Category: 693: iTunes Transfers: Easy As Drag ‘n’ Drop, Tweak Your Trackpad, Address Book Adventure, Releases and Bulletins

I last wrote about “Google Chrome”:http://ns1.smalldog.com/techtails/techtails_display.php?id=425, the web browser from Google, in “Tech Tails #626”:http://ns1.smalldog.com/techtails/techtails_display.php?id=425. A beta of the browser had just been released to the Windows community, and finally the Mac community can join in. Chrome was praised back then for its JavaScript performance, but big improvements were made both to Safari and to…

All of us have Adobe’s Flash software installed, as it is part of the default Mac OS X installation. Flash is the software your computer uses to view videos on YouTube and is what’s used to power many web applications. Adobe Air is a platform for developing rich internet applications. Adobe recently posted a “security…

I ran into a very interesting problem during a consult last week. One of my regular clients had been working in his address book, preparing a list for mailing holiday cards. When he was finally ready to print labels, he ran into a vexing problem and asked for my help. He would select his list,…

The first-generation unibody laptops (with removable battery) feature a trackpad that supports many useful gestures. Made of glass, it feels great and the whole trackpad is the trackpad button. You can press in certain areas to accomplish simple tasks like right-clicking, and the supported gestures are, I’m sure, only a precursor of what’s to come.…

Making the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac can be both liberating and daunting. It’s great moving to a secure intuitive operating system with trusted (and beautiful) hardware, but what about transferring the data? Luckily, that process is easier than you might think. Today’s tip is specifically about transferring your iTunes Library from…

Happy Tuesday, I spent some time on Saturday getting my snowmobile ready for the season, and finally got around to buying insurance and paying the trail maintenance assessment. We are very lucky around here to have an incredible network of snowmobile trails, and Small Dog’s Waitsfield headquarters is right on the trail. If this snow…