Yearly Archives: 2011

1/27/11

It is amazing that we can still find new ways to simulate golf in video games. With Flick Golf you can probably guess how you control the swing. But you can also control the flight of the ball. Plus the game plays a little more like an arcade game than a traditional golf game, with bullseye targets and timers.

1/27/11

Scroll bars are everyone in Mac OS X and applications. There are two things that can happen when you click in the scroll bar, above or below the marker. The first is the window can move up or down one page. The second is the window can jump to a position in the document relative to the spot you clicked in the scroll bar. Switch between these two options in System Preferences, Appearance. Look for the “Click in the scroll bar to” option.

1/27/11

He heard that Macs are safe from viruses, and he doesn’t want to get the flu this season.

1/27/11
I just got a new MacBook Pro. My last Macbook was swapped out from Apple because it was having some issues. I did a time machine backup of the old laptop and did a full restore on the new one. I’m worried that there are some issues with the restore. For example, the ... (7 Comments)
1/26/11
What is the best way to transfer files from my pc to iPad. I have tried looking for a cable that has plugs into iPad but has a female USB port, that would allow me to plug flash drive in, and transfer files. Is there such a cable, if not, how who one go about doing this. Im ... (1 Comment)
MacMost Now 508: Tracking Changes in Pages
1/26/11
You can use the Track Changes feature of Pages in iWork 09 to edit documents. Suggestions are recorded and can be accepted or rejected later. Multiple writers and editors can work on a document and all changes will be recorded along with the editor and time. Comments can also be added.
1/26/11
Is there a way to have a machine (imac OSX 10.6.6) wake up in the middle of the night to run a CCC backup (while you are sleeping) —– Ralph ... (1 Comment)
1/26/11
First of all, Gary, thanks a lot for your very helpful videos! I have produced two iPhone apps and I want to promote them using video capture. I know it can be done because there are some very nice app tutorials on YouTube. The problem is, I haven’t been able to find out ... (1 Comment)
1/25/11
I simply love your website and thank you for teaching us so many new things. I agreed with you completely about the Shutdown & Sleep Modes… I have started using the Sleep mode but just once concern is that the rear top of the Imac remains Hot while in the Sleep mode. Is ... (3 Comments)
1/25/11
Hi, Gary. every time I click on update my mac, the apple store app does not appear as an options….Please, How can I download it to install it on my mac??? Thanks!! —– sergio ... (3 Comments)
1/25/11
Of course, I only intend to use it with Macs. Do you think it would have better performance than using FAT? Thanks! —– Alejandro ... (3 Comments)
1/25/11
Hi Gary..I saw your video on Mobileme. I’ve signed up for the free trial and will buy it once it’s over but I have some queries. When I choose Finder>Go>Idisk>My Idisk, a finder window opens. I’ve copied a bunch of files to the documents, pictures and ... (4 Comments)
1/25/11
Hi Gary, Hope you can help. I have my itunes library on an external drive connected to my imac. All was going great until when trying to add another movie to my library my external drive said it had run out of space. My idea was to move my movies back to my imac( itunes), whilst ... (14 Comments)
1/25/11
I’m a little confused about the difference between Time Machine backups and cloning my hard drive. Could you explain to me what people mean when they say they have a separate external disk for Time MAchine backups and a separate external disk/partition for a bootable ... (4 Comments)
1/24/11

When I first became a parent I was given a copy of Love and Logic, a parenting book. I recommend it. It is a lot of common sense stuff that should be obvious about parenting, but for some reason isn’t.
Among the many ideas in there is the idea of giving children a choice. For instance, if we were to tell our daughter “you must wear this shirt” we may get some resistance depending upon whether she liked the shirt or not. But if we give her two choices of shirts to wear, she is thrilled at the chance to make a choice, even though it is a small one. Sometimes the second shirt we pick is one we know she doesn’t like anyway. You get the idea.

1/24/11
Always when I sync my iPhone, iTunes spends a lot of time in “Importing Photos, Step 4 of 4”. Why?? I’ve not asked it to import any images. Often I’ve just perfomed a sync and doing a second one to get rid of thos items I’ve unchecked – so ... (6 Comments)
MacMost Now 507: Editing Your Hosts File
1/24/11
Web developers should know that they can edit their Mac's hosts file to supersede DNS and point a domain name to a different web server. This is very useful for testing out sites before launching them or switching DNS.
1/23/11
I have tried twice to transfer my itunes library to an external hard drive using the Organize Library command after I have redirected iTunes to look for music on the new hard drive. (The number of songs exceeds 20,000.) Both times the command has stopped in the middle due to ... (1 Comment)
1/23/11
I’m unable to use video & audio chat in Gtalk accounts using iChat. Can u explain this a bit more. —– N m ... (3 Comments)
1/23/11
Is Time Capsule Wi- Fi connection reach extendable using a Airport Extreme base station ? —– N m ... (2 Comments)