Category: How-To

I’ve written about this in brief before, but after actually setting up a wireless network using an Airport Extreme 802.11n and an Airport Express, I thought I would go into it with a little more detail. I’ve been using the new 802.11n Airport for a couple months now and I absolutely love it. The new…

by Matt, matt@smalldog.com (wirtten by Matt, posted by Ed) Customers often ask whether it’s necessary to clean out their computers. One customer believed that his PowerBook was so dirty inside that it was causing severe allergic reactions. It’s generally not necessary to clean your computer, and often can be more detrimental than helpful. For example,…

While I occasionally use Firefox, and I think it’s great, Safari is my web browser of choice. Like most OS X applications, Safari has many features that are not obvious. Here are my top six: 1. Browse Safe. It is highly recommended that Safari users disable the option of “Open safe files” after downloading.” That’s…

Recently several people asked me how to make a slideshow with more than one song in iPhoto 6. They could only get one song to play over and over again during their long photo slideshows. As a “work around,” a couple of them tried to make the slideshow in iMovie, instead of iPhoto. It’s actually…

I’ve just started using Aperture, it’s definitely a step up from iPhoto but all the new features make it worth it. Today I found a really cool plug-in that lets you choose any photos in your Aperture album and it will make a flash-based album website! It’s very easy to use too! You can view…

The following tools should be used for testing and educational purposes only as explained in the article, abusing them isn’t wise! I’ve been setting up wired and wireless networks for some years now and for me, I find that setting up a wireless network can be a bit more challenging. You’ll have more variable that…

Do you use the Mail application in OS 10.3 or 10.4? Do you frequently send attachments? If so, this tip is dedicated to you. Actually, it’s one the most popular tips we share in our Mac Basics classes. Even many advanced Mac users don’t seem know about it. “If you want to attach a file…

(You’ll need QuickTime and JavaScript enabled to watch the video.) If you would like to view a larger version of this screencast click here! This is a very simple video tutorial on how to change your Finder window appearance from the default red, yellow, green buttons to grey buttons!

Ever since I moved to the Mac I had the need for a GUI SSH client. As much as love using command line I do like to keep a pice of software around where I can just point and click. Previous to my Mac days I used WinSCP for Windows. It did everything I wanted…

I use iPhoto to store all of my digital photos, as well as most other digital images I’ve created or downloaded on my Mac (including Photoshop and Fireworks files.) Images with titles or keywords are searchable in Spotlight, so these are easy to find. Images lacking titles and keywords require me to launch iPhoto to…