One of the first things you’re likely to notice after connecting a Mac mini to your TV is the smudgy black appearance of text and lines, for example, which can make navigation difficult for some users. Here are a pair of free apps, both from the same clever guy, to sharpen the picture.
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Here’s a brilliantly simple way to download YouTube videos without any additional software or using a dodgy online conversion service. So, saddle up — you’re one simple keyboard shortcut away from downloading anything you want whenever you want.
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There’s a wealth of music available on YouTube, especially remixes and special edits that aren’t easily available from other sources. Here’s a quick n’ easy way to download and convert them into iTunes ready music files for Mac, iPod and iPhone.
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By now you’ve heard about Boxee and Hulu, two truly great applications for delivering television shows to a Mac. However, you may not know just how easy it is to take all of that free content and put it on your home’s big-screen TV. Here’s the stuff you need to get that done.
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We sent out about a dozen treeware Christmas cards weeks ago, but there some folks on our list that don’t get a $2 + $0.44 (postage) physical card. However, that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten them — here’s how to send an attractive holiday card without the hassle, expense or waste of a printed card.
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As everyone knows, Google is taking over the world one highly useful, well-implemented Web function at a time. The latest piece in this puzzle is the addition of public DNS services, which can be really helpful in making your Mac faster online.
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With the advent of Snow Leopard, Mac users can no longer quickly and easily download and save updates from within the Software Update application. Thankfully, an eager beaver with scripting abilities has gone and solved this problem for the rest of us.
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This is a simple and (mildly) annoying problem where draft emails remain, or sometimes even reappear, in the drafts folder after sending. There are two ways to make the problem go away, so read for the inside dope on ridding Apple’s Mail program of unsightly draft folder residue.
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There’s been growing murmur for a couple years now and it’s all about how the world’s favorite open-source browser is slowing down people’s computers, especially ultraportables and netbooks. Call it malaise or whatever you like, but Firefox is noticeably less nimble than it used to be. Why and what can we do about it?
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As is oft the case with software updates, it’s two steps forward and one back. With the just released Apple TV 3.0, users are reporting that upgraded units lose or are unable to play all of the content loaded on those machines.
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