I just switched our office to QuickBooks Online for our accounting. It's one of these new categories of applications called "cloud services" (because everything runs on a server off in the cloud somewhere; you're not running actual software on your machine). This category is also referred to as ...
Printing a PDF on Multiple Sheets of Paper from My Mac
I recently had to print out a floor plan, and it needed to be big enough for me to see all the tiny details. My printer only handles 8.5 x 11” paper. So what could I do, to print the floor plan bigger? A Mac app called SplitPrint made it super easy. I opened my PDF in SplitPrint, and told ...
Top 5 Mac Tips and Tricks from Macworld
Chris Breen, esteemed Senior Editor of Macworld magazine, gave a presentation at Macworld conference on Mac tips and tricks. Here are our top 5 takeaways from his presentation. 1. Switch off those annoying Mac App Store update alerts! If you’re in Mountain Lion or Mavericks: Go to System ...
What do I do if I receive a winmail.dat attachment on my Mac?
If you are a Mac user, have you ever received an email attachment called "winmail.dat"? I'm not talking about spam; I mean an attachment you were expecting, from someone you know. If you receive a winmail.dat file, which you can't open on the Mac, here's what to do: Download the free ...
iPhoto Import Preference: Should I Copy Items to iPhoto Library?
For those of you using iPhoto on the Mac -- there's an option in the newest versions of iPhoto that can have dangerous consequences. Open up iPhoto, and under the iPhoto menu choose Preferences. Then choose Advanced. You'll see a checkbox that says "Copy items to the iPhoto Library." It looks like ...
Lotta Drama on iPhone/iPad Jailbreak Sunday for iOS 7
Hoo boy. First off, H/T to iClarified, from whom I learned of all this news. Go there for the latest updates. Earlier today, a jailbreak team called "Evad3rs" released a much-anticipated jailbreak for iOS 7. Stay away from it. Jailbreaking, if you're unfamiliar with it, means using special ...