Yearly Archives: 2011

Is there an app that you can control your regular tv and apple tv from my iPhone and iPad? —– Bill ... (2 Comments)

My Droid died a slow death so my frustration level is already at 9.7. Network extender, WiFi router upgrade; I’ve spent dozens and dozens of hours per week trying to get my Verizon phone to work (as it had for years). Abandoning the Android OS and buying an iPhone I ... (6 Comments)

I find that the iPhone is an excellent tool for taking spontaneous photos when out and about. However, on bright and sunny days it is difficult to get composition and framing feedback because of glare on the screen. Are you aware of any techniques or tools for reducing ... (1 Comment)

It is difficult to change the tempo of an individual track in GarageBand because all tracks will match the tempo of the song by default. But if you copy tracks into new loops, you can hold the speed of those tracks steady as you adjust the tempo of the song.

New to Apple – Heard that iMAC has free clip art. Where do I find it? My preference is to not download clip art made for Apple from other websites. Thanks. —– Terry ... (3 Comments)

I’ve upgraded to Lion. I’m not able to zoom the screen using Control + 2 finger up swipe. In Safari I can zoom text by pinching out, but I want to be able to use the control 2 finger like I did in Snow Leopard. Any help? Thanks.. —– Dhruv ... (1 Comment)

I’ve been using JAM Software’s Smart Alarms X for years and I found it to be the best reminder/alarm system in existence. Sadly, it has reached end of life with OS 10.7. Does anyone familiar with this app have any suggestions for a replacement? Thanks for the ... (8 Comments)

In Address Book, when you look for duplicates, it says that x number of entries are found, and prompts you for action; any way of seeing the entries first? Seems pointless to prompt to edit entries if you don’t see what you’re changing. Maybe I have two different ... (1 Comment)

I recently tried to mount a USB flash disk which is formatted in NTFS & I got an error message saying among others that MacFuse is unavailable. I had already installed MacFuse-NTFS 3G on my iMac & it worked fine until now. I think this was the first time I tried to use a ... (2 Comments)

Every time I close my mac pro (I put it to sleep)and at a later time turn it on I discover that my podcasts have disappeared. My music only remains. I then have to manually replace them back in the library only for the problem to recur. I also get a message about a damaged ... (1 Comment)

My wife has video currently residing on her SD card. From this point, she is hoping to be able to supply video clips to a none-too-computer-savvy friend who uses PowerPoint on Windows. This friend wants to be able to show individual clips on individual slides. Our question is, ... (2 Comments)

While searching for an e-mail attachment & after finding it with a “Finder” search, I realized that the “Library” folder that is supposed to be located in my “Home” folder does not really appear, while the “Path bar” insists ... (2 Comments)

Greetings! The airport express is driving me crazy!! It keeps logging me out over and over. I have to disconnect it and go to network preferences to type my password so i can connect again to the internet. If i don’t disconnect it, it wouldn’t let me connect. Can ... (2 Comments)

hi i have books that i would like to import to the kindle app on my iPhone and i tried manually dragging the books to the app thru the finder, they show up, but fail to sync over to my iPhone. can you help with that? —– mario farias ... (1 Comment)

I recently upgraded to Lion. Now I can no longer see the scrollbar within iPhoto (right-hand side). How do I get this back? —– Pat ... (3 Comments)

Just a short while away from buying my first Mac when one quick question occurred to me as I was archiving my HD… Anyhoo….I’m a bit of a font-freak, and was a bit worried if any of my large collection of fonts might not be compatible with my soon-to-be-new ... (2 Comments)

What is the best way to open and edit PDF file on a MAC? for FREE if possible —– Byron Robinson ... (1 Comment)

Learn where to go if your Apple product breaks, or you have a problem you can't figure out. You can use Apple's Genius Bar or call their support line. You can also join a local user group or take your Mac to a local repair shop.

I plugged my iphone 4 to my MB 13″ and itunes 10.4 opens. I want to add some pdfs to my iphone by opening the ‘Books’ tab in the Devices menu; when I check the Sync button, a warning window immediately pops up saying that if I sync, all my videos, music and ... (1 Comment)

This is starting to become a regular occurrence on videos on the internet. I just watched a video on your site, thats why i am typing this out. The message is in the middle of the screen,and it says you are wanting to store information on my computer. The 2 options are Deny or ... (2 Comments)