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HelpHow to turn into a take-away chef
First-World consumers are embracing online shopping at an ever-increasing rate, as evinced by the way we’re dropping the phone for the internet...
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HelpHow to set up Time Machine in Mountain Lion
If you value your data—whether it’s some perfect photos you took last weekend, your entire music collection on iTunes, or your draft of the next...
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HelpHow to get your pictures out of Aperture
The Export function in Aperture 3 is a versatile tool for moving copies of your pictures out of the application. It’s also one of the more misunderstood...
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HelpStorage backups: When you absolutely can’t lose any data
If you’re already backing up your Mac, pat yourself on the back. Having any sort of backup is much better than having none, and your probability...
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HelpHow to get the most out of Game Center
Gaming has become an increasingly popular part of what we do with our Macs and iOS devices, and Apple finally realized that. In iOS 5, the company...
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Help 1The iTunes Store and Apple IDs
In this column, we look at a number of questions related to the iTunes Store and Apple IDs, and one question about a problem with iTunes launching...
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HelpBuilding better reminders: Quick to-dos and audible alerts
Lion’s iCal and Mountain Lion’s Calendar applications have made creating events easier by way of the Create Quick Event feature, which allows...
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HelpHow to ensure Facebook posts you want to see aren’t hidden
Your News Feed may appear full, but there’s a good chance you’re not seeing everything that the brands and businesses you’ve “liked”...
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HelpEdit videos using iMovie on your iPad
Holiday and travel videos are a fun way to share a quick take with friends and family—even while you’re still on the road. With iMovie for iOS...
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Help 1Accessing files from the road
Reader Aiden Andrews is planning to venture out but would like some of his most important files available to him. He writes: I’m planning to be...
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HelpMac 101: Your input devices
For the last few weeks I’ve casually thrown around phrases like “hover your cursor over,” “press the Command key,” and “swipe to the side...
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Help 2Step-by-step: Setting up the iPad mini
Setting up the iPad mini is a reasonably straight-forward process, and as it comes armed with iOS 6 it is a PC-free setup process, so you don’t...
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HelpCreate iMovie titles or watermarks with creative overlays
iMovie ’11 offers many options for styling title text—more than you probably realised. But what if you want even more control over how text appears?...
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HelpLimiting your Apple Remote
Every so often my coworkers, in the course of other business correspondence, slip in an Apple-related question of their own. For example, Coworker...
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Help 1Get the big picture with iOS 6 panoramas
Panorama images provide a broader view of the world than typical photographs. With iOS 6, Apple brought the ability to create these big pictures to...
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HelpWork-arounds for sound loss, trailer failure, and over-full iPads
My Apple hardware has recently been bothered by several unrelated bugs—ranging from alert sound loss on my Mac Pro to free space mysteriously disappearing...
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HelpShare your iMovie projects from your iPad
Once you’re chosen your shots from the library, made the edit as tight as possible, included a soundtrack and a handful of sound effects, and added...
