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Hi Gary, I need to do a presentation in the upcoming couple of weeks for my class. I was looking into purchasing the Keynote Remote app for my iPhone to help give the presentation. Then I saw several negative reviews from people. I was wondering what your take on the app is? Will ... (2 Comments)

Gary, here is a question to you and I hope I’ll get a favorable answer. My brother wants to buy an iMac for his wife. She likes to make movies. I know, this will be all new to her, because she is used to an IBM Machine. My question: This iMac comes with iMovie, iPhoto and ... (5 Comments)

There’s a kickstarter project page I want to print. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure But when I go to Safari’s print, I get the left column, footer data, and then the right column, with none of the right formatting. How do I get it to ... (2 Comments)

I used to be able to see the contents of an alias that pointed to a folder. Now I can only see the folder icon. Was this part of the recent OS X update? —– Scott Depew ... (3 Comments)

I’m doing a lot of instructional and motivational video as a business coach and don’t have space or time to research professional video equipment. How do I use my iPhone 4 as the camera, connect to a triPod, connect to a cordless mic and purchase diffused clip-on ... (2 Comments)

I bought your Video Guide to Lion, and as I watched Using the Dock, I noticed that you have the Application folder in your dock and I liked the icon. So I put the Application folder in my dock, but the icon looks like the address book. It looks like the address book/application ... (2 Comments)

A power shortcut can do both. And I would like to know what the difference is between the two? The screen blanks each time but what is the differnce? Thank you. —– Gary Stone ... (4 Comments)

I used Quicktime to join multiple .avi files into one video and chose to export it for iPod. However, the “about” time remaining for the export to complete is over a million hours and climbing. Is there a faster way to do this? —– Cameron ... (1 Comment)

How can I remove my gmail from my iPad2? I was able to upload/sync the mail account, but due to the poor capabilities of the iPad mail features, like being unable to attach a photo to an email I want it removed. The actual gmailAPP works as if I am on my MBP. Please ... (6 Comments)

I have software for my insulin pump that unfortunately will only run on XP or Vista. Having recently gotten rid of my old Windows laptop & fired up Bootcamp on my iMac running OS X, I discover that it will only run Windows 7. As my pump is from a company that has ceased ... (4 Comments)

Hi Gary – I’m in the habit of simply closing the lid on my MBP when I’m done working, but leaving it plugged in while it hibernates. Usually, just opening the lid brings everything back to life right where I left off. But lately, when I open the lid , the screen ... (8 Comments)

This question is not unique to iPhone users, but is of concern to all smartphone users. What are some of the best ways to fight text message spam on smart phones? In particular, do you think it is helpful to reply STOP to a spam text message? Verizon customer service ... (6 Comments)

My problem is this: I have quite a few iMovie 11 Projects and Events on my external drive, having already moved them off the internal drive to save space (roughly 300GB of data). But each time I open iMovie, it takes forever to load, and each interaction takes a very very long ... (3 Comments)

Apple recently did that recall on the first gen iPod nano. I sent mine in and they sent me back a Nano touch instead.  So I think “Cool, free upgrade…I’m ok with this.”  But here’s my dilemma…. I plugged my new iPod into my Mac and I get a message that says “this ... (2 Comments)

Gary, I have a question or better yet, a concern … I am thinking about upgrading to Lion. I am running Snow Leopard at precent. Here is my concern: Will iLife 11 work with Lion? I use iMovie 11 a lot, plus I also use iDVD to get the movie to disc. I bought Leopard on a ... (9 Comments)

I have an I-Mac 24 purchased in 2007 and I am running LION 10.7.3 OS. My I-Mac has two memory slots. I had 2 ea. 1 GB memory modules, but one “died”. Can I increase the RAM with 2 ea. 4GB memory modules? If so, how do I know I am ordering a “good” non-Mac ... (4 Comments)

I regularly use the USPS site to print pre-paid postage labels for shipping packages. I know it works with Windows, but I have not been able to print a label with my new iMac. Using Mac OS X Version 10.7.3. Also latest Adobe stuff. Any suggestions out there? —– Terry ... (4 Comments)

I have a 1 hour, very complex, movie that I am finishing up. Lots of transitions, picture in picture, audio drop ins, and layers of music and slides. At the end, I have a fairly long credit run that I want to put in over some video. The video clip can run 6-8 minutes, and I have ... (3 Comments)

Within the last 24hrs these 2 items ( Wish.app 8.5.9 & 8.4.19 )have appeared in contextual menu > open with, however these 2 items only appear when I want to open .css files. Normally .css files are set to open by default w/ text wrangler. Also the default for opening .css ... (1 Comment)

Sometimes I dabble in learning neat things to do using Terminal. There have been a number of times I have seen articles on the web mention a text web browser called “Links”. Every time I try to run this I get “command not found”. Does Links come with Lion ... (1 Comment)