Yearly Archives: 2011

Spanking new to Mac platform. My optical drives and usb stick don’t show on the desktop. Went to Dvd-rom in preferences and still no drives. Need help and then you can laugh. Thx Zard35 —– zard35 ... (5 Comments)

My battery on the iphone4 is getting drained way too fast. I have 3G on all the time, but was wondering – is it better to switch to wi-fi when at home? Will that eat less battery than 3G? —– Andrew Brennan ... (1 Comment)

A few days ago a security update came thru on my mac book pro, I installed it without paying much attention. I should have. My airport connection stopped working :-(. I poked it and I prodded it and even hit it with a stick but could not get the airport to work properly. I could ... (1 Comment)

Is there a way to remove aplication that I do not want to keep on my Mac or iPad from the list of Purchased application in Apple Store? —– Vladimir Surla ... (3 Comments)

How can i share my address book with the other mac we use at home? One is Imac and other is macbook pro. We’re on the same network. —– bob ... (2 Comments)

every time I insert my company logo as picture in picture in imovie, I am first forced to change the crop to fit because it cuts off the edges. When I do this all of a sudden my picture isn’t cropped anymore and has a black box around it, how do I have my logo fit the ... (5 Comments)

My wife and I have just returned from a trip to Europe where we carried around a MacBook for a number of reasons. With weight restrictions and the like on airlines, I am really thinking there must be a better way to be able to stay in touch and do things we presently use the ... (1 Comment)

In the UK (And most of Europe) the DL envelope (220mm x 110mm) is the standard envelope for letters. When I look at envelope templates in Pages it’s not there. How do I set up such a template? (And why isn’t there one provided?) —– Tony ... (5 Comments)

I need my default zoom to be 175% but this is not an option in the zoom menus. I have tried entering the following script into terminal (some people report that this works) but it does not seem to take effect. Any advice? defaults write com.apple.iWork.Pages SLDefaultsPageScale ... (1 Comment)

Gary – I was preseneted with a firmware update for the macbook air tonight. the update details said there would be a restart and may take time, so i removed my master password and ran the update. now i can’t get into my mac (saying my password is invalid) but since ... (6 Comments)

Smart Playlists in iTunes are lists of songs that automatically update according to search criteria. You can create a Smart Playlist that looks for songs in your library according to how recently they were added or played, or how you have rated them, their genres and other properties.

i bought it on e-bay, and the power does not come on: the apple store told me the FSI gauge tripped, so they know there’s been liquid in it. of course, the warranty cant work: Thats a MacBook Pro 13″ mid 2010. what should i do? should i try to fix it? the apple store ... (3 Comments)

How can I use iPhoto to format a photo to submit with a passport application? —– Brian Thornton ... (8 Comments)

This question has been in my mind for some time. When you empty Trash,it says you can recover the data with software.When you secure empty trash it says,this is turned into meaningless data. When you empty trash this must be kept on your hard drive,and this to me must must take ... (12 Comments)

this is causing me great problems.i bought a 27inch mac so i could see text better.i could enlage menues and toolbars on my old pc,but my latest imac cant do this simple operation.is there any solution out there? apple have said i could return my mac,but i would sooner solve the ... (3 Comments)

What is the best method to open/unzip rar files? —– Scott ... (4 Comments)

Apple’s stock price hit new highs this week, contrary to the long-held belief that it would drop following the resignation of Steve Jobs as CEO. But analysts and investors continue to speak highly of the stock.
Strong rumors are pointing to a product announcement on Oct. 5 that could be the new iPhone 5. In addition, the new phone could become available on more networks in the U.S. such as Sprint or T-Mobile.
An iPhone 5 would probably carry iOS 5, the long-awaited update to the iPhone operating system. It may be made available to iPhone 4 and iPad users at the same time. iCloud, Apple’s replacement for MobileMe, would likely also be released at the same time.
Apple produced an update this week to Final Cut Pro X. This update included the ability to export and import projects, paving the way for integration with other tools.

“I’ve got cable with 900 channels and pay-per-view.”
“So what did you watch on TV last night?”
“Nothing.”
“Well I’ve got Apple TV with iTunes, Netflix and YouTube.”
“What did you watch on TV last night?”
“Nothing.”

Gaming on the iPad is starting to pick up steam. With new iPad-only games that are a level above what you typically find on the small-screen iPhone, the two platforms are moving apart in the gaming world. Crimson: Steam Piratesis an iPad-only game that merges the age of pirates with steam punk for some two-dimensional sea battle action. The corny story can be forgiven since the game is so much fun to play.

While navigating to different “space” in Mission Control is different than it was with Spaces in Snow Leopard, you can still get to any desktop space with one keyboard command. Just go to System Preferences, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts. Then select Mission Control. You can set a variety of shortcuts, including one for every desktop that you have in operation.