LindauerMacs Blog

June 2010

Recent Items in Apple Menu – Show in Finder

June 30, 2010

Tip: Show Apple menu ‘recent items’ in the Finder Thanks to MacFixIt and Tohper Kessler for this great tip One of the most common uses for the Apple menu has been to quickly launch utilities, system settings, and programs. Starting with its early implementations in the classic Mac OS, you used it to access the [...]

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More iPhone 4 Troubleshooting and Tips

June 30, 2010

MacInTouch has a Special Reports page with iPhone 4 and iOS 4 tips and troubleshooting info. The page will be updated as time goes on, no doubt, but for now has a lot of info and experiences regarding the signal fluctuations that affect some users when they hold their phone in the “Death Grip” (I [...]

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iPhone 4 Tips and Tricks

June 30, 2010

Apple emailed me today with a link to a page with a number of tips and tricks you can use on your new iPhone 4. For anyone who is interested in the new iPhone, or who just bought one, this is great stuff. Just for example, did you know that if you are in Safari, [...]

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Stupid iPhone 4 Tricks, part 1

June 30, 2010

This really isn’t stupid at all, other than the fact that I didn’t think of it. John Lowery posted this tip on Macintouch a couple of days ago. Thank you, John! Here is a stupid trick for your iPhone 4: 1) Open the camera app. Use the slider in the lower right to set it [...]

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Safari 5 hidden features

June 23, 2010

Safari 5 has several features not widely known. Here are a couple of my favorites. RSS icon replaced by Reader Before Safari 5 there’s been a RSS icon to the right of the address field, where you could click to subscribe to a site’s feed. The icon is gone, but the functionality can be accessed [...]

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Locations Service privacy settings in iOS 4

June 22, 2010

Something new in iOS 4 is the ability for Locations Service to respect privacy controls. Toggle on or off apps ability to use Locations Services by going to Settings -> General -> Location Services where any apps used in the last 24 hours will show an icon and a toggle switch to enable/disable the service. [...]

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iPhone 4 upgrade eligibility

June 21, 2010

AT&T is giving us a break. As noted before, some of us who aren’t finished with our two year contract are able to purchase the new iPhone 4. An AT&T representative has stated that “Everybody is eligible for a hardware upgrade at the 18 month point of that contract”. If you are lusting after a [...]

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IOS 4.0 Available

June 21, 2010

The new iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch operating system is available, and downloading as I write. I’m excited! I plugged my iPhone in to my Mac, fired up iTunes, and… my software was up to date, supposedly. I clicked the button to update, and lo and behold, I was offered the option of downloading and installing, downloading only, [...]

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Adobe CS5 comments

June 19, 2010

My pal David Trevelyan, a gifted artist and sculptor living in Bali for the last 20 years is a Photoshop and Illustrator genius. He taught me the basics for everything I know about both, about a year after I taught him how to start his new PowerBook 100 up. He and I email info, drawings [...]

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iPhone 4 pre-orders 600,000 in one day.

June 16, 2010

It took about 3 dozen tries… well, maybe 2 dozen, but I finally got a “reservation” to pick my new iPhone 4 32GB (Black) up at the Santa Rosa, CA. Apple Store on June 24. Stay tuned for first impressions. I’ll no doubt be posting that day. Problems with the pre-order process I can’t speak [...]

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