I tested out four greeting card printing services, to determine where to have our IvanExpert holiday cards printed. Here are the results. 1. Apple, using iPhoto Paper: The heaviest paper (tied with Kodak), very smooth glossy surface Image: The most saturated colors of the 4 Logos: The back of ...
Yes, you can now easily accept credit cards on your iPhone!
A company called Square has just announced that you (anybody! businesses! individuals!) can now accept credit cards using the iPhone. And the best part is that so much is free. It will change the way so many small companies and solopreneurs do business. Probably including us. (It also works on the ...
How to Get Your Contacts from Apple Address Book into Excel
The easiest way to get your Apple Address Book contacts into an Excel spreadsheet is actually by using Entourage as a go-between. Here's how. 1. Back up your Apple Address Book. (Just in case.) To do that, under the File menu, choose Export and then choose Address Book Archive. Save the archive to ...
Maker Faire New York: Top 5 Faves
This weekend was the first Maker Faire in NYC , specifically in Queens, on the site of the former World's Fairs. We attended and were amazed by the quality and quantity of cool stuff going on. My top 5 favorite things: 1. 3D printing. You can buy a kit to make your own 3-D printer, called a ...
What to do when you buy a new external hard drive for your Mac
Did you know that when you buy an external hard drive to use with your Mac, it's usually a good idea to set it up for Mac use? These days you can buy any external hard drive, not just the ones labeled for Mac. So you can choose based on price and looks. It's great to have a wider selection, and ...
Remote access to a Mac
We use remote desktop software to help clients on a regular basis. This means we remotely access other people's computers through our Mac in our office. It's a quick way to either solve somebody's Mac problem from afar, ASAP, or diagnose an issue so I can send the proper Expert to solve it in ...