Tips & Tricks: open applications
Number One tip: stop quitting your most-used applications! I see scores of people use their PCs. Almost everyone will do the following: Open their browser. Quit (close) their browser. Open …
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Mac running slow? Check your Memory
I find myself sharing this tip every week. When your Mac has been used for several days/weeks, the consistent opening and closing of applications chip away at your available memory …
Read MoreiTunes 8 hidden import settings
Apple has changed the preferences in iTunes 8. Several readers have complained that they cannot find the import settings anymore. To make sure you import higher-quality MP3s (or AAC, Lossless, …
Read MoreOur top pick for FTP program: Transmit
Our number one pick for FTP application is Transmit. It is solid, and quite full-featured: Column view. iDisk. sidebar. ftp/ssl. search. zooming. it even has tabs. What is FTP? FTP, …
Read MoreMac Maintenance: Repair Disk Permissions
As in all Unix-based systems, Mac OS X assigns specific access privileges, known as permissions, to each of your programs, folders, and documents, which are associated with a particular owner, …
Read MoreFree DNS Service: great idea for laptops
We’ve been using the free DynDNS service for a while now and thought it would be a good idea to post about its merits (for those of you who don’t …
Read MoreWhat is the best application ever created?
No one agrees with me. My vote for the best software ever created may surprise you. Maybe not. I have used SO much software, between Office, Graphics/Video, Internet, Sound, and …
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