You might be thinking, “Well, just pop in the OS X disc and click ‘Install.’” If it were that easy, I wouldn’t bother writing about the various methods one can use to install OS X! Most people are able to install with no questions asked, but what if you don’t have a DVD drive? Or […]

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I enjoy all of the Take Control ebooks. They are among the best instructional books I’ve used in any format. Take Control titles are mainly Mac-related, though a few non-Mac topics sneak in too – for example, “Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner.” The experts who write the Take Control ebooks seem to totally understand what […]

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With the release of iWork ‘08 there is little reason to stick with MS Office. Pages is a great word processor with page layout capabilities and it will do something that MS Word for Mac will not do – open MS Word for Windows ‘07 documents! Numbers is also a great alternative to Excel with […]

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MacTreat #26 All Intel Macs (with the exception of the Mac Pro) ship with a small Apple Remote, which is intended to control Apple’s Front Row application. Over the weekend, Kali reported that Apple posted a tip that mentioned that you can use the Apple Remote to control your Keynote ‘08 applications. The problem is […]

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If you want to type the stylized Apple logo that Apple uses in all it’s advertising, simply hold down the option-shift-k keys all at the same time. This only works on Macs, and it doesn’t look good in plain text, so try it in a rich text document, such as a Word document, Pages document, […]

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This little trick is something I just discovered this morning. If you select a file that you’ve downloaded from the web and hit Apple+I you get a little window that shows information about the file. I use the Apple+I command mostly on the Macintosh HD icon to show how much space I’ve used and how […]

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by Matt, matt@smalldog.com (Posted by Ed) I’m in the middle of a move right now, and perhaps the worst part is disassembling (and reassembling) the home theatre. 250 pounds of speakers, about 180 pounds of amplifiers, big heavy furniture, miles of cable, a Mac Mini, a giant television, and a whack of hard drives make […]

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