Yearly Archives: 2011

I synced my Address Book with my mobile (Nokia E75). What’s happened as a result is that my phonebook has duplicate entires for some names. So, John Smith, say, has a separate for his mobile number (which i’d stored independently previously) and one for his email ... (6 Comments)

We are trying to move files from an older macbook to our new imac, music and pictures. Via the Migration Assistant we cant find the files on the imac after the transfer, and via our Time Capsule it tells us that the account are allready in use and therefor cant give us ... (7 Comments)

I have a fairly new battery which has been fine till the other day, the charge is at 100% and it runs normally till the level reaches 76%, then all of a sudden the level drops to 5% and I receive a low battery notice. I tried an old battery and it did the same thing. Is this a ... (4 Comments)

i installed windows seven with vmware fusion3…but i could not use the aero effect in win 7 ultimate…. can any one tell me the solution pls tell if any drivers are required i use a macbook 4.1,4gb ram,250gb hd,osx10.6.6 —– hari ...

I have recently started using Time Machine Editor – backing up to a 1 tb external drive. the first backup went through perfectly at the time I set but any further attempts to back up are telling me that the destination drive is full. I have the standard Time Machine turned off ... (3 Comments)

What is the idea of having the burn folder in the public section of sharing? And would you advise keeping to keep a percentage of your work on a cloud facility,such as idisk or dropbox, which I have a free account with. thanks in advance —– jim Harrison ... (6 Comments)

We is Apple selling software in the App store much cheaper than the boxed versions? For example Apecture 3 is almost $100 cheaper on the app store than the boxed version being sold online. I like the cheaper price, but what is apple thinking selling the same software at 2 ... (2 Comments)

In episode number 500 of MacMost Now, Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the Mac App Store. After updating to Mac OS X 10.6.6 you can browse, purchase and download Macintosh software using the Mac App Store, which fundamentally changes the way Mac users get software.

I’m wondering if if there is a way to use AirDisk to sync large folders, (like those containing music, video or photos) between computers, using AirDisk in a manner similar to how DropBox works, but internal to the home network and without the monthly fees. I don’t ... (4 Comments)

Does anyone know if it’s possible to ‘gift’ an App from within the Mac App Store in the way I could with the iTunes Store? —– James McEwan ... (4 Comments)

When I have my MacBook (fall 2007) on its loudest setting for sound, it is sometimes not loud enough. My hearing is excellent, but sometimes the sound on what I’m playing is really low. Is there any way to increase the sound beyond what it does now? —– Shirl ... (1 Comment)

I have the older Apple TV where you can actually purchase and store movies. My iMAC also syncs with the AppleTV and saves copies of the Movies. I do not want to keep some of the movies on my iMAC as takes up a lot of memory. How can I change such settings? —– Patrick ... (7 Comments)

I’m trying to put together a little music video and I want to sync the original audio track to the video files in which the performer is lipsyncing.. Is there any easy way I can do this? —– Reggie ... (2 Comments)

The Mac App Store is now up and running with more than 1,000 Macintosh applications. To view the Mac App Store you need to use Software Update to get Mac OS X 10.6.6. This adds a Mac App Store icon to the dock. You can also access the store form the Apple Menu.
The store looks similar to the iOS App Store in the iTunes application. You can browse and search for applications. The main page shows featured apps. Other pages show top charts and categories. You use your iTunes account to make purchases.
The launch features many familiar third-party applications like Evernote, BBEdit, Pixelmator, Stuffit Expander, and Transmit. The three iWork applications are also present, as well as iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand from iLife 11. You can buy each individually, which is a first for those applications. Prices for apps vary from $0.99 for some, to more standard software prices of $10, $20 or more. Some apps are available for free.

If you are in to the whole check-in craze, then you might want to check out the free app Instagram. This app lets you take a quick picture and then check in using Foursquare, Facebook and other systems all at once. I like how you can use filters on the photos to help make them more interesting.

If you use multiple screens like I do, one frustrating aspect is your menu bar and document window can sometimes be very far apart. The little free app MenuPop solves this issues by letting you choose any item from he menu bar without having to go to the menu bar. Just press a shortcut key and all of the menu commands appear at your current cursor location.

You can get a quick dictionary definition of any word in just about any Mac OS X in application. Just position your cursor over the word and press Control+Command+D. This handy little window appears with a definition and some controls. Click elsewhere to make it go away.

So the new Mac App Store lets you find, buy and download software online? Isn’ that how we did it before?

Everyone has a story about losing data. Whether it’s work data or personal data, we’ve all been there. I’m making it my personal mission to never let that happen to me again. So I’m curious. What’s your preferred method to backing up? both on and off ... (4 Comments)

My Energy Saver says ‘Service Battery. Battery is charged’ I ran down my battery yesterday to 0 and then recharged but message still shows. Battery cycle count is 323, macbook is 14 months old. Do I need to worry? Also, I want a completely clean desktop(No icons), so ... (1 Comment)