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HelpHow to sign digital documents
Reader Isabel Lorenzo has been asked to sign on the dotted line. She writes: I’ve received some electronic documents that I’m supposed...
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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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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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News 1Oprah endorses Surface tablet in a tweet…sent from her iPad
Oprah Winfrey took to Twitter yesterday to endorse one of what she calls her ‘favourite things’, the Microsoft Surface tablet. The kicker?...
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HelpWhen the size column does matter
Reader Craig Moyer longs for a Finder feature he could once invoke via clever hack. He writes: I’d like the Size column to always appear before...
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App GuideWhich? a game of choices
How well do you really know your friends and family? A new iPhone and iPod touch app, Which? will give you a greater insight into the minds of your...
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HelpChoosing a musical keyboard
I have started taking piano lessons with my daughter to encourage her and have some father-daughter shared experiences. The problem is I rarely can...
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HelpAuto-hide applications in Lion
Is there an application auto-hider (something that automatically invokes the Finder’s Hide Others command) that works with Mac OS X Lion? Harian...
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Play 1Jersey Shore’s Snooki talks iOS, ‘guidette’ couture and pickles (of course!)
If you haven’t heard of MTV’s hit reality TV sensation Jersey Shore, chances are you’ve been hiding under the weight of a rather...
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Help 1What to do when new apps and old iOS devices clash
Reader Steve Paulson finds that old and new iOS devices don’t always mix in pleasing ways. He writes: I have a second-generation iPod touch. Several...
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HelpPartition your hard drive with data still on it
Reader Kevin Riley has a splitting dilemma. He writes: I have a 1TB FireWire hard drive that is about a quarter full. I’d like to partition the...
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HelpUsing services in Mac OS X
One of the little-known time-saving features of Mac OS X is services – hidden, single-feature commands that you can access from a special Services...
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HelpHow to sync iCloud with Windows Outlook
Reader H. Thomas Staton is attempting to help a wayward relative. He writes: My son-in-law has a Windows PC and uses Outlook. He now has both an iPad...
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HelpWhich to choose: iMac or Mac Pro
A reader who wishes to remain anonymous has to make the kind of difficult choice that many of us would welcome. He writes: I work in a graphic design...
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Help 1Function keys
After acquiring Minecraft and other games for my MacBook I have run into the situation where I need to use the function keys on the keyboard to use...
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HelpTapping into Lion
One new feature I like in Lion is the Multi- Touch gesture to look a word up in the dictionary – three-finger double tap. However, I can’t seem...
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Help 1Fix: Speed up a lagging Lion
Today’s tale is another episode in my occasional series of ‘detective stories.’ These show how I tracked down, identified and ultimately...
