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If you are like me, then sometimes it is hard to find a font that you like. Well, did you know that there is a built in application on your Mac that can help you with this? Font Book is the name, and viewing fonts is the game. Font Book will easily [...]

If you have not heard, a Windows Vista machine is able to run a screen saver as the desktop background. Well up until now that has been one small thing that the PC enthusiasts were able to get me on. But now I have Screen Saver. Screen Saver is a nifty little [...]

As you might know, your Mac will slow down over time. It does not matter what you do with your Mac — as long as it is on, it will slow down over time. Now don’t get scared, because it is nothing drastic like Windows when you would have to reinstall the OS and [...]

In this quick tip I show you how to make your Mac talk to you. Most people don’t know this because it is a bit hidden, but you can make your Mac announce the time to you. You can set it to announce it on the hour, every 30 minutes, or every 15 [...]

This is quick tip #17. In this video I walk you through how to capture a section of a web page and display it in dashboard. This is really useful for capturing the latest posts section of a website so you can see what is going on there at a moment’s glance.
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Well the time has come and the newest version of OS X is here. Snow Leopard has arrived and has brought many improvements under the hood. I installed Snow Leopard last night and so far the only thing that I have had problems with is Final Cut Express. That is a BIG [...]

If you are familiar with Windows you know that you can show hidden files by changing the folder options to show them. However in OS X you have to run a terminal command. There is a way that you can leverage the wonderful power of Automator to make this an easier operation. Watch [...]

There are two main types of installation files for Mac OS X. .dmg and .pkg are the two most common and sometimes you can have a .pkg in a .dmg. This sounds confusing but it really is not. In this video I show you how to handle both of them and walk [...]

This is a video that I made in which I show you how to add US holidays into Apple’s iCal by subscribing to a internet feed.
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As you know Linux (specifically Ubuntu) is becoming more and more popular of an OS. I mean it is free and it works so what is there not to like. I have heard a few question about Linux so I thought I would share some of my opinions about the pros and cons [...]

Here is the deal. Don’t freak out. Mobile me will not take away any of the features you have with .mac such as iWeb and Back to my Mac. This is basically a cleaner version and a rename to the current version. All of the features that say .mac will be [...]