A number of our clients have moved to Snow Leopard, and for the most part they are finding the transition smooth except for one thing: PRINTING. The old printer drivers no longer work under Snow Leopard. Furthermore, they don't know where to go to get new drivers, nor do they know how to download ...
Control-click or Right-click to Compress Files and Folders on the Mac
For Mac users, certain items should always be compressed before they get attached to an email and sent off: Large attachments Folders (if you want to send an entire folder of documents attached to one email) Unusual file types (not MP3, PDF, JPG, Excel, or Word--these are usually okay), as they ...
1Password: The Solution to Having Five Thousand Different Website Passwords
I remember when I used to keep a Word document of all my passwords for all the different websites. It’s either that or use the same password for everything, right? And neither one is very secure. Not to mention that the passwords I chose were always super simple, usually with no caps or numbers. Now ...
Use another Mac as a second screen?
For years, I have heard the question "can I use my old iMac as a screen for my laptop?" or variants of it, and the answer has always been no, an iMac is a full computer, and you can't use it as a dumb display. That was until I discovered ScreenRecycler, a brilliant application which makes possible ...
Giving your assistant access to your calendar and contacts
If you’re on the Mac, and using Apple Address Book for your contacts and Apple iCal for your calendar, how do you give your assistant/partner/spouse/best friend full access to this information, so he/she can add, change, and delete entries? With iCloud If you have an iCloud account, it’s easy to ...
using iWeb with your custom domain
I just worked with a client who wanted to inexpensively create a website and host it at a custom domain name. Of course I suggested he use iWeb to create the site, because it's very easy to use, even for non-designers. iWeb does have some downsides, the biggest one being that the page designs aren't ...