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Large Phone Numbers
The text in Address Book is 11 point. When you want to telephone a contact, it would be nice to have the telephone number in large type. You can do this easily. Hold your cursor down on the field name (work, home) for the phone number until Large Type appears, and slide over to select [...]
Continue reading...Get Instant Maps
4. June 2009
In Leopard, your Address Book doesn’t just tell you where to go — it shows you! To get an instant map to any address, just Control/click on the address field of a contact card (or right-click if you have a two-button mouse). Then select “Map Of.” This command opens Safari (if it’s not already open) and reveals [...]
Continue reading...See Which Groups They Are In
10. May 2009
If you have a contact that appears in more than one Group, you can instantly see which of your Groups this individual appears in by simply clicking on his or her contact and holding the “Option” key. When you do this, every Group where their names appear will become highlighted. This is handy if you want [...]
Continue reading...Sharing Contacts with vCards
4. April 2009
Electronic versions of old-fashioned Rolodex cards, vCards provide the fastest way to import contacts into your own Address Book or to share your Address Book contacts with friends, family, or colleagues. Much like their physical predecessors, vCards contain basic contact information (such as name, address, phone, and email). But you can easily add information to enhance [...]
Continue reading...Backup Your Address Book
4. April 2009
There are few things more annoying than losing your entire Address Book that you have carefully created over the past year or two. One way to backup your entire Address Book is to select everyone in the Name column (or just select the important names), then drag that block of names to the Desktop. This creates [...]
Continue reading...Using vCards
8. March 2009
The industry standard for electronic business cards is now vCards. There is an interesting trick you can use based on the vCard principle. Highlight a name in your Address Book. Control/click on the name. A contextual menu appears. Using it you can find all the references to that name anywhere on your computer. ~ Phil Russell
Continue reading...Share Your Address Book
14. January 2009
Go to the Address Book menu, choose “Preferences,” and then click the “Sharing” icon. When the Sharing panel opens, turn on the checkbox for “Share Your Address Book” and wait for a few seconds while Leopard does some secret stuff to get everything set up. Now click the Add (+) button in the bottom-left corner [...]
Continue reading...Sync Select Contacts
22. March 2008
Q: Is there a way to archive the phone numbers and addresses of contacts I don’t need any more? I sync my Motorola Razr phone with my iMac’s address book, but the latter includes names of people I’m no longer in touch with, as well as business contacts I don’t currently use. Ideally I’d like [...]
Continue reading...Instantly Backup Your Address Book
16. March 2008
Don has a great tip below about how to restore a badly corrupted Address Book. This Mac Treat is about how to instantly back up your Address Book — so, in the absolutely worst-case scenario, you’ll have access to all your addresses. I typically use iSync and .Mac to backup and sync my Address Book across [...]
Continue reading...Finding Your Lost Address Book
16. March 2008
I was innocently working at my Mac when I needed to look up an address. When I opened the AddressBook application, I was stunned — there were none of my 750 addresses present. All there was was a blank database. I had a bit of fear I had lost all those addresses from 20+ years [...]
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If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
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