Category: Tutorials
November 7, 2009
In the nearly 10 years I’ve been running OS X, it hasn’t happened to me yet, but the day when I stare blankly at my Mac’s login screen is coming — it’s just a matter time. Thereupon, it’s better to be prepared for the inevitable, so read this tutorial, print it out and put it where you can find it when the time comes.
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Posted in Mac, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 30, 2009
Looking to free a big ol’ chunk of drive space? Is your Time Machine back up directory giving you grief and you’d just rather start over again? Here’s a quick and easy way to just make it go away.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 15, 2009
When Apple shipped Snow Leopard, one of the most powerful ways to extend Safari got broken in the mix, taking with it one of my favorite add-on features. It’s taken some time, but required input manager and utility suite itself have all been refreshed, bringing them up-to-date.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
October 14, 2009
When it comes to Web browsing, Flash is a primary source of both insecurity and instability, not to mention unadulterated annoyance even when Adobe’s proprietary multimedia middleware does its job. Here’s a quick, easy and free way to precisely control where and when, if at all, you choose to use Flash.
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Posted in Adobe, Apple, Free Software, Hacks, Leopard, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials, snow leopard | 3 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 29, 2009
Whether you’re out of hard drive space or just want to tidy up, here’s a quick, easy and free way to deep six files lurking inside Apple’s Panther, Tiger, Leopard and even Snow Leopard operating systems. Pour yourself a fresh cup — caffeine is the secret sauce in any Mac maintenance job — and let’s get to work.
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Posted in Apple, Leopard, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips, Tutorials | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 18, 2009
With its Nitro JavaScript and WebKit browser engines, Apple’s Safari is perhaps the fastest browser available from any vendor today. That doesn’t mean, however, that things don’t go wrong. Here’s another take on making Safari live up to its speedy pedigree.
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Posted in Free Software, Mac, Mac software, OS X, Tips, Tutorials | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 16, 2009
First things first. We need to be clear that these aren’t the droids you’re looking for and that you don’t want to sell me any death sticks. Now, before you go home to reconsider your life, let me show you a neat little piece of software you can use to remotely control your Mac and do it very fashionably at that.
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Posted in Amusing, Free Software, Hacks, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 14, 2009
Whether you want to find, import and manage lyrics or use Apple’s iTunes Store to find music and then buy it on the cheap from Amazon, there are plug-ins out there just for you. Here’s a mix of 10 must-have free, shareware and commercial iTunes add-ons from the large and very, very active community of developers that has grown up around this iLife application’s various shortcomings.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, iTunes | 2 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 12, 2009
Apple’s WebKit-based Safari browser is pretty fast and quite compatible. Nevertheless, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea and, if you’re a social media maven, it’s not endlessly extensible like Firefox. Here’s how to change your default browser Safari to anything and back again.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
September 11, 2009
It is possible that what was missing from the Apple event this week is much more interesting than what was included. What does that tell us about Apple and the rumor mill?
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Posted in Apple, OS X, Rumors, Steve Jobs, Tutorials, Wii, iPod, iTunes, news | 3 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones