Mac 101

May 12, 2009 in How-To by Mark

iPhoto is convenient way to download your photos to your mac, not to mention the default. However many users prefer to download pictures and movies to a folder. Mac has a wonderful utility called Image Capture which will download your photos, movies, and music. Which will allow you to manage your media “the old fashioned way”, I find this handy because I prefer to add images into iPhoto manually while having a backup or originals in one location.

May 11, 2009 in How-To, Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Did you ever want more detailed information from the iTunes bar graph when you plug in your iPod? Here’s a quick tip on how to see your iPod utilization differently.

May 8, 2009 in Essentials, How-To by Josh

Heres a list of the common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts. A keyboard shortcut is a way to invoke a function in Mac OS X by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard. These can help you to significantly speed up daily computer tasks.

May 6, 2009 in How-To, Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Did you ever need to access your home or office computer while on the road? Concerned about security using public services? Now you can securely access your Mac from anywhere on the Internet using SSH and Public Key Authentication.

May 5, 2009 in How-To by Josh

One of the most annoying things for me is each time I go to sync my iPhone, it always opens iPhoto automatically. If you have the latest version of iPhoto, the solution is easy. If not, then the solution is hiding in another app you probably dont know about.

May 2, 2009 in How-To by Mark

Google released CalDAV in 08 then followed up with the application called Calaboration. This simple app will get your Google Calendar and iCal to play nicely together via Bi-Directional sync.

May 1, 2009 in How-To, Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

There are numerous ways to protect the contents of your Home folder using applications such as PGP or TrueCrypt, but OS X has the ability built-in. FileVault, which can be activated and managed from the Security pane in System Preferences, converts your Home folder into an encrypted disk image.

April 25, 2009 in How-To by Bob Faulhaber

Have you run out of space on your Time Capsule? Or would you like to backup using Time Machine to a disk attached to either your Time Capsule or Airport Extreme. These simple steps will show you how to set it up.

March 12, 2009 in How-To by Mark

Most browsers do a poor job at making the active tab stand out, Safari 4 suffers from this problem. Luckily we have a simple way to colorize your active tab in Safari 4 so they will be stand out and be more visible.