first mac. Espe­cially when you think that a stuck disc is going to […]

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Mac Tip of the Day: Expose and Aluminum Keyboard

By on September 11, 2008 in Basic, Mac, Tip

If you have been a mac user for long enough time you will know all about the Expose fea­ture. If not then here is a quick review.…Expose allows you to quickly do the fol­low­ing:See All the win­dows you have open,Push all win­dows to the side to quickly view just your desk­top,See just win­dows from the […]

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Mac Tip of the Day: Email attachments quickly

Mac Tip of the Day: Email attachments quickly

By on August 29, 2008 in Basic, Mac, Tip

If you’re look­ing for a quick and easy way to send email attach­ments there is no faster way than by using Mail. We all know the stan­dard way. Open Mail…Select New Message…click onthe Attach­ment Paper Clip icon…fill out your email…and Send. There is actu­ally a much quicker way to do this. Just take theattach­ment you would […]

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Tip of the Day: Spotlight

Tip of the Day: Spotlight

By on August 27, 2008 in Mac, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Tip

How often do you use “Spot­light”? This is one of the biggest gems in Mac OS since its Tiger (10.4) intro­duc­tion. To acti­vate Spot­light, you can either click on the mag­ni­fy­ing glass on the top right of your screen, or use the key­board short­cut: com­mand + space­bar.Once you acti­vate Spot­light, type in what you want […]

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What’s Taking Up All That Space?

What’s Taking Up All That Space?

By on August 16, 2008 in Hardware, Mac OS, Software, Tip

Alexa asks: I haven’t installed any­thing new. I haven’t added any large files to my com­puter. But I keep run­ning low on hard drive space! How do I find out what is tak­ing up all the room on my iBook? Apple’s Finder doesn’t cut it. It’ll tell you how much space is left on your hard […]

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Control + Alt + Delete for Mac

Control + Alt + Delete for Mac

By on May 8, 2008 in Basic, Software, Tip

Cas asks: What is the short­cut key to force quit an appli­ca­tion on a Mac? Short answer: ⌘ + option + escape Long answer: Although many Mac zealots would say oth­er­wise, Apple Mac com­put­ers are not per­fect. Occa­sion­ally, appli­ca­tions will quit work­ing and you’re stuck star­ing at what I like to call, “the Rain­bow wheel Of […]

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