Mac 101

July 17, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Are you tired of bouncing dock icons when you launch a new application? There’s a simple way to get rid of this feature if you find it annoying.

July 15, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Tips & Tricks: Make a Widget From a Web Page

Is there information on a particular website that you’d like at your fingertips, but don’t want to have to open Safari everytime? You can create a Dashboard Widget that provides you with that information.

July 14, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Mark

Dashboard.app in OS X is a memory and CPU hog, even in the latest Snow Leopard. Although improved on with the use of grand central dispatch. If you dont use your Dashboard, you might find this command useful to save some CPU utilization, memory, and battery life on your Mac.

July 13, 2009 in Reviews by Bob Faulhaber

One of the handy features that was released in Leopard was Quick Look, which provided a preview technology that displayed more descriptive thumbnails.

July 10, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Does your iTunes Library list songs that iTunes says it can’t find? Here’s a simple way, using an available script to solve the problem.

July 9, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Mark

Forget Google Image to find App Icons, OS X Leopard has a handy feature which lets you copy full quality app icons using Preview.app.

July 8, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob Faulhaber

Do you like to keep your folders arranged in a certain order? Using the default “Arrange by” option works file to arrange files once with any new files just getting added at the end.

July 7, 2009 in How-To by Mark

This is a general tutorial on how to setup your corporate exchange email on the iPhone. The instructions are the same no matter if you have a 1st Gen, 3G or 3GS iPhone. However the Copy Paste signature wont be available unless you have iPhone OS 3.0.

July 6, 2009 in Reviews by Bob Faulhaber

Both Stacks and Trash get some new functionality and features, with Trash bringing back a feature from OS 9, while Stacks introduces folder navigation.

July 3, 2009 in Essentials, Reviews by Mark

So you’re stuck using Gmail in a web browser, somewhere it lies lost in tab oblivion… getting no respect. There is hope! Its called Mailplane App.