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HelpQ&A: Mountain Lion’s notifications
Mountain Lion helps you stay on top of things, and notifications are its chief tool for doing this. A notification can alert you to impending Calendar...
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HelpiTunes Home Sharing, tag editing, iTunes U, and more
This column addresses issues with iTunes 10. iTunes 11 was released on Friday. In this column, we look at five very different questions. Read about...
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HelpWorking with shapes in Pages for iPad
There are lots of surprises hidden inside Pages’ interface, but one of the most intriguing is the capacity for working with shapes and other objects...
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HelpHow to split up a Fusion Drive
Apple’s Fusion Drive combines a fast solid state drive with a slow, platter-based hard drive to deliver both speed and capacity. It does this...
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HelpWhat you don’t know about passwords might hurt you
I don’t mean to alarm you, but—well, actually I do. Your password strategy, if you have one at all, might be seriously out of date. In recent...
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HelpHow to make your own Fusion Drive
A Fusion Drive gives you the best of two worlds: the high storage capacity of a traditional platter-based hard drive, and the speed boost of a solid-state...
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HelpSneaking past the Gatekeeper
Reader Richard Patterson finds his way blocked when trying to launch a favourite application. He writes: I have been using the Onyx utility for...
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HelpHow to beat the line at the Apple Store
A visit to your local Apple Store during the holiday season can be maddening. The stores are overrun with other shoppers, there’s a mob around...
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Help 1Security tips for Mac travelers
When you hit the road, its easy to get paranoid especially if you’re carrying thousands of dollars worth of technology with you. You can alleviate...
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Help 1Evaluating the strength of your AirPort network
Reader Dwayne Ahern has a question about the strength of his Wi-Fi network. He writes: I have an AirPort Extreme Base Station in my home office, and...
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Help 3One Mac, two versions of OS X
Reader Will Dawes would like to have a foot in two worlds. He writes: I have an iMac that’s a couple of years old on which I run Mac OS X Snow Leopard....
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HelpBracket your photos for the perfect shot
There’s no doubt that cameras have gotten dramatically better in recent years; thanks to on-board computers, the average modern point and shoot...
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Help 2Venture beyond the Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is great for the majority of simple applications you might want to purchase. But there are plenty of other apps—ones from registered...
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HelpKeep your data safe when you travel for the holidays
Every material thing in our lives can be replaced. Memories can’t. But the digital era means that our memories can be backed up. That’s especially...
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HelpiTunes Store authorisation, library splitting, and more
In this column, I look at iTunes Store authorization issues, how to get albums to stay together, a question about working with artwork, and how to...
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Help 15 tips for getting more from your Apple TV
The Apple TV has evolved from a slow, hard-drive-based extension of your computer to a fairly capable media streamer. It’s the only media player...
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HelpHow to restore your data from the cloud
Online backups are a useful component of a well-balanced backup strategy. Whether you rely primarily on cloud storage for backups or use the cloud...
