Yearly Archives: 2011

I have an ipad 2 which is left on the coffee table which my guests use from time to time. How do i make my emails secure without having to enable and disabling the accounts is there something in the settings i am missing or is there an app that you are aware of that i can ... (2 Comments)

I am trying to create a video in iMovie 09 that has cutaway pictures, but also has a logo at the bottom of the screen throughout the duration of the video. Right now it will only let me have one or the other. Is there a way to keep the picture-in-picture logo and still have ... (1 Comment)

Another great way to share photos is with Google's free Picasa service. You can use the Mac application to upload photos and then share them with friends or embed a slideshow on your own web site.

Gary, facetime typically uses wifi only ! But do you think this would work fine? My wifi speeds are much slower than my 3G speeds. I get 3 g speeds of 5 Mbps downlink and 3 Mbps uplink. My wifi is just about 1.3 Mbps down and 500 Kbps up. This article shows us how I can use ... (4 Comments)

So every once in a while I have this weird problem when Mail.app stops letting me send me. Nothing has changed in the SMTP settings. I am using a MobileMe account. The option to send is grayed out. I’ve quit and restarted mail. I’ve restarted the OS, and nothing ... (1 Comment)

Hi Gary, is there a keychain equivalent for the iphone 4? Don’t need it so much as a form-filler as much as a place to store secure notes like passwords, card info, personal stuff etc. Or is there a way to lock/password protect your Notes on Iphone 4? —– Dhruv ... (3 Comments)

When you surf do you use a Standard or Admin user account? I was told it’s safer to use a Standard user account. Can I convert my Admin user to Standard, then switch it to Admin when I install software & software updates? Or am I locked in to one type of user for the ...

I am trying to find a definitive answer to: Do the carriers (ATT and Verizon) charge an activation fee (or reactivation fee if you reconnect) for prepaid 3G service? I cannot get a single answer from the Customer Service Reps for either carrier…some say yes, some say no. ... (3 Comments)

I just bought a new MBP 13″ to complement my Imac. Having installed the disks am now up and running. However I now have Iphoto 11 on my MBP but not on my Imac. Can I sync them somehow ? Or copy Iphoto App over from MBP to Imac via Firewire. If so, what files do I need to ... (3 Comments)

MobileMe photo galleries are one of many ways to share photos with friends. You can create them directly from iPhoto. They can be shared publicly or password-protected. You can allow your friends to download the photos or even add to the gallery.

My wife has a 16GB Wifi iPad (1st gen). The kids use it, so it’s a bit scratched up. Today, I ordered a refurbished 16GB Wifi iPad (1st gen), same as the first one. I want to make the new one my wife’s and give her old one to the kids. I plan to use the ... (1 Comment)

How do we go about reducing the size of a slideshow created in iphoto 2011? We want to share with friends but it is a huge file. How do most people share such big files? Upload to something like dropbox or MobileMe etc? Thank you —– Pat ... (7 Comments)

How do you get the media drop down box in the sidebar preferences? (My options are only Devices, Shared, Places, Search for) —– Adam Willemse ... (1 Comment)

I am using the app Capster to warn when Caps. lock is selected. How do I make it start at login? —– Tony Rosner ... (1 Comment)

In my volunteer work I’ve just had to enter hundreds of email addresses into Excel by hand. Inevitably I’ve made lots of typos. Can you recommend a program that will read them back to me, letter by letter (as opposed to as words) so that I can check against the ... (1 Comment)

I’m tryi g to stream atoutube video from my iPhone. The options I get are iPhone, apple tv and apple tv 2 ! Sonetimes I donot get the apple tv 2 option. On clucking apple tv only, just the audio plays but on clicking apple tv 2, the video plays on my tv. But if the option ... (1 Comment)

Gary which is more accurate between Nike iPod and Nike +gps? —– Cyrus ... (1 Comment)

Learn how to use Styles in iWork Pages. You can apply styles to paragraphs or characters, redefine styles already in place, and select all text that uses a specific style. Styles are an important tool for document creation in Pages.

I have been using an iphone sense they came out and I now have an iphone 4. Apple still has not come up with a simple way to sync contacts without duplicating items or messing them up. I am a hvac contractor with over 1200 contacts that I must not lose or mess up. I can sync with ... (9 Comments)

alright i was trying to edit a .mov from a camcorder and trim it to a size i could email. first, i paid for quicktime pro 7 so i like to use it, i trimmed some out of the middle, but when playing back the converted .m4v it stops only seconds into the vid to a still screen and ... (1 Comment)