Hard to recommend the 10.5.5 update just yet. There seem to be some installation issues. Half of the machines at Boyceworld took the installation without incident and are working fine. The other half took forever to restart after the install, then went to a blue screen, then turned themselves off. After restarting a few times... Continue Reading →
Stuff You Didn’t Know You Had
And now, something completely different! Apple loads new Macs with a lot of software that we all use (iPhoto, Safari, Mail, iTunes, etc.). They also load new Macs with a lot of software that almost no one uses. But if more of us knew about it, more of us would use it. I think. My... Continue Reading →
Tip of the Day, September 3rd, 2008
Today’s topic: The Desktop.We love The Desktop. We put all of our stuff there. And then we open up Safari, or Mail, or something else, and we cover everything up. When we need something from The Desktop, Step One (and Step Two, and Step 3) is “move all those windows out of the way so... Continue Reading →
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Tip of the Day, August 25th 2008
Here are two ways to create emails with attachments and they're probably both faster and easier than what you're doing now.
Tip of the Day, August 24th, 2008
Did You Know-- ?The Preview program that comes with OS X 10.5 can do some pretty spiffy things. In fact, it can do some of the things Photoshop can do, and some of the stuff that Acrobat can do, and a whole bunch of stuff that neither can do. And it’s free.In Part I of... Continue Reading →
Tip of the Day, August 21st 2008
Ever get a weird error message on your Mac and then try to tell someone (me) about it? The conversation goes like this:You: “I got a weird error message on my Mac.”Me: “Oh really. What did it say?”You: “Something about an error.”Me: “Right. Can you tell me a little more?”You: “No, it just said there... Continue Reading →
Tip of the Day, August 20th 2008
Assuming you’re using Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5):One of the very handy features introduced in 10.5 is “QuickLook.” With it, you can VERY quickly pop open a document and see what’s in it, without the delay of launching a program such as Preview or Word. Here’s how you use it.1. Click ONCE on a document... Continue Reading →
Tip of the Day, August 3rd, 2008
Command-Spacebar. That’s it. See you tomorrow.OK, here’s a little more info. When you press Command-Spacebar, you get a little search box at the top right of your screen. Looks like this:Type something in, and as you type, Spotlight searches your hard disk(s) for matches. Big deal? Well, yeah, because it searches INSIDE documents in addition... Continue Reading →
Tip of the Day, July 30th, 2008
See that row of keys across the top of your keyboard? The row you never use? How about making those keys do something useful, like opening your mail program, or Safari, or (yuck) Microsoft Word? Here’s how you do it using a FREE program called “Spark.”Step One: go to versiontracker.com and download Spark. Here’s the... Continue Reading →