Category: Leopard

How to Get Your Mac to Speak to You

Did you know that your Mac can speak to you? You no longer need to read your email messages, content on web pages or the endless drafts of your husband's great novel - your Mac can read them for you. In this tutorial, I'll show you how easy it is to let your Mac do your reading for you.

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Category: Leopard

Setting Parental Controls in Mac OS X 10.5

Mac OS X 10.5 provides an administrator with ways to control other non-administrator users' access to programs. For the home user, this is a good way to control your child's use of the computer. Read this detailed tutorial to learn how to set parental control preferences in Mac OS X.

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How to Use Time Machine

Time Machine is the automatic backup program included with Mac OS X 10.5. With Time Machine, you no longer have to worry about backing up your data. You can set Time Machine to automatically back up all files and folders on your boot drive or just selected files and folders on any of your drives. Read this tutorial to learn how to use Time Machine.

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How to Control Your Mac with Speech

Did you know that you can control your Mac computer using speech commands? All you need to do this is to connect a microphone to your Mac and then set some preferences in the Mac OS X System Preferences.

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Setting Spotlight Preferences in Mac OS X

Spotlight is the superfast search technology that Apple introduced in Mac OS X 10.4. With Spotlight, you can search all files on your hard drives and search results will appear instantaneously. In this tutorial, I'll describe how to set preferences for Spotlight.

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Setting Dates & Times in Mac OS X 10.5

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) gives you extensive options for setting and displaying dates and times exactly as you want. It only requires setting a few preferences in the Mac OS X 10.5 System Preferences. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to set these preferences.

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Using Exposé

Exposé is a special feature of the Mac operating system that was first introduced with Mac OS X 10.3. Exposé lets you view all open Finder windows or all open windows in a single application at one time so that you can bring one easily to the front. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use Exposé through visual examples.

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Add Spotlight Comments

I needed to add the same Spotlight comment to many files so I created a very simple Automator application to do this.

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Dock Favorites

Have you ever wondered how you could easily access and launch any of your favorite programs from just one place on your computer screen? It's really quite simple to do.

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Easy Application Launching in Mac OS X

Did you know there are many ways to easily launch an application in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5? Of course, double-clicking on a file doesn't take much effort, but here are some other easy ways to do it.

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Front Row Leopard Surprise

If you've installed Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on an older PPC Mac, you might have noticed that Front Row is now included with the operating system. But did you know it works even if you don't have a remote control for your computer?

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Locating Essential Files in Mac OS X

Have you ever wondered where Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) stores essential files, such as Mail's mailboxes or Safari's bookmarks? Most of these files are stored somewhere in your Home folder.

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Mac OS X Contextual Menu Surprises

Do you use contextual menus in Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.4)? If you don't, you might be surprised to know that contextual menus can provide unexpected useful features.

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Mac OS X Leopard Printing Surprises

Did you know that many Mac OS X Leopard programs have special printing options? These surprise options are usually located near the bottom of the Print pane.

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Reindexing Spotlight

Sometimes Spotlight may not be finding all your files because your hard drive needs to be reindexed. The solution to this problem is a simple one.

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iCal To Do Syncing with DoBeDo Widget

DoBeDo is a Widget that lets you control your iCal To Dos. You can create To Dos in DoBeDo and the program will sync your tasks to iCal. The back of the Widget has preferences that include setting the appearance of the Widget, setting the order of sorting tasks and selecting a default printer for the Widget.

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QuickAccessCM - Easy Moving and Copying of Files and More

QuickAccessCM is a free contextual menu plug-in that makes launching of applications quick and easy. It also lets you move and copy files and create aliases in specific folders with just a right-click on your mouse.

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Getting Started with Spotlight

You've heard about Spotlight, Apple's superfast Mac OS X search technology, but maybe you haven't yet discovered its special features. This quick lesson can help you get started.

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Getting Started with Widgets

One of the most interesting features in Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger) is the Dashboard program for using and controlling Widgets. Widgets are small programs that are easily accessed from the Dock. Mac OS X comes with a good supply of Widgets, but thousands more have been created.

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Upgrading to Leopard Successfully

I recently upgraded to Leopard successfully and I thought I would share my experience and include some guidelines and some troubleshooting tips.

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Updating Mac OS X

This is a short tutorial on how to update your Mac OS X system software. If you follow these steps, you should have a successful updating experience.

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Using Smart Folders and Burn Folders

In this short tutorial, I'll show you how to use a Smart folder in conjunction with a Burn folder to create archival disks of all new data and applications on your drive.

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Search Options in Mac OS X

You're probably familiar with Spotlight, the Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger) superfast search technology, and you may already use it extensively. Spotlight is accessible, of course, in the Mac OS X Finder, but it also is available in Mac OS X applications, such as Mail and Safari. But Apple doesn't limit Mac OS X searches to only Spotlight. In this article, I briefly explain the different search options available in Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger) and in the free programs packaged with the operating system.

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Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5: Pros & Cons

Are you wondering if you should upgrade to Leopard, the newest Mac OS X system software? I recently upgraded one of my drive partitions to Leopard and I've been discovering some of the bugs in the software along with some of the new delights that come with the upgraded system. In this article, I describe some of the pros and cons of switching from Mac OS X 10.4 to OS X 10.5 and perhaps these comments will help you decide if upgrading is the right option for you.

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