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HelpSyncing calendars between Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard
Reader Ron Sharp has a question that continues to puzzle some Mac users. He writes: I have an older Mac on a local network that is still using Snow...
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HelpHow to sync an Android phone to your Mac
Thanks to iCloud, syncing an iPhone with a Mac is a piece of cake. But Mac users who don’t buy into the whole ‘one vendor to rule them all’...
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BlogsApple and the file system: skating to where the puck might go
Since the introduction of the Mac, Apple has waged a steadily escalating war against the file system. While the ability to organise files hierarchically...
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BlogsTen improvements we’d like to see in OS X
As part of last year’s surprise release of Mountain Lion, Apple promised that it would begin delivering yearly updates to Mac OS X, much as it...
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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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BlogsThe sync conundrum: Rethinking Apple’s cloud services
In just a few short weeks, iCloud turns two years old and there is much cause for celebration. Introduced at the 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference...
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NewsApple leads consumer cloud storage wars
Apple is the leading consumer cloud storage provider, beating out Dropbox, Amazon and Google according to a new survey. The survey of 2,300 consumers who...
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NewsApple adds two-step authentication option for iCloud, Apple IDs
Apple on Friday unveiled two-step authentication for Apple and iCloud IDs. As first reported by 9to5 Mac, you can now add the extra level of security...
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Blogs 4Silent email filtering makes iCloud an unreliable option
These days, so much important communication is conducted by email that we expect it to be rock solid. So when emails don’t arrive – or even worse,...
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NewsTwo billion iMessages sent from 500 million iOS devices daily
Yesterday saw Apple announce its best ever financial results, selling 47.8 million iPhones in the first quarter of 2013, as well as 22.9 million iPads...
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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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HelpHow to create Calendar events more efficiently
My Mac runs Mountain Lion, and I have to fiddle with events after I create them in Calendar – changing all-day events to events that last a couple...
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HelpTop tips for Mountain Lion: iCloud
Whenever a new operating system comes out, Mac users madly scramble around looking for tips and tricks that will make using that OS easier and more...
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HelpWhen Back to My Mac won’t
Reader Ian Brazzi finds Back to My Mac’s performance inconsistent. He writes: At one time, Back to My Mac worked well for me. But in the last year...
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NewsiTunes 11 now available in Mac App Store
Apple has today released iTunes 11, its new take on the jack-of-all apps for music playback; app, music and book shopping; iOS device syncing and...
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News 1Update: iMessage, FaceTime out of commission overnight, restored today
Your Twitter timeline isn’t pulling your leg: iMessage is, in fact, not working for an unknown number of iOS and Mac users at the moment. And FaceTime...
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HelpAdding subscribers to your photo streams
Reader Derrick Craver is having some difficulty sharing images via iCloud. He writes: I think I understand how to share my pictures with iCloud’s...
