iPad: Do You Need to Buy the 3G Model?

iPad: Do You Need to Buy the 3G Model?

February 8, 2010 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Are you planning on buying an iPad when released? Have you really thought about if you really need 3G? Well, there’s a way to get 3G connectivity along with more flexibility and capabilities for your mobile computing needs and not locking yourself in to just the iPad.

Tips & Tricks: Using iTunes 9 “Automatically Add to iTunes” Folder

Tips & Tricks: Using iTunes 9 “Automatically Add to iTunes” Folder

January 18, 2010 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Did you know that iTunes 9 added a new feature that will allow you to automatically add media files to your iTunes library? Using a feature called “Automatically Add to iTunes”, you can easily add media to iTunes.

Tips & Tricks: Fixing Stubborn OS X Trash Problems

Tips & Tricks: Fixing Stubborn OS X Trash Problems

January 11, 2010 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Have you encountered the occasional OS X problem and the inability to empty your Mac’s Trash? There are numerous tricks for forcing the Mac to empty the Trash, but if all fails there is one last method.

Tips and Tricks: Enable Folder Previews in Snow Leopard

Tips and Tricks: Enable Folder Previews in Snow Leopard

December 3, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Do you use the Quicklook feature in Snow Leopard? Did you know that you can get a visual preview of the files in a particular folder without opening the folder? It’s easy with a simple Terminal command.

Tips & Tricks: Snow Leopard “Secret” Menu Bar Commands

Tips & Tricks: Snow Leopard “Secret” Menu Bar Commands

December 2, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Did you know that you can get more detailed information from the icons on your menu bar? By using the Option key when clicking on the various system icons, you’ll get more detailed and valuable information than by just clicking them.

Tips & Tricks: Doing a Spotlight Search in Time Machine

Tips & Tricks: Doing a Spotlight Search in Time Machine

November 17, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Did you know that you can do a Spotlight search of your Time Machine backups to find past versions of files that you may have lost or deleted? Spotlight normally searches for current versions of files on your Mac, but using Time Machine you can go back in time and find previous versions or files that you may have deleted.

Tips & Tricks: Create FREE iPhone Ringtones using iTunes

Tips & Tricks: Create FREE iPhone Ringtones using iTunes

November 12, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Are you tired of spending your hard earned money for ringtones for your iPhone? While there are several different third-party software applications that can help you create them, did you know that you can create them yourself just using your existing iTunes software? And it’s really simple.

Tips & Tricks: Safari – Save Keystrokes When Typing Web Addresses on iPhone

Tips & Tricks: Safari – Save Keystrokes When Typing Web Addresses on iPhone

November 2, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

When using Safari on your iPhone and you type a web address, the keyboard features a .com button so you don’t have to type it out every single time. But what do you do if the domain name doesn’t end in .com?

Well, there’s a trick that will save you those extra keystrokes.

Tips & Tricks: Turn On “New Message” Sound For Every Message in Mail

Tips & Tricks: Turn On “New Message” Sound For Every Message in Mail

October 30, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Have you noticed if you are using IMAP in Apple Mail that you do not get the “new message sound” every time you get a new email? Well, this has been an issue in Mail since the initial release of OS X 10.5, but it has never been addressed by Apple.

If you want an alert there is a easy workaround that will give you that alert whenever a new message arrives.

iPhone Tips & Tricks: Emailing Full Resolution Photos

iPhone Tips & Tricks: Emailing Full Resolution Photos

October 26, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Are you annoyed by the fact that the iPhone resizes and compresses your photos when you email them? Well, if you want to send the photos in full resolution and do not mind the few extra seconds needed to send, there’s a workaround available for that.

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