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 ...
Top 5 Apple Mail Plugins
We just came back from Macworld, and the seminar by Joe Kissell on Apple Mail for Power Users had some great tips on software you can purchase to enhance the functionality of Mail. Here are our top 5 Apple Mail plugins from his presentation. 1. Mail Act-On This plugin costs $30 and lets you ...
Find the password for a locked profile
I was experimenting with Profile Manager in Mountain Lion Server, and a while ago installed a profile that required a password to remove. And I forgot the password. Whoops. I had a profile I couldn't remove from my own phone. Fortunately, I tracked down the original profile by searching for a file ...
Do you travel a lot? Make sure your Mac backs up to the cloud
Time Machine is a great way to back up your Mac. But what happens when you're away a lot, with your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? It means your computer can't back up via Time Machine. So it's even more crucial that you have a cloud backup of your Mac. We recommend CrashPlan, but there are other ...
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 ...