Last week Apple announced a new iLife '11, which includes an updated version of iPhoto. What are the new features? Full Screen You can make iPhoto go into full screen mode by clicking on the green button in the upper left. So you won't see your Dock, or your menu bar, you'll just see your photos ...
Computer and Home Entertainment Cables, Deciphered
So why are there so many different kinds of computer tech cables, anyway? Why is it all so confusing? The New York Times online has a slideshow with close-up photos and descriptions of 12 different cables commonly used around the home or office. Plus they offer their opinion on whether to spend a ...
Apple Announcements: What’s New, What We Think
Yesterday was a big day for Apple, lots of product and software announcements. Here's the skinny: 1. New MacBook Air computers. One is small (11" diagonal screen, 2.5 lbs) and the other is normal size (13" diagonal screen). Both have solid state drives instead of traditional hard drives so they run ...
How to Uninstall an Application from Your Mac
Some applications can be uninstalled by simply deleting the app file from your Applications folder. But many apps leave lots of associated files in other places on your Mac (in the Library and Preferences, mainly). So how do you make sure you remove all related files and folders from your machine, ...
Sharing Huge Files (up to 10GB)
These days, it’s easy to email files of many megabytes, and it’s also easy to find sites that will let you store and share files up to 2GB. However that 2GB limit can be a hard one to get past. So how do you share files that are bigger than 2GB? Here are a few solutions. As always, we have not ...
Electronics Recycling in NY
Here are a few options on where to recycle your Mac and PC computers as well as other electronics such as monitors, printers, fax machines, game consoles, and CD players. Remember to ALWAYS remove or secure-erase the hard drive on any computer before you recycle or donate it. If you need help with ...