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Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

August 18, 2011

Apple released an updated support page listing shortcuts for all Mac OS X versions. All of the key or key combinations are explained, and I encourage all users to adopt at least a few keyboard shortcuts, as keeping your fingers on the keyboard will increase your productivity considerably. Every time you have to use the [...]

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Time Machine context tip

August 18, 2011

Stephen Hart posted on Macintouch today, with a great hint I’m reprinting here: When you enter Time Machine, your entry point is context-sensitive. If you have a folder selected in the Finder, Time Machine will not show backups for the time before that folder existed. Shift-Command-C is the shortcut for Go > Computer. That takes [...]

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Lion is here…

August 13, 2011

Lion is here! I’ve installed Lion on my MacPro, and so far am pretty well trouble free. I’ve had to update a few applications, and switched from Quicken 2007 to iBank (Quicken Essentials is the only version that works with Lion at this time) but for the most part it’s not been a problem for [...]

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Prep your Mac for Lion

July 5, 2011

Get ready for OS X 10.7 Computerworld posted an article today by Greg Keizer that spells out what you need (bare minimums) in the way of hardware, and what it will take to buy and install Lion. Greg also recommends, as do I, a complete backup prior to the upgrade. Time Machine or a clone [...]

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Snow Leopard Font Bug addressed

April 27, 2011

Apple released an update to Mac OS X 10.6.7 to address a bug that caused problems for some users. They had issues with some OpenType fonts not displaying and printing correctly, particularly in PDFs. Snow Leopard Font Update by Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377 If you’ve had issues with the recent 10.6.7 update, or if you are using [...]

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OS X 10.7 Lion – What will it bring?

February 28, 2011

The developer version of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was released recently. The final version may be a bit different, some features may change or be added or dropped. I’ll be adding more bits of information as they become available, but a couple of important facts need to be shared. First, to run OS X [...]

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Security Update 2010-005 released

August 24, 2010

Apple released a new security update today, more info can be found here. It’s available for Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6.4 and Mac OS X Server v10.6.4. It blocks several security holes, and I recommend all Mac users keep up to date with ALL security updates. Use [...]

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Apple releases update to Mac OS X 10.6.4 for the new iMacs

July 27, 2010

An update to Mac OS X 10.6.4 was released this morning, with additions specific for the new iMacs… oh, you didn’t know about the new iMacs? Read the next post! Unless you have one of the new model iMacs, you won’t need this update. The new update addresses graphic anomalies occurring in the new iMacs [...]

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Add PDFs to iTunes for easy syncing

July 10, 2010

This tip comes from Macworld, and makes easy to add a web site or article to your iPhone/iPod (running iOS4) or your iPad. Add PDFs to iTunes for easy syncing by Whitson Gordon, Macworld.com If you have iTunes 9.2 and iOS4 installed on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, the iBooks app can view PDF [...]

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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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