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A new trick for old dogs

January 11, 2012

OK, it’s an old trick, but I was reminded of it today. It’s particularly useful with Lion. I for one do NOT like the light grey text used all too frequently, but it’s easy to read when you simply press Control-Option-Command-8. This changes the viewing mode to white-on-black, so instead of trying to read grey [...]

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Force an application to quit – the easy way

November 21, 2011

I subscribe to Mac Tip of the Week from Peachpit Press, and this week they had such a good one I have to share. Force an Application to Quit To give you a menu choice to force an application to quit, Option-press (don’t click) that application’s icon in the Dock. Of course, the Command-Option-Escape key [...]

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iTunes Match – use it to upgrade your tracks

November 18, 2011

Have you downloaded the newest version of iTunes, and set up iTunes Match yet? I did the other day, with trepedation and caution, but it worked out pretty well. I have about 20,000 tracks in my iTunes library, so I haven’t set up my iPhone or iPad to use Match yet, but that’s the next [...]

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Death, Taxes and Hard Drive Failure

August 19, 2011

Hard drives are made to last as long as the warranty these days… like most everything else. If your drive has a three year warranty, the likelihood of it working the full 3 years is very near 100%. That percentage will fall at an unknown rate after the warranty period ends. Your drive may last [...]

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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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Changes in Lion

August 18, 2011

There are a lot of changes in Lion, both in the interface and in the basics of the system. I’d love to list them all, but I haven’t found ‘em all yet, and others have done a great job of it before I’ve had the chance. Some Changes In Lion is a list of some [...]

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OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive

August 18, 2011

Apple is now selling a thumb drive installer on the Apple online store (and perhaps in brick/mortar stores as well) for $69.00. The absence of a Lion install DVD has caused a bit of uproar (Lion, roar… never mind) with users who are concerned that if they need to reinstall their system, there’s no easy [...]

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Notes from a Lion crash-test dummy

July 22, 2011

I installed Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Wednesday afternoon, on my clone drive, and played with it until about 11pm. Yesterday I installed it on my main drive, and struggled for a while. It turns out that Glims made Safari very unstable, and when I figured that out, the constant crashes stopped. Updating Default Folder [...]

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iPhone: Convert a phone number to a contact

May 11, 2011

iPhone Life Magazine’s tip of the week is a great time saver. Here’s how you can easily add a contact using the phone number: How to Convert a Phone Number to a Contact You can convert phone numbers into contacts very easily with the iPhone. You can even add an additional number to an existing [...]

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