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Help 2How to track a lost computer with Find My Mac
If your computer is stolen or otherwise liberated from your possession, don’t despair: if you’ve remembered to enable Find My Mac, you can track...
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HelpFact or fiction: eight Mac energy-saving techniques tested
We’re all interested in saving energy. Maybe you conserve to be a better global citizen or to save money on your utility bills. Maybe you use your...
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Help 1Renaming files, wireless syncing and matching music ripped from vinyl
In this week’s instalment, the iTunes Guy looks at renaming files, syncing iOS devices wirelessly, matching music ripped from vinyl, and answers...
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HelpViewing project-related email archives
Reader Cathron Brewton, like many of us, would like to organise her old email in an efficient way. She writes: I have many folders in Mail that I...
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HelpMake Mail and Gmail play nice
As of the Mountain Lion version, Apple’s Mail is better than ever at helping you manage your email. And Google’s web-based Gmail is also pretty...
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HelpGet social with OS X’s Twitter integration
Beginning in Mountain Lion, OS X features social media integration options with both Twitter and Facebook, letting you post to the services from the...
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HelpIntroduction to Calendar
Mountain Lion can help you do more than organise your music library, compose and receive email, and work out the complex equations necessary to design...
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HelpHow you use auditions in Final Cut Pro X
Editing video involves a lot of trial and error. Which shot works better – the close-up or the wide? Which take? Should I make the shot look warmer...
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HelpControl Time Machine from the command line
Backing up your data is the most important thing you can do with your computer – even more important than tweeting or posting on Facebook. If you...
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HelpBugs & Fixes: SandboxCleaner cleans up QuickTime component crashes
Do you use third-party Mac applications to access video or photo files? If you are using versions of these apps obtained from the Mac App Store, have...
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HelpThe Script Doctor: Deduping Contacts and more
In previous columns, I answered questions on scripting Mail and working with text. This time, I’m answering some questions I’ve received on...
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HelpGoogle Hangout and the uncooperative camcorder
Reader David d’Angelo has a camcorder and Mac, but can’t make a desired connection between the two. He writes: I read your recent article about Skype...
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HelpMac 101: Dealing with junk mail
Technology is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it allows for wonderful means of communication – free voice and video calls, no-cost text messaging...
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HelpSix ways to master the Mac App Store and the iTunes Store
Feel like shopping? Both the Mac App Store (Apple menu > App Store) and the iTunes Store (accessed through Apple’s iTunes) may appear to be applications,...
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HelpRepairing your iPad’s network connection
Reader Walt Czeka’s iPad has suddenly turned a blind eye to his local network. He writes: After using my iPad for a short time this morning it suddenly...
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HelpThe seven best OS X tricks you’re not using
It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it: find overlooked OS X tricks. Sometimes I hunt for them; sometimes I just run across them. Here’s...
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HelpFind missing podcast playlists, replace converted songs and more
Sometimes the iTunes Guy gets questions where the only answer is, “sorry, you can’t”. This column covers a couple of questions with no solutions,...
