In this quick tutorial, we're going to show you five useful Mac OS X tips that you may not be aware of and that can help improve your productivity, solve problems, or just make your life a little more
Optimise Your Mac's Performance: Using Terminal to Run OS X Maintenance Scripts So what we're going to do here is lead you through running those scripts manually through Terminal, OS X' UNIX command l
In an ever-increasing world of emailed documents and cloud computing, one thing is for certain: The tree population can breathe a sigh of relief because paper is becoming obsolete.
I see this more and
When Mac OS X Snow Leopard was released into the wild one of the major changes was the addition of a new version of Quicktime - Quicktime X. Not all Mac users were happy though. For all it's eye-candy
Let's face it, we all get bogged down. I'm not talking about little, "Oh, I forgot to do this one 5 minute errand..." I'm referring to more of a "%&*^$, If I don't get this finished in the next tw ...
How many times have you wanted to go back and work on a project that you did a while ago, only to realize that once you open up the folder, you have no idea what the last Logic file you worked on was?
No ghost hound haunts the creative process of writers, poets, musicians, and artists in general more than writer's block. We revel in the moments when those creative spurts visit us, and we stress and
After working with Macs for a couple of years and troubleshooting them on a daily basis, I have found that there are a couple of steps you can try to resolve any issues before picking up the phone and
Finding the file you're looking for can often be a drag. (Pun intended). Have you ever had a bunch of picture/audio/video/Word/Pages/etc files and you're not sure which is the one you're looking for?
If you have read my tutorial on Backing up your Logic System, you should have an idea how important securely storing your data is. A complete backup of all your work data, and possibly also administra
Has this ever happened to you? You're right in the middle of a creative project on your Mac, and you need to pull up documentation. Maybe you're in Photoshop and you want to look up something about
Some of my favourite Mac tips and tricks are the simplest ones. You know, the ones you end up using every day, the ones you can't believe you'd never known about. Well, everyone knows how to rename fi
There are lots of little-known tips and tricks for improving your day-to-day Mac OS X workflow. Sure, Spotlight, Spaces, Expose and the Dashboard have a place in the heart of most Mac users but someti
Mac users buy Macs for many reasons but one of the biggest is OS X, so why would anyone want to run anything else on their Mac? Whether it's to run a program that's unavailable for OS X or just to pro
There are may internet browsers out there to choose from. I remember the days when Microsoft Explorer and Netscape were the de facto browsers. Fortunately, much has changed in the past 3 or 4 years an
Do you want a quicker way to look up common words? Wish you had instant access to an encyclopedia? Need help with spelling or word usage? Or perhaps you'd like to find synonyms for a commonly used w
Mac OS X Snow Leopard is widely thought to be the most advanced operating system currently available. It is indeed beautifully designed, intuitive to use, stable and secure. Snow Leopard can also be
The days of paper diaries and paper calendars are coming to an end. Tools like Apple's iCal are gradually but surely making scribbling down (and out!) appointments and meetings on paper a thing of t
Using key commands can really speed up your workflow and save your mouse hand from moving around a large screen. Here are some tips on how to access the Dock, Menu Bar items and the menus for any...
In Part 1 of this Blog Tip we learned how to encrypt a PDF in Preview. In today's tip we'll cover how to convert virtually any document to a PDF and explore some advanced encryption techniques.
Step 1
Protecting sensitive information in the real-world is easy. The document could be kept in a secure place, locked in a safe or even hidden under the floor-boards where prying eyes can be kept at bay! Y