Category: How-To

I find that many customers just scratch the surface of the capabilities of OS X. Since we are on the subject of passwords, I thought we’d talk again about Keychain. If you are like me, you have about a billion passwords and user names to remember. Some are easy and some are more complex and…

A friend of mine just bought a new iBook G4 with Bluetooth and has been wanting to use her Bluetooth cell phone to act as a modem so she can get internet access. I myself have never set something like this up, so a quick Google turned up this website which really has a wonderful…

Has this ever happened to you? Your desktop email application is working fine and then one day you’re just unable to send email but yet you can still receive it? I did a Google search on “can receive but not send in (name of email program)” and quickly found out this is not a rare…

This morning, while scanning Digg.com, I noticed an interesting post about the many, many ways it’s possible to charge an iPod without a computer. Click here to read it. Allen Evens, who is one of our summer employees, built his own iPod charger a couple of years ago, before other models were commercially available. Of…

Yesturday I had the task of taking apart a 23” Apple Cinema Display HD with DVI. First, I had absolutely no idea where to even start because if you look at one of these displays you can see almost no screws or anything that would come apart. If you know me or use the internet…

Some people regard their Mac as a pet – a cheery companion that sits in the corner of their room or office, just waiting for a little attention. It’s easy to take care of, requiring very little electricity, exercise, or grooming. However, a little maintenance can help keep a Mac healthy and happy. Here is…

If you’ve recently purchased a new Mac, you might be surprised that Appleworks is no longer included in the bundled software. The only dedicated word processor is TextEdit, which, if you’re used to Word, Pages, or BBEdit seems pretty cheap and limited. However, TextEdit is actually a pretty robust program – it’s also very fast,…

From Apple’s Knowledge Base article #86284 PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Pro (17-inch) With these computers, follow these steps to calibrate your battery: 1. Plug in the power adapter and fully charge your PowerBook’s battery until the light ring or LED on the power adapter plug changes to green and…

GEEKY WARNING! This article is not for the faint of heart. I’ll be using terminal and the “dreaded” command line. I just thought I would share it for those people who do use Terminal, those would probably be systems administrators or those savvy OS X/Unix users. This little article is going to let you display…

OK, it’s summer and perhaps you have a vacation planned. I was inspired to write this article after reading a National Geographic article about traveling with an iPod but wanted to tie in some ideas and products that would make traveling with an iPod even better. The most obvious use of an iPod is to…