I’m a big fan of Apple’s Dictionary app, so I had to take a look at Five Dictionary tricks I can’t live without. The really cool tip was #4, Make Dictionary Talk. Which is your favorite?
Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Navigating the Interface class at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
InfoManager for Monday, May 13, 2013
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Today marks our 2,947th post
02 Internet Sales Tax Bill… what’s up with that???
03 New App Helps Parents Prepare Kids for Airplane Travel
04 For Our Children’s Safety
05 Quicky Jr 3 WiFi Adapter
06 Five Cool Siri Tricks
07 Five Tips on iTunes
08 Five Automator workflows
09 Templates for MS Excel
10 Apple Security Software Firm Releases Update to Popular PrivacyScan
11 PhoneSheriff Monitoring and Filtering Now Available for iPad Tablets
12 Wipe All Traces of Deleted Data with iShredder 2 Standard for iOS
13 Prepaid debit cards – a weak link to security
14 China Military: largest intrusion offender in the world
15 Quotes: Honor Continue reading
Macworld HELP DESK 05.10.2013
Looking for a control center for all those CDs, DVDs, streaming media, iTunes/amazon downloads, etc., etc., etc.? Take a look a Chris Breen’s solution: The computer in the living room: setting up a Mac mini media center.
Don’t know about you, but some days, I get the impression that all my social media accounts are conspiring to do me in. David Chartier seems to have a battle plan: Manage multiple social media accounts with your Mac. Join me in the fight for survival!
Send a Mother’s Day greeting with iOS’s Cards app. I have spoken.
Other items of interest today:
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All about Reminders
iPad colors gone wrong? Whack it! (Ouch!) (Don’t skip the comments; they’re hilarious!)
Make your passwords harder to crack (video)
Protect your camera with rain covers
Huffduffer saves Web audio to your own podcast stream
For the whole shooting match, PYBT: Macworld HELP DESK 05.10.2013.
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Tagged amazon.com, cameras, Cards, CD, DVD, HELP DESK, iOS, iPad, iTunes, Mac mini, Macworld, Mother's Day, Mountain Lion, passwords, podcasts, Reminders, social media, streaming media, Web audio
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How Does the Browser You Use Stack Up?
In Best Mac Browser Performance Benchmark 2013, Tom Nelson, the About.com Macs Guide, tells a pretty comprehensive tale about Macintosh Web browser performance. He gets into a lot of fascinating detail, but if you just can’t bear the suspense, and have to know the answer now, he had mercy and posted the ratings bar chart on the front page.
Back in 2010, he tested ten(!!!) browsers; history fans can click here to check it out.
Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Intro to the Interface class at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
InfoManager for Monday, May 6, 2013
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 iPhone InfoManager: May
02 CISPA: Cybersecurity law pros and cons #3
03 Games for Older Kids
04 All-Time Top Apps
05 New Calculator Promises to Calculate Different
06 AnyMoney HD
07 Hackers Aim Beyond LivingSocial Accounts
08 What’s the next big thing?
09 Cocktail 6.4
10 80 Most Useful Mac Tools and Utilities
11 Application Development Server For iOS
12 Supporting American Developers?
13 Quotes: for Mother’s Day Continue reading
Reports of their demise…
…have been greatly exaggerated (with apologies to Mark Twain).
Y’all know that Di-No Computers is still with us, don’t you? Yes, their *former* storefront on Colorado Blvd. is empty (and there’s no information on the new location posted), but they’re alive and well at:
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2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena
Give ’em a ring, (626) 795-6674, if you don’t believe me. Or you can visit their Web site.
Reminder: iPad Class at Di-No
Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad class at Di-No Computers.
Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
(626) 795-6674
Macworld HELP DESK 05.03.2013
Whether you are new to Lion/Mountain Lion, or are making the transition from an earlier Mac OS X version, Introducing Contacts will of great help. Dr Breen goes into great detail explaining the various features and options.
Advice from an Apple tech: When your Mac gets too toasty couldn’t be more topical, with the temperature outside at 95° (would I lie about a thing like that?). Whew!!
Calling all switchers (and you know who you are): Switch to Mac: Transfer your files from a PC to a Mac has what you need to know!
Other items of interest today:
- AirPort interference? Leave it alone
Automator workflow of the month: Quick media manipulation
Type special characters in OS X
How to shoot macros of flowers and bugs
Cure for the uncommon vertical signature
For the whole shooting match, point your browsers thusly: Macworld HELP DESK 05.03.2013
Posted in Tips
Tagged AirPort, Automator, cameras, Contacts, HELP DESK, Lion, Macworld, Mountain Lion, OS X, overheating, photography, special characters, switcher, typography
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