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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 →
Living in a Modern World
In the olden days, you watched the Olympics on TV and you only got to see what they wanted you to see, when they wanted you to see it. If you were away from the TV you didn’t get to see it. Life was hard.But NOW, you can watch the Olympics on your computer, and... Continue Reading →
Stuff I Like
I really like a non-glare screen for my Macs and iPhone. Here's info about the best non-glare films I've found.
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 →
Tip of the Day, July 29th, 2008
Supposing you wanted to put your Mac to sleep. Or to shut it down. Or maybe restart it. Do it the way the cool kids do: press the Eject button (top row of keys, a triangle with a line under it) while also holding pressing Control (either one of the Control keys). You get a... Continue Reading →