Aug 14

How to install a retro clock style screen saver

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I just found a real cool screen saver that my brother is using. After a preset time of inactivity your computer screen switches over to an old style flip-over clock. It looks great and is functional. Here’s how to get it going.

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May 08

How to undo typing on your iPhone or iPad

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Did you know that if you shake your iPhone you can undo your last action to do with typing? This can be really handy. Continue reading ⟩

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Mar 18

Why can’t I copy large files to my USB Thumbdrive?

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If you’ve tried copying a file larger that 4GB to a thumb drive you might have received an error saying it’s full, when you know it’s not. This is because of a fie size limit on PC formatted thumbdrives.  Here is how to format a thumb drive in Apple format which will allow you to save larger files.

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Aug 31

How to change the default email address for Apple Calendar Alerts

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You can set up Apple Calendar to send you an email reminder for any event. You can go to any event on your calendar, add an alert, and there is a drop down list of email addresses to choose from. But how do you change the default email address?  I was looking everywhere for where to change the email address that Apple Calendar alerts get sent to.

The answer: change your ‘work’ or ‘home’ address in your own contact in Apple Address Book application (Contacts), not in the Calendar Application.

There’s also some good comments below – have a read!

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Aug 26

How to use Quicksilver

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Quicksilver is the first app I install on any Macintosh.

With Quicksilver you press the Apple key once and a window appears on top of everything else. From this window you can pretty much do anything:  launch an app, find a file, find a contact, email someone, you name it.  Here’s how to get it going…

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Jan 05

3 things I don’t have an answer to!

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I try to answer most Mac problems, but here are three things that have me stumped! Continue reading ⟩

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Jan 02

HELP: I’m after a simple free photo resizing app with preview…

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Does anyone know of a photo app for mac that will show you a preview of what your file will look like after it is saved?

I want to write an article on how to save an image to use on a webpage…

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Aug 11

How to install Lion from scratch if you don’t have Snow Leopard.

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If you have a Lion installer on a USB thumbdrive, you can use it to upgrade your Mac from Snow Leopard to Lion, but if you have an older version of OS X you can’t upgrade. You need to first upgrade to Snow Leopard OR you can erase everything and do a completely fresh install of Lion.  After installing Lion on my iMac, I wanted to delete everything on my laptop and do a fresh install of Lion. But the installer will not install over an older version of OSX. I had to delete the old version of OSX, then install Lion from the USB thumbdrive. Here’s how to do a fresh install of Lion.

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