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HelpKeep track of important messages with Mail’s VIPs
If you get a lot of email, you know how hard it can be to spot messages from friends and family, or from your most important contacts. The recently...
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HelpPrinting playlists, displaying bit rates, and shuffling music
The iTunes Guy gets all kinds of questions, and this week I look at some queries about printing playlists, which device to use for streaming music,...
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Help 1Six quick Safari tips
Little things mean a lot—especially when tiny tips save time. Ramp up your Web-browsing skills with these speed-friendly techniques for Safari...
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HelpSound and vision: The Sound and Displays system preferences
Your Mac is capable of both aural and visual wonders. Two system preferences—Sound and Displays—control how those wonders are manifested. Sound...
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HelpAutomatically mount an AirPort-attached USB drive
Reader Alec Lancaster finds it too much trouble to mount a remote disk. He writes: I’ve attached a USB hard drive to my AirPort Extreme Base Station...
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HelpNotes on notifications
If, as is the case for an increasing number of people, your first experience with an Apple product came via an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, you’ve...
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HelpiTunes playlists, tags, and track durations
In my latest column I discuss turning on Grid View in playlists, making playlists from folders of songs, adding tags to your tracks, and identifying...
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Help 1How to set up iCloud
If you recently picked up a new Mac, iPhone, iPod, or iPad, you may have seen mention of something called iCloud when setting up your device. If you...
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HelpPower through schedules with 21 Google Calendar tricks
Maybe you charge through your plans with precision, planning everything down to the minute. Or, like Marilyn Monroe, perhaps you’ve “been...
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HelpTroubleshooting iTunes 11: The sequel
While iTunes 11.0.1 appears to have fixed most of bugs reported in the application’s initial 11.0 release (including those covered in a previous...
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HelpHow to reformat a backup drive
I am recently new to the world of Macs, having purchased an iMac about a month ago. I have also purchased a Seagate GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive,...
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HelpTip: Rearrange Finder columns
I’d like the Size column to appear before Date Modified in all Finder windows displayed in List view. Years ago I could modify the com.apple.finder.plist...
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HelpTip: Subscribe to non-iTunes podcasts in the Podcast app
Apple’s Podcasts app for iOS isn’t perfect; but if you like podcasts, you may find that it handles them better than the iOS Music app does. (Many...
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HelpReader tip: Revert your rolling system in Mountain Lion
If you hate the default scrolling behaviour in Apple’s new Mountain Lion, which mimics that of iOS devices, you can revert it back to the natural...
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HelpMake more of your movies with Final Cut Pro X
iMovie ’11 is a great application for getting started with video editing. It’s intuitive, it includes high-quality templates and simple effects,...
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HelpiMovie for iOS: Make home movies on the go
With iMovie for iOS on your iPad, you can quickly and easily cut casual videos, spruce them up with themes, mix video with still photos, and add effects,...
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HelpMake Mail icons bigger
Mail received a revamped sidebar in Lion, and some of us still aren’t thrilled about it as the mailbox icons display larger than we’d like. You...
