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By default, OS 10.7 detects and uses your device to decide whether or not to show scroll bars in on-screen windows. I prefer to have them always appear, so if you’d like to constantly see them in any window that’s scrollable, here’s how you do it:
* Go to System Preferences
* Open General
* Select “Always” under “Show scroll bars”
No more scroll bar hide and seek…
_Dear Friends,_
We had our company picnic down at Plymouth State Park and it was a beautiful Sunday at Lake Echo. In between burgers and dogs, I spent a lot of time in the water playing with my grandkids who seemed to prefer to climb on my shoulders and have me launch them into the lake over just swimming around. I got them to do some races and breath-holding contests and they were still going strong when I made my way to the beach. Gotta love summertime.
It was a big week for Apple with the release of their quarterly financial results and the launch of OS 10.8, Mountain Lion. I’ll talk about both a bit later. I am simply amazed that when a company like Apple beats their own goals for profit and sales, posts record sales and earnings, __and__ makes a nearly $9 billion profit on $35 billion in sales for three months, anyone can call it “disappointing.” What an incredibly strong financial report from a company that continues to lead the industry and the world.
Apple released Mountain Lion from its cage on Wednesday, and naturally I was one of the first to download this $19.99 upgrade to Mac OS X.* It took about five hours due to the other 100,000 people trying to download it at the same time as I was. Once I had completed the 4GB download, installation was a breeze and it took only about 30 minutes to install on my MacBook Pro with Retina display. I will go over some of my first impressions below.
It is hard to believe we are in the last week in July. I had a friend set up a meeting with me for “next week” and when she said “how about Friday, August 3rd?” I had one of those hyper-time moments. It seems like just a blink of an eye ago that I had gotten my motorcycle out for the first time in the spring!
__*I had some answering to do to our IT Department, but it was worth it!__
The latest operating system for Mac, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, was released on July 25th. Even though up here in Vermont we…
Mountain Lion is here.
Mac OS 10.8 is roaring to go, and there are hundreds of reasons why you’ll want to upgrade. We’ll give you 12 here and make sure you’re prepared to get your Mac up-to-date (and let you know if you qualify to get it for free).
Already know what’s up? Get going!
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12 Reasons You’ll Want to Upgrade
The latest operating system for Mac, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, was released yesterday, and even though up here in Vermont we think it should have been called Catamount, we are excited about the new features.
Read more on our new blog:
http://blog.smalldog.com/article/12-new-features-in-mountain-lion/
Give Your Mac a Boost (And Get Free Shipping)
Many older machines can run Mountain Lion with ease with enough RAM. Here are the most popular upgrades we’ve seen:
If you have a MacBook Pro (2011) or iMac (mid-2010), view compatible RAM bundle here: http://www.smalldog.com/wag21438/at_gen
If you have a MacBook Pro (Unibody, 2008-2010), view compatible RAM bundle here: http://www.smalldog.com/wag21439/at_gen
Note: RAM should be installed in pairs; these models take 8GB (total) maximum.
Save 30% on the Mountain Lion eBook Bundle!
We’re happy to re-introduce the “Take Control” series to help with the transition to Mountain Lion. Our partners at TidBits have allowed us to offer three new ebooks for individual download or to buy together to save 30%–get all for $31.50 (regularly $45)! You can even try each for free beforehand!
Upgrading to Mountain Lion, $15
Using Mountain Lion, $15
Apple Mail in Mountain Lion, $15
Or all three for $31.50!
Click the link to view Upgrading to Mountain Lion and you’ll have the option to view the other titles: http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/mountain-lion-upgrading?aff=AFL5789852348&pt=SMALLDOG
NEW! Free Daily In-Store Mountain Lion Basics Classes
Live in or near Manchester, NH? We’ll be offering 20-30 minute classes starting next week, Monday through Friday, at 1PM in our retail location in the Mall of NH. They’re free for a limited time, and are lead by an Apple Product Professional!
Details about our NH store: http://www.smalldog.com/nh
Find us on “*Facebook*”:https://www.facebook.com/smalldogelectronics | Follow us on “*Twitter*”:http://twitter.com/hellosmalldog
Mountain Lion landed today and you can download it here for just $19.99. Not sure if you can upgrade? Click here to read…
Remember, you can always “*visit our website*”:http://www.hammerheadcase.com/ for a complete listing of all our products.
Our vendor website is also set up with vendor pricing, print and web-ready images and sell sheets for your use. “*Click here to view.*”:http://vendor.hammerheadcase.com/
Thanks for reading and hope to hear from you soon!
Tony
“*tony@hammerheadcase.com*”:mailto:tony@hammerheadcase.com
I’m sure you’re getting ready for back-to-school sales. Our Chill Pill is a hot seller when it comes to students (especially with those college types!). We are able to offer this little deal to you for the *next two weeks* (offer expires August 1st).
*BUY NINE (9) Chill Pills (any color combination) and GET ONE (1) FREE!!*
*Your Chill Pill price is $24 each, MSRP $39.99.*
“*View the Chill Pill mobile speakers Sell Sheet here.*”:http://vendor.hammerheadcase.com/pricelists/SS_chill_pill.pdf
Did you know that there’s more than one way to access your Google account email, contacts, and calendars from your iOS device? I’m…
Whether you’re headed to high school, college, grad school or are a student of (and for) life, we have some great bundle opportunities for you to take advantage of.
Currently, we have stock of end-of-life machines, also known as “EOL” or “closeouts.” What this really means is that what was brand new one day has just been replaced by the current model Mac. All of our closeouts are new-in-box unless otherwise specified. (Note: further deals can be found on Demo models!)
We also have some savings we can offer on G-Tech hard drives. (And you don’t even want us to get into how important it is for students to back up the work they’re doing…) Plus, you’ll save on some iPad accessories by Hammerhead and a fantastic HP laser printer that’s perfect for printing out all of those term papers and includes AirPrint, too!
You can’t ignore it much longer…back-to-school time is fast approaching. In order to get a jump on what you need, take a look at what we’ve put together–from the lightweight Mac you can carry to each class to the Office software you’ll become besties with pulling an all-nighter while writing a paper, you’ll find it in one place at a low price.
It’s no secret that tech gear is a large part of back-to-school shopping, so we aim to make it as easy and affordable as we can! Check out all the Mac to School specials here:
“*Smalldog.com/mactoschool*”:http://www.smalldog.com/mactoschool
I recently received a tech support call from a customer wondering how to attach an external hard drive to their Time Capsule to expand their storage capability. It is a very simple process to do.
You’ll first need to format the disk as Mac OS Extended if you’re on a Mac or as FAT32 if you’re running Windows. You’ll need to do the formatting from your computer as the AirPort Utility doesn’t support formatting external disks.
Step two is to plug it into the USB port on the back of your Time Capsule. You can also plug in a powered USB hub into that port and gain multiple connections into your Time Capsule.
Step three, launch the AirPort Utility, click on your Time Capsule, then enter your devices password. You should see an icon on the top of the window called Disks. If you click on that you can set access privileges for that external drive.
Your drive should now show up in finder as a shared network volume.
I’ve always been a little frustrated with burning CDs or DVDs on my Mac, as it’s never been the simplest process…especially DVDs. With the slow migration away from physical media, the need to address this issue doesn’t really make the cut with Apple. I understand that physical media is on the decline, but I still use CDs and DVDs on a fairly regular basis, as I’m sure others do as well.
I came across a brilliantly simple application recently, and I’ve been using it for all my CD/DVD burning needs ever since. The name of the application is “*Burn,*”:http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html and it’s as simple to use as it sounds. Need to burn an audio CD? Drag the desired song files into the application, arrange them in whatever order you’d like, insert a CD-R, and click Burn.
It’s the same idea with a DVD. Any time I’ve wanted to burn a DVD, it’s pretty much the same reason each time: To get the video onto a DVD-R so that it can be played in a DVD player. That’s it. I don’t need a menu or fancy graphics. Burn does just that, and I love it.
Download Burn “*here,*”:http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html and enjoy disc-burning simplicity at its finest.