Apr 12 2012
Here’s a tip for Mac OS X users out there that want to tighten up the security on their computers given recent exploits targeting Java and the slow release of updates from Apple. The simplest way to turn off Java is by searching for “Java Preferences” in the Spotlight search and opening it. Once opened, …
Apr 08 2012
Here’s a quick tip for those Mac OS X Lion users out there that prefer Safari as their web browser. There are some really great touchpad gestures to speed you your web browser and keep you from mucking around with the mouse cursor or the keyboard. If you want to go back to the previous …
Mar 13 2012
Another tip here for Mac OS X Lion users out there. The dock got a little bit smarter with the upgrade to Lion which now allows you to quickly access recently opened documents without having to browse the file system for them. All you need to do is right click (or tap with two fingers …
Mar 12 2012
A quick tip for Mac OS X Lion users tonight. Previously, I have covered the way to search for specific document types using Windows Search which ended up being rather unintuitive and complex for a regular user (and to be honest, I forgot about the command as well). The good news is that under Mac OS …
Sep 28 2011
Here is a quick tip for tonight. On the odd occasion you might need to use accented characters like “é” or “ç” or even “ß” but don’t want to go through the chore of finding that character somewhere else and doing a copy and paste. Luckily, under Mac OS X 10.7 you can hold down …
Sep 13 2011
Here’s another quick Mac OS X Lion tip. Sometimes, you can be left staring at the spinning beach ball on your screen completely uncertain as to whether or not you will ever get control of your Mac (often called the “spinning beach ball of death”). Sometimes it will come good but other times it won’t …
Sep 12 2011
Here’s another tidbit of information about Mac OS X Lion. If you are unaware, the “About This Mac” screen has been refreshed to be a bit more user friendly compared to versions of Mac OS X prior to Lion First up is the “Overview” screen which looks a bit cleaner and even includes a picture …
Sep 10 2011
Here’s a quick tip for the Mac OS X users out there who have migrated to 10.7 (Lion). Spotlight has been a while for a while courtesy of the little magnifying glass icon up the top right-hand corner of the screen. Traditionally, you’ve been able to search for applications, documents, folders, messages and other local …
Sep 05 2011
Here’s a quick tip for people moving across to Lion. By default, the scroll gestures that we have become accustomed to are now inverted to simulate what would happen on an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. Scrolling from bottom to top on your trackpad will scroll the page up will scrolling from top to bottom …
Aug 23 2011
I had a couple of MacBook Pro laptops grace my desk and I have been upgrading them to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). The first one (maybe eighteen months old) went through without a hitch but the second one (which is a few years old) had all manner of problems including reading my original DVD-RW …
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