If you use the iBank finance software for Mac – and you have a new device (maybe the new iPad?) AND you sync through MobileMe AND you restored your new device with a backup of an old device – then you will need to take a few steps to get them to talk to each [...]
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It never fails – I will be searching through the contents of one folder on my Mac computer and will come across another folder inside that folder. I will want to look at the contents of this embedded folder in a new finder window – meaning that I want the first folder to stay open [...]
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A friend of mine is a die hard Windows user. I can honestly say that she will probably never switch to a Mac. But her teenage son needed a new laptop – and he wanted a Mac. So, being the wonderful mom that she is – she bought him one. Of course, one of the [...]
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I just wanted to share my favorite multi touch gesture for Safari. It is so useful that I just might, maybe, switch from my old standby – Firefox for Mac. The new Mac OS X Lion operating system brought loads of multi touch gestures to the Mac. So many, in fact, that I had to [...]
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I have long been a fan of Xmarks for keeping all of my browser bookmarks in sync. What I bookmark in Firefox, is also bookmarked in Safari, and on my iPhone, and on my iPad. I love it. And usually it works in the background, so I never really even think about it. Until recently. [...]
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Once you’ve decided that you want to go paperless, you will need a good scanner for document management on your Mac. There are 3 major types of scanners to choose from. Flatbed Scanners Sheetfed Scanners Portable Scanners And some devices are considered to be both portable and sheetfed. Flatbed Scanners I will start with the [...]
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Paperless is the buzzword these days. In an effort to cut back on paper and costs – lots of companies are offering up incentives for us to go for e-statements instead. This may solve one problem – but it leads to another: Disorganization. Now we get some paperwork via email and other paperwork via regular [...]
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1Password is a password manager for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android. It is available on the Mac App Store here. Do you repeatedly use the same password over and over again for logins all over the internet? If you do – you are putting yourself at risk for being hacked. A few years ago, [...]
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Finding free heart clipart for Valentine’s Day is not hard. A quick web search will turn up a ton of sites with thousands of images that you can use. The problem is that there is probably just too many. Who has time to weed through it all? Some clipart sites are great but others bombard [...]
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Now that Apple introduced iCloud – the term Cloud Computing has become very common. But what is it really? Think of the entire internet as a big cloud sitting out there above the world. Wherever you go – you just need to look up to the sky – and there it is. Now think about [...]
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This little shortcut is priceless. Sometimes you are searching for something specific on a webpage that you just can’t find. Perhaps a particular phrase, or word, or reference. The problem is that the page is long and the word that you are searching for is only mentioned once or twice. How To Find A Needle [...]
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