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 ...
Who’s the Best Online Greeting Card Printer?
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...