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Use Help Menu to Find Menu Items
Today’s design applications have lengthy menus filled with options. And some of them move around with each new version. (Thanks, Adobe!) If you don’t use them every day, you can forget what’s where. Mac OSX10.5 Leopard comes to the rescue with its Help menu, available in every application at the far right end of the application’s menus. [...]
Continue reading...The Magic Button in Lightroom
20. September 2009
In Library Grid view in Photoshop Lightroom, there’s a tiny badge (icon) in the bottom right corner of your photos that has a +/– on it. This tells you that the image has been edited in Lightroom. The Pencil badge tells you that a keyword has been applied. If you double-click either badge, it takes you to [...]
Continue reading...Sneak a Peek at a Deleted File
26. July 2009
If you’ve done a Spotlight search in Time Machine to find a lost or deleted file, you could end up trawling through dozens of Finder windows to find what you need. To get a quick look at a file before taking the time to restore and open it, make sure that the item listing is [...]
Continue reading...Go with the Flow
25. July 2009
Leopard gives you the option of viewing your files in an iPod-style “Cover Flow” view — so now you can flip through your files like a stack of CDs. This view is especially useful for searching through photos and other graphics files. You may already know how to switch Finder windows between Icon, List, and Column [...]
Continue reading...What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen
20. July 2009
After his MacBook Pro was snatched, David Blatner discovered the hard way that losing hardware was the least of his concerns. Lesson learned, he details what he’s doing now to prevent data loss and potential identity theft on his current laptop. Someday, somewhere, somehow your computer will be gone. It will be stolen, or the hard [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Remove Battery
15. July 2009
If you were considering running your MacBook or MacBook Pro without a battery, think again. Aside from the obvious problem of causing a power interruption by bumping the easily dislodged MagSafe connector, running without a battery significantly hurts performance.
Continue reading...Browsing Photos in a Folder
3. July 2009
In Mac OSX “Tiger,” you can view a folder of photos or pictures as a slideshow by selecting all the files then clicking on the little “gear” icon to get a drop down menu where you could choose “slideshow.” In “Leopard” (the latest Mac OSX) you can open a folder of images and use “Quicklook” to [...]
Continue reading...Can I Use Titanium PowerBook for Entertainment Center
29. June 2009
Q: I just got back my old 800MHz Titanium PowerBook G4 that I have been letting my roommate borrow for the past 2 years. I already have an iMac and a MacBook so I am looking to do something interesting to repurpose this machine. Any tips on the best way to incorporate this into an [...]
Continue reading...Organize Automator with Custom Action Groups
28. June 2009
Many Mac OS X applications allow you to organize items in custom ways. The Finder lets you file things in folders; in iPhoto, you can add photos to albums; and so on. The Automator application that’s included with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard offers the same capability. Create custom action groups to organize any third-party actions [...]
Continue reading...Mouse Exchange
26. June 2009
Q: After a long time troubleshooting and with the help of the Genius at the Apple Store, I found why my Finder was freezing. It was the Logitech MX 300 optical mouse. They suggested trying the standard Apple mouse and it worked fine. I dumped the Logitech Control Center software and installed SteerMouse. Would SteerMouse [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
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.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
22. September 2009
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