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 […]
Macworld 2009 Keynote
Update: Speech is over. New versions of iLife and iWork (sites not updated currently), updated 17″ MacBook Pro and the news that the iTunes music store is going completely DRM free by the end of this quarter, as well as variable pricing on songs (no more $0.99 only, now the song price will range from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Loud Fan and Low Battery — What to Do?
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 […]
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. […]
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Create a Folder Containing Your Current Selection
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.
Tip: save a copy of your Mac’s Apple System Profiler report to your Dropbox folder. If your Mac dies you’ll have exactly what you lost.
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