What do Apple Computer and Macspiration have in common? Both just turned 30! For Macspiration 30, I am going to continue last week’s article and discuss one way to customize your Finder windows to make your computer experience a little easier.
Category: How-To
Power saving tips for Macintosh laptops
David gives seven power-saving tips to PowerBook, iBook, and MacBook Pro users. If you travel, these tips will help you get the longest battery life from your Mac.
Making a Simple Finder or Folder Action in Automator
Here’s a quick little Automator action you can put together if you want a way to automatically create a new folder that gathers a batch of selected files you’re selected in your Finder, most preferably on your desktop.
Macspiration 29 – The Finder Window Part 1
Many people know how to browse from window to window on a Mac, and open files and applications from those windows. Many people don’t know that you can customize these windows for convenience reasons, or just for eye-candy. This week I’ll talk about customizing the look of these windows.
Macspiration 28 – Even More Quick Tips
For this week’s Macspiration, here is another list of tips that are too short for an entire article on their own, but are still worth mentioning.
Read MoreMacspiration 26 – Simple Web Surfing for Beginners
Donny explains how do you actually get to web sites without a link to get you there.
Problem Solving Guy 6
Of Intel Macs and Men
John and Guy go round and round on Apple’s latest offerings; The Intel Macs. The hype bar is raised and expectations are even higher. Can Apple successfully transition to Intel without losing their soul? This is Apple’s fourth major transition (Apple II to Macintosh, Motorola 68xxx processors to PPC, Mac OS Classic to OS X, PPC to Intel) and bumps in the road can certainly be expected. For some people, those bumps might mean the end of their use of Apple computers. For the vast majority, they won’t care as long as Apple’s legendary ease of use doesn’t change. Where do John and Guy stand? Read on oh fearless ones.
Read MoreMacspiration 27 – The Download Drawer 4 – Old School Arcade
I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s when the arcade was the place to go to play the latest and greatest arcade games. We had PacMan, Frogger, Ms. PacMan, etc. If you’re like me, you still like those games better some of the 100 button games you can play on today’s consoles. Well, you don’t need an arcade or a console to play some of these classics. You only need your Mac and the Internet.
Macspiration 25 – 25 Websites for a Mac User
For this article I’m going to do something a little different. I recently received an email, from a new Mac user, asking about a Mac newsletter. While I don’t have one, there are many websites which one might consider a daily Mac newsletter. I listed a few sites for the emailer to check out, and I thought it might be a good idea to write an article with a list of sites for other Mac users.
Macspiration 24
Bookmarks in Safari
Become more knowledgeable with the Safari web browser by reading the latest from Donny Yankellow.
Read MoreMacspiration 23 – Sending Email Attachments
Donny shows you how to attach files or graphics to your email messages with Mail.
Travel Monster 1
Guy’s the type that enjoys a certain amount of tech to travel with. He’s not alone in this regard and the purpose of this article and hopefully more to follow is to help you decide what tech you might want to have handy when traveling. This time out, he discusses options for carrying all your stuff.
Read MoreMacspiration 22 – Four More Hidden Preview Tricks
Macspiration 21 – Quick Image Editing In Preview
Macspiration 20 – Some More Quick Tips
As I write the various Macspiration articles, I am constantly getting ideas for new articles. Some of these ideas are not enough for a complete article, so I add them to a tip list for use in an article like this one. So here are five tips from that list.
Macspiration 19 – The Download Drawer 3 – Web Browsers Aplenty
If you are like many Mac users, you use Apple’s Safari for surfing the internet. You might even be one of those people who still use the now no longer supported or updated Internet Explorer (IE) for the Mac. Did you know there are many other web browser options out there? I’m going to discuss three free options in this article.
15 Tips – Screen Capture
Fifteen tips for Apple’s screen capture? I bet you think I can’t come up with fifteen things you can do with a simple Mac feature.
Read MoreMacspiration 18
Troubleshooting your iPod
If you are having problems with your iPod, this is the article for you.
Macspiration 16 – Burning a CD in iPhoto
Learn how to burn photos from iPhoto to a CD simply, and Donny shows us the way
15 Tips – Making Better Use of iPhoto
Bakari gives fifteen tips for making the most out of iPhoto. If you find these tips useful, all we ask is that you donate $1,000 to MyMac.com. Okay, not really. Well, unless you really want to.
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