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Jun 30, 2009
Don’t Look at Yourself
If you video chat in iChat, do you hate seeing yourself all the time? Go to the Video menu and select “Hide Local Video.” ~ Phil Russell
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Better Photos on TV
Here are two tips for preparing images to be viewed on a television (for example, on a DVD): Size should be 720 x 534 square pixels or 720 x 480 non-square pixels The TV color gamut is not the same as your computer display’s. For best reproduction, use Photoshop’s Levels command (Image > Adjustments > [...]
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Setting Up an AirPort Disk
Q: I connected my external drive to the Airport Extreme Base Station with a USB cable. What do I then do to be able to use it on my home network? ~ Art Hall A: This is easy to do. First, be sure that the drive is formatted as a Mac OS Extended volume [...]
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Browsing Photos in a Folder
In Mac OSX “Tiger,” you can view a folder of photos or pictures as a slideshow by selecting all the files then clicking on the little “gear” icon to get a drop down menu where you could choose “slideshow.” In “Leopard” (the latest Mac OSX) you can open a folder of images and use “Quicklook” to [...]
Continue reading...Jul 2, 2009
Creating Live Links in Documents
Sometimes it’s useful to create a hypertext link within your documents. You might, for example, make a link that automatically opens a Safari web page when clicked, or one that generates a pre-addressed email message. Here’s how to create a link in TextEdit, your Mac’s word processing program: First, select the text you’d like to use [...]
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Proofreading Marks Cheat Sheet
Just because most of your work is done on the computer screen doesn’t mean marking up hard copy is obsolete. Print out a copy of this proofreading cheat sheet and post it near your desk. The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Proofreading (www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_proof.html) The Chicago Manual of Style started in the l890s as a single sheet of [...]
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Get Your Signature at the Top of Your Replies
Today a tech friend, who is very smart, asked me a question “How do you get the signature to insert at the top of a reply instead of the bottom?” I’m like “easy peasy, this is a no brainer.” I brushed the cobwebs off my Entourage 2008 and launched it. Opened up the preferences and then scratched [...]
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The Instant Email Slideshow
Have you come to dread a certain type of email? You know — the “what we did on our vacation” letter comprising a brief message and a jumble of attached photos? Here’s how to make quick sense of such missives in Apple Mail, using one of Leopard’s new Quick Look functions. First, click the “Quick Look” button [...]
Continue reading...Jun 30, 2009
Disable Single-Click URL Selection in Firefox 3
When the user single-clicks in the address bar in Firefox 3, the default behavior is to select the entire contents of the address bar. The expected behavior for most other OS X browsers, including Firefox 2, is to insert the cursor at the click location. To restore Firefox 3 to sanity: Type about:config in the [...]
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Annotating PDFs in Preview
You may already know that Preview is a terrific application for viewing PDF files. But did you realize it’s also great for annotating PDFs? It’s a fast and efficient way to share comments when collaborating on group projects. Under Preview’s Tools menu, you’ll find the options “Mark Up” and “Annotate.” Mark Up lets you highlight, strike [...]
Continue reading...Jun 29, 2009
Automatically Refresh Views
Q: Is there a way to make sure that the page being viewed refreshes after a specific point in time? A: There sure is. Under the Common tab, click on the Head icon and select the “Refresh” option. In the Property inspector, you change how long (Delay) you want the page to appear before it refreshes as [...]
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Apple News 
Apple updates MacBook Pro firmware
Apple has released an update for its newest MacBook Pro notebooks introduced at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month.
via CNET News.
Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially.
via WSJ.com.
iPhone OS 3.0 plugs 46 bugs
Here is a synopsis of the 46 iPhone security vulnerabilities addressed by the latest operating-system update for the iPhone and iPod Touch. As may be expected, many of these security patches focus on the Web-browsing framework WebKit.
via CNET
iPhone 3GS Complete Feature Guide
As expected, the new Apple iPhone 3GS is out. Here you have a comprehensive guide to the iPhone 3GS’ new features:
via Gizmodo.
Apr 5, 2009
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