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HelpCreate quick Sticky notes
The Stickies app built into Mac OS X isn’t for everyone, but its devotees – and I count myself among them – can’t live without it. Using the...
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Help 1How to access Wikipedia in a blackout
Numerous sites across the internet are going dark in protest of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) legislation currently before the House of Representatives,...
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HelpChange your Mac’s system voice
Thanks to Siri on the iPhone 4S, people are quickly getting used to hearing gadgets talk. Your Mac can talk, too. For using your Mac everyday, there’s...
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HelpHow to create a Gmail app on your Mac
Fluid is an app from developer Todd Ditchendorf. It lets you turn web apps into Mac apps, by creating something called Site Specific Browsers –...
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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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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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Help 1Select and copy text in Quick Look previews
Quick Look is a delightfully simple way to browse the contents of the files on your Mac without launching their parent apps. (Select a file, press...
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HelpFixing a broken Automator workflow
A reader who wishes to remain anonymous queries an Automator workflow that is seemingly broken under Lion. He writes: I’ve tried an Automator workflow...
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HelpTip: Assign a different wallpaper to each desktop
A feature I always wanted to see in Snow Leopard’s Spaces was the ability to assign different background pictures to each Space in order to make...
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HelpFix Lion’s autocorrections permanently
Sometimes, one person’s hint is another person’s incredibly obvious feature. In this case, I was the guy who needed a hint that – once it was...
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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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HelpTip: Runaway process
The Safari Web Content process – a new component of Safari 5.1 – can cause your CPU to work very hard. I’ve seen CPU percentage levels in Activity...
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HelpFive tips for the Tab key
Pity the unassuming workhorse of the keyboard: The Tab key. Even the Shift key gets more respect. But just because it’s unpretentious, you shouldn’t...
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HelpLengthen the life of your camera battery
Have you ever missed a terrific photo opportunity because your camera’s battery ran out of juice? The following tips will help you extend your...
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HelpAdd a Mickey Mouse timepiece to your dashboard
Thanks to Dashboard’s web clipping feature, you can turn almost anything you see on a webpage into a widget. Hints reader Freethought realised...
