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How to Avoid Scammy Android Apps
The beautiful thing about Android OS, over iOS, is the open platform. The annoying (and potentially dangerous) thing about Android OS, over iOS, is… wait for it… the open platform. It’s a...
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How to Reveal the Dock and Menu Bar When Using Full Screen Apps in Lion [Mac]
Here’s a quick tip for you Lion users out there. If you’re a fan of full screen apps, you may miss having quick access to the dock and menu bar. They appear to be gone, but they’re really not. Here’s...
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Drag Text Onto Your Desktop and, Presto!, You Have a New Text Note [Mac]
OS X is full of little shortcuts that can save you time. Some examples of that include adding folders to your sidebar, revealing the dock and menu bar when using full screen apps, and determining at...
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Three Low-Cost, DIY Ways to Use Your Smartphone While Wearing Gloves
So I’m in Winnipeg now. Winnipeg, affectionately referred to as Winterpeg, and thought by some (possibly me) to be a window into the truth behind the colloquialism “when Hell freezes over.” Okay, so...
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How to Change the Default Email Client and Web Browser on Your Mac
As I continue my now year-old journey as a Mac user, I’ve blogged about a few tips that I’ve stumbled upon, such as how to drag text onto your desktop and change it into a text note, how to reveal the...
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How to Take Screenshots With Your Mac
You’ve got your new Mac, and want to take a screenshot. Where’d that Print Screen key go? Things work a bit differently on the Mac. You could go with a third party solution, such as Skitch or...
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Speed Up Your Listening to Enjoy More Podcasts and Spoken Audio
If you’re like me and many other tech geeks, you’re overloaded with content to consume, tricks to try out, and gadgets to play with. Throw all of that into a busy life, and you might lament not having...
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How to Hide Connected Drives and Keep Your Desktop Tidy [Mac]
Lately, I’ve been on a “streamlined desktop” kick. More on that in a future post. For now, though, I want to talk about how to address one minor annoyance if you want to keep your desktop...
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Set up a Keystroke to Lock Your Mac With BetterTouchTool
If you come from the Windows world to a Mac, you may be surprised to find that there is no readily apparent way to lock your Mac if you step away from it. There are some ways to do this, such as...
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Overwhelmed With Your TextExpander Snippets? Set a Quick Search Shortcut
Right now, I’m up to 128 snippets in TextExpander. There are several that I have committed to memory, but even more that I hardly ever use. This is because I can’t remember the shortcuts to launch...
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Add Your Favorite Mac Mail Client to the PDF Print Menu
On the Mac, you can email a PDF of almost any webpage, photo, or other document, by selecting the print command and picking “Mail PDF” from the dropdown menu at the bottom of the dialog box that pops...
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