Category: How-To

I typically use iSync and .Mac to backup and sync my Address Book across multiple Macs, and on my Treo cell phone. However, a few months ago something happened during the iSync process, and all my addresses were tripled. What a pain! Luckily, I religiously (maniacally) back up my Address Book using it’s extremely easy…

Become the Ultimate Menu Master By Art@Smalldog.com In searching for fun stuff for Kibbles & Bytes last week, I came across the “Pro” section of Apple.com. Listed in a concise, easy to follow instruction set was a way to use your keyboard to access the menu bar items at the top of the screen. This…

If you ever forget your Administrator password or the password to a normal (non-admin) account on your Macintosh there’s a simple way to reset your password. As long as you have the OS X install DVD/CDs or the restore CDs/DVD that came with your computer. Stick the DVD into your computer and reboot. Hold the…

I have literally hundreds of full lengths movies and I used to watch them easily on my Windows machine using Media Center. I’ve decided that Front Row and iTunes are much cooler. I did attempt to set up a media center using Front Row before but I had some issues with the format of my…

I am not sure where I heard about this but it is really cool. You can do this in Tiger with any mouse with a scroll wheel (or scroll pea if you have a mighty mouse) Hold down the control key on the keyboard then push the scroll wheel away from you. The screen zooms…

If you’re thinking about getting rid of or selling your older (OS X) computer but you can’t seem to find those restore disks that came with the computer, have no fear! You can still delete your user account so the recipient of your old computer won’t have access to your old files. Please note that…

By David@Smalldog.com (not Ed) Enter the digital age, where we virtualize our memories more so than we ever have. The outcome has facilitated, or been facilitated by, an increase in the power of computing without a linear increase in bulk… bulk in hardware, that is. But what about size of libraries? Photos, music, excess. Wow.…

The new Airport Extreme is a really cool gadget. I just picked mine up this morning and can’t wait to get it home and in-place on my wireless network. Unfortunately my network is a 802.11g network so I won’t really be able to take advantage of the new 802.11n speeds, but that’s okay, I plan…

I discovered this tip by accident. A customer asked how he could quickly reduce the size of digital images for sending via email. The customer didn’t want to use iPhoto or Mail to do this (see Mac Treat #14 for how to resize photos in OS X Mail.) Also, he didn’t want to download the…

If there’s any one application that I install on each of my Macintosh computers, it’s Stuffit. Stuffit if you don’t already know is an application that works with compressed and archive files. These are .ZIP, .RAR, .TAR, .SITX and .HQX file types (there are 25 in total that it currently supports). Of course each time…