Category: How-To

  • Slideshow in Preview (OS 10.4)

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    The version of Preview bundled in Tiger (OS 10.4) has a handy slide-show feature, which I had forgotten about until I was trying to read a long, multipage ebook last night. If you’ve not used this feature before, it’s pretty cool. You can activate this feature by browsing to View > Slideshow, or press Command-shift-F.…

  • Hidden Meanings: Shostakovich & Mac OS 10.4

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    Today would be Dmitri Shostakovich’s 100th birthday. Shostakovich was one of the great composers of the 20th century, but he was born and lived his entire life in Soviet Russia, where he was denounced twice by the government, and lived in fear of being jailed, or worse. While he was enormously popular, at times his…

  • Making iCal Always Default To Using An Alarm

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    By Geoff@Smalldog.com If you are anything like me you rely on a calendar to tell you where to be and when. There is so much going on in a given work day that I think I would miss 90% of my meetings if it were not for ICal. Further if it were not for ICal…

  • Dictionary & How to Spell Check in OS 10.4

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    Today is Samuel Johnson’s birthday. He was the author of “A Dictionary of the English Language,” one of the most important and influential dictionaries of the English language, published in 1755. This blog entry is in honor of Samuel Johnson, and it concerns OS 10.4 has a built-in Dictionary and Thesaurus. There are several ways…

  • If I can do it, so can you! (installing RAM)

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    I recently bought a 20-inch iMac, (not the recently announced ones). It came with 512MB of RAM, and I wanted more RAM because of the programs I use so I ordered a 1GB chip. I, as do many others, have a tendency to be apprehensive about tinkering with the innards of a computer. Now a…

  • Make and Manage Multiple iTunes 7 Libraries!

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    iTunes 7 allows you to make and manage multiple iTunes libraries, just like iPhoto 5 and 6! You can now easily keep an iTunes library installed on your computer’s hard drive and a separate iTunes library installed on an external drive. To create a new iTunes 7 library, click on the groovy new electric blue…

  • Make and Manage Multiple iPhoto Libraries

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    Make Multiple iPhoto Libraries or Make an iPhoto Library on an External Hard Drive By Ed@Smalldog.com With iPhoto 5 and 6, it’s very easy to create and maintain multiple iPhoto libraries. You might do this to keep separate personal and business iPhoto libraries, or to keep one iPhoto library installed on your computer’s hard drive…

  • On the iPhoto File Structure

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    I could condense all my iPhoto wisdom in one sentence: for your own benefit, please never, ever open the iPhoto folder library folder and move files around. That’s it. This is because iPhoto has to maintain a very strict inventory of its data. The data structure is explained here: http://www.iphotolibrarymanager.com/Documentation/iPLM/pgs/libraryfolder.html There really is no reason…

  • Erase data on your mac safely and securely

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    An article on CNN.com about cell phones not keeping your secrets, and my own recent purchase of an Intel iMac got me thinking about what I needed to do if I ever decided to sell my PowerBook. Well in all honestly it was my sister who asked the question. I think it’s because once she…

  • Maximize Your Apple Laptop's Battery

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    Here are some tips to help you get the most from your Apple laptop’s battery. – Fully charge your portable when you plug it in for the first time. – Run Software Update to ensure you have the latest Apple software. Updates may improve battery performance. – Don’t leave your laptop plugged in all the…