Did you know that when you create and save documents, TextEdit can include information that will be stored with the document and that can be used for Spotlight searching in the Finder? You can set default document information in the TextEdit preferences pane or set individual document properties with the Show Properties option on the File menu.
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Do you get frustrated with the small text boxes on most Internet forms? If you do, Safari has a nice new feature that lets you expand the size of any text box on a form.
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Did you know that you can create separate windows from Safari tabs or merge open windows into one tabbed Safari window? It's easy to do in Safari 3 or Safari 4 for Mac OS X.
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QuickTime is a great application for viewing videos, especially Internet streaming video. It is usually far better in quality than Windows Media Player and FlashPlayer and you have more customization options with QuickTime. So, how do you play wmv and flv files in QuickTime?
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Read this tip to learn how to delete PDF pages in Apple's Preview application.
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Have you added so many favorite font styles to the Mac OS X Font Pane that now you have to scroll through a long list to find just the font you want? If you're like me, that's exactly what you've done. Read this tip to find out how to solve the problem.
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If you need to enter a password on a website and you can't remember your login name or password, you might be able to find it in the Mac OS X Keychain Access application, located in the Utilities folder inside your drive's Applications folder.
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Did you know that you can email web pages or web page links directly from Apple's Safari browser? It's very easy to do with Safari and the Mac OS X email application, Mail.
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Apple just released an update to iPhoto (7.1.4 update) and the update contains a MobileMe surprise.
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Did you know that you can easily upload files to your iDisk with the MobileMe online application? Your iDisk has 20 GB of storage space that you can use for offline data storage and, with the online MobileMe application, you can easily copy files to your iDisk for safe keeping.
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Whenever someone sends you a message
in Mail or you send someone a message, that person's
name and email address are added to your Previous
Recipients list in Mail. With Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5,
you can easily add any of those recipients to your
contacts list in Address Book.
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If you use Address Book you can
easily notify groups in your Address Book whenever
information on your address card changes.
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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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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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Have you ever purchased a new piece of hardware for
your Mac and had difficulty getting it to work
correctly? If you have, you can understand the
frustration I felt when I first got a new Western
Digital My Book Premium hard drive and tried to get it
to work with the Firewire 400 connection on my Intel
Core 2 Duo Mini. The drive mounted fine and I had no
problems cloning my internal drive to it, but I had
only headaches when I tried to boot the drive.
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Did you know you can scroll
horizontally with any mouse?
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If you use MobileMe for your websites and
you frequently create and edit web pages, you can save
a great deal of time by having your iDisk always
available on your Desktop.
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You probably know that many hardware
manufacturers provide software for their products, but
did you know that you can often try the software before
you buy the hardware. Doing this can sometimes help you
decide between two similar products or determine if a
particular piece of hardware is compatible with your
Mac.
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Have you explored the new iTunes U, available at the
iTunes Store? If you haven't, you're missing out on
something special. Several of the universities listed
at iTunes U have excellent, free lectures that you can
download to iTunes and your iPod.
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Do you have a new iPod? If you do,
this list of precautionary steps is for you.
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Do you frequently add new music,
podcasts or videos to iTunes and then wonder where
iTunes has stored your new files? I seem to do this on
a daily basis so I created a Smart folder to help me
locate my new files.
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Here's an easy way to save YouTube
videos and then convert them to iPod format using two
free software programs.
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Did you know that just cloning your
hard drive is not enough backup protection? If you
don't always back up all software you download or
purchase, including update installers, you might find
yourself with a non-functioning essential program.
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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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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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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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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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Did you know that you can play music
and movies directly in TextEdit? It's really very easy
to do.
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If you find the font sizes in Safari
are too small for your aging eyes, here's a quick way
to increase the font size on most web pages.
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Here's an easy way to create
separators on your Bookmarks Bar in Safari.
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Did you know you can open several web
pages at once with one click on Safari's Bookmarks Bar?
It's really quite easy to do.
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I love Apple's Safari browser but sometimes it slows to a crawl and becomes difficult to use. When this happens, there are a few things that can be done to improve Safari's speed and in this tip I briefly describe those solutions.
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