Yearly Archives: 2011

Not sure why, but for the past several weeks, my Mac is no longer telling me when I am running on reserve battery power. This has always been my cue to plug in, but now I’m being caught off guard and on several occasions have had the battery die in the middle of a project. ... (1 Comment)

A friend has her Office Gmail account setup on her Iphone and her MAC ! She uses Apple mail and alternatively uses Gmail from the website. But her husband has the very same Office Gmail (Same Email address and password) setup in Microsoft Outlook on his Sony Vaio. She says that ... (2 Comments)

Sometimes when I get a phone call on my Iphone 4, instead of the usual Answer and Decline buttons, it says ‘Slide To Answer’… why does this happen and how do I decline a call when this pops up? —– Ruth ... (4 Comments)

I subscribed to a podcast, pressed the get all button and Itunes then downloads all the episodes like I want it to. I then get a duplicate episode entries for most of the episodes showing the same name but it is grayed out and shows the get icon. Why does this keep happening? I ... (1 Comment)

Hi Gary, it seems that in iMovie, the Cross Dissolve transition does not work between pictures sharing a Picture in Picture frame. How can I get around this? Thanks —– Lewis ... (2 Comments)

I seem to remember a podcast covering this, but I can’t find it. I want to blur over the mouth of an individual using offensive language in a video clip. How is this done? —– Cameron ... (1 Comment)

I am getting a text message with the following header 676801163614 then a message and the email lic_jdm@hotmail.com. Is this an SMS or an email? I have gone to the my Verizon website to try and block the # and they keep changing the last 2 digits to 15, 16 etc so I can’t ... (1 Comment)

I keep our church’s iMac signed into my MobileMe account so I can transfer files back and forth from my MBA at home. However, I recently realized that all my iCal calendars were copied onto the iMac. I don’t want people using the iMac to have access to personal ... (14 Comments)

Hey Gary, my wife got scammed into installing that Mac Defender (I wanted to strangle her lol). All she did was download it and installed it on the system. She did not pay or give any CC info. I immediately “nuked and paved the HD and reinstalled OS (I know probably over ... (1 Comment)

I know that you can upload albums from your iPhoto to your iPhone and make it an album, but there seems to be no way to include edited photos too, since iPhoto doesn’t store any edited photos in it’s library. I mainly use Adobe Bridge and then process my photos in ... (1 Comment)

should i shut down when I travel with it or it is okay to just let it sleep —– Chee Hoe, Foo ... (1 Comment)

How to get “Save As” to work again? Recently when typing “shift, command, s” to save a document for the first time, I noticed that this shortcut no longer works. How can I fix this? —– Bob ... (1 Comment)

So I missed last night TV program… of I go and type in al the www and want to watch the episode online… Please, on my knees please how can I skip through the commercials? (I use safari) if there is no ‘slider bar’ or ‘close’ button or ... (3 Comments)

We have three 2010 MBP 13″ and would like to ‘conference’ chat in ichat using computer to computer wifi network. But the connection doctor in iChats informs us that we can’t host a multiperson ichat. But at home with the home wifi network we can… Are ... (1 Comment)

Is there a way to capture a screen grab of video from your desktop? Can Quicktime capture video from another site? Any other suggestions? —– Jeff Felter ... (1 Comment)

Hi Gary, love all the info you give, thanks and keep it up. Since the macbook pro only vents heat from the hinge, i worry about overheat issues when using my new macbook, in normal open mode and especially in closed mode, when using a separate display and keyboard. Do you have ... (1 Comment)

Before you resell or pass on an old Mac, you should clean the hard drive and install OS X from the original discs or OS X upgrade discs. Here's how to do it while making sure your data has been completely removed from the old Mac.

Hey Gary, now that Flash Player updates are no longer included in Mac OS X Software updates, do you know of a better way to make sure you have the latest release from Adobe. I forgot to check and realized that I was one version behind on one Mac and two versions behind on another ... (2 Comments)

Does anyone know of a wireless link to transmit video from a Mac to a projector? I’ve seen a few for Windows PCs, but nothing for Mac. —– Cameron ... (8 Comments)

Have a client who requires me to manage their charity events calendar to remind them a couple of days before each event. Ideally want an email sent with details of event name location and time and any notes I may have put in ICal. Have been trying to create this in Automator and ... (2 Comments)