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Learn to work better with iTunes libraries
Working with the iTunes interface and your library can be confusing at times. These solutions should offer some clarity. Is it possible to have more...
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How to give your artwork that grungy, weathered look
Clean, crisp artwork may sometimes be the artist’s goal, but the pursuit of perfection can also lead to artwork that looks clinical and perhaps...
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Mountain Lion: Hands on with Mail
When Apple released Lion (OS X 10.7), Mail received its biggest overhaul ever, gaining many new and noteworthy features. The changes to Mail in Mountain...
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Understanding Lion’s Autosave
We all have the same story, the one about the time we were working on a document but forgot to hit Save and then something happened and we lost all...
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Get the most out of Lion’s Spotlight
The Spotlight menu, at the far right of your menu bar, is even more useful in OS X Lion because it offers new ways to work with search results. Click...
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What 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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Change 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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How 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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How 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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iiNet launches workshops to help newbies discover wonders of the ‘net
10 January 2012: iiNet, Australia’s second largest DSL broadband provider, has today announced an educational program dedicated to teaching discoverers...
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Give Launchpad a complete clean out
Launchpad takes the iOS home screen springboard and recreates it on your Mac. Some users love this new Lion feature; others aren’t sold. If...
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Lend a helping holiday hand
As appreciated as your presence and presents would have been during Christmas, I’d suggest sharing one additional gift this new year – your technical...
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How to disable Carrier IQ on your iPhone
iPhone users can turn off the Carrier IQ software that’s raised a ruckus among US consumers, bloggers and privacy advocates with just four taps....
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Five functions for help tags
Help tags – those little yellow rectangles of information that pop up when you hover your cursor over something – do more than just provide the...
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Learning gestures in Lion
Lion’s support for gestures – tapping and swiping fingers on a Multi-Touch trackpad – isn’t entirely new. OS X has supported gestures in some...
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How to share one Mac with your family
Your home may be crammed with Macs and computing devices, but if you’re like a lot of other households, you have a central ‘family’...





