Yearly Archives: 2011

Recently while on vacation I was looking for a simple way to take pictures on my iPhone and upload them to one of the major photo sharing services, without much hassle. The official Flickr app does that. It makes it simple to upload pictures from my camera roll directly from my iPhone to Flickr.

One quick way to find a window on a crowded screen is to use the Dock. You can click and hold on a running application in the dock and the menu that appears will include a list of all window titles. So, for instance, if you have several Finder windows open you can click and holder the Finder icon in the Dock to see a list of Finder windows. Select one and it comes to the front.

1984: You can now run programs in windows instead of taking up the whole screen.
2011: New feature! You can now run programs that fill the whole screen!

I have quite often noticed that most of the webpages I visit (including “Macmost.com”) when using Safari, have a certain problem with the appearance (size) of the words in headlines or in passages. I have already experimented using “zoom in” or “zoom ... (12 Comments)

My fairly new (since April) Mac OS X 10.6.8 has been a bit slow lately, with the rainbow wheel making a few appearances the past few days. Thinking it might help TO CLEAN IT, I downloaded the “free” MacKeeper cleaner. I followed the directions and moved it to the ... (7 Comments)

I work with a lot of video and audio formats. I heard a rumor that Lion is supposed to have built in converters that are very fast. I need to covert a gb or iT audio to mp3 or wma so I can send something to a (blugh) client with Windows. —– dale ... (8 Comments)

I recently replaced my Airport Extreme with a 2TB Time Capsule. The TC has been configured and is working properly. I have also extended my network by adding an Airport Express to provide Airplay capability to a distant room in the house. I would also like to utilize my Airport ... (1 Comment)

I bought a macbook pro recently and basically i was wondering how the ambient light sensor worked as I am not able to get it to work properly. Ive checked the box in settings that says “automatically illuminate keyboard in low light”. Ive tried turning off the lights ... (1 Comment)

Due to some strange features in Lion, not preset with a new user, I am creating a new user on my MBP. I want the new user to have the same name and short name as my iMac. I changed the name on the MBP and created a new user with the name I wanted. Question 1, How do I find the ... (5 Comments)

The function keys, also called the F-keys, serve two purposes on your Mac. Found at the top of all Apple keyboards, these keys can be used for special functions like volume control, iTunes playback or accessing Mission Control. But they can also be used as F1, F2, F3, etc., keys. Find out how to switch between the two modes.

Garry, outstanding videos and work. Thanks for sharing such top and time saving information. Can you help: I would like to transcript a .mp4 video file to text? What the best and most effective way to do this. How do you do it with your videos? Thanks again ... (1 Comment)

Hello Gary, I recently installed Mac OS X Lion and just bought a HD to backup my stuff. When I plug it to the Mac, it asks if I wanna use it as Time Machine, should I do it and follow the steps after, doest it save all my things, including my documents, photos, music and ... (4 Comments)

when I try to export an updated version of a movie (with new name), it is not showing up on the thumb drive, though iMovie ’09 reads that it is exporting the file. Thoughts? —– Rick ... (2 Comments)

There has been lots of rumours floating around regarding the release date of the iphone 5? I am currently a blackberry user and considering switching over to the apple world. But when I review the apple web site and even walked into a store nobody knows nothing about the iphone ... (3 Comments)

Recently I noticed problems syncing b/t iCal and MobileMe. Looked in system preferences under MobileMe tab and iCal isn’t showing in the list to sync with MobileMe?? (the list includes bookmarks, contacts, etc) Is there a way to ‘add’ iCal back to that list? or ... (1 Comment)

I think I know the pros of File Vault-2. However are there any cons. Also can you encrypt USB hard drive back-up without using File Vault? —– Ben Singer ... (1 Comment)

I’d like to upgrade my Mid 2010 Core i7 MBP to Lion, but I’m very concerned about comments regarding black screens, the inability to wake from sleep, external monitor issues & kernel panics possibly caused by Nvidia drivers? I use the MBP on the desk attached to ... (2 Comments)

I do manual, not automatic, Time Machine backups, while running Lion and using an external hard drive attached to my iMac. When the backup completes, I right-click on the icon representing the hard drive and select ‘Eject G-Drive Mini’. However, then I get the message ... (28 Comments)

Performing quick by complex searches in the Finder and in Mail is easier in Lion because of the new search tokens feature. You can build queries using text, dates and file types right in the search field.

i have a 2010 mac mini with a mini display port. if i pick up a thunderbolt display. will my mini work with the new display?? —– patrick ... (3 Comments)