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Super Mac Shortcuts
Forget fiddling with menus or moving the mouse around. The fastest way to do anything on a Mac is to use a simple keystroke combination. What Am I Talking About? When you type the "h" character a lower case "h" appears on the screen. If you hold the Shift key down and...
Find Anything On Your Mac
Having problems finding files or emails on your Mac? The solution is to force your Mac to re-index its entire contents. There are two ways to do this: Re-Index Using System Preferences: Go to the black Apple in the top left-hand corner. Choose System Preferences Click...
Best Mac Sound
Without a doubt, the speakers on the new 27" iMac are superb . . . but if you have a Mac Mini or an uber-expensive Mac Pro you're stuck with a tiny speaker that makes a sound like a mouse being strangled. With a friend in this situation, I decided to get her a pair...
Happy Holidays
Thank You all for your support this year. No Problem Mac just hit its tenth anniversary. I've been at this job longer than any other and I don't know how to do anything else, so please keep calling. Have a fantastic holiday and a Happy New Year. John PS: In case you...
Super Charge Your iPhone
With the 11 and 11 Pro Apple finally shipped iPhones with high powered adapters and cables. If you own an older iPhone you're probably using the anemic 5W or 12W USB power adapter and lightning cable that came with it. Charging takes forever. Can I Super Charge An...
Escape The Spinning Beach Ball Of Death
The Spinning Beach Ball Of Death can mean many things: An App has frozen as the Mac is trying to process too many tasks at the same time. The App is damaged. You have a hardware problem. You are about to die in some bizarre unexpected way. What Should You Do: Nothing....
Best Headphones For Movies
I used to come home, throw on a movie and crank up the volume . . . then my neighbors knocked on the door. Constant explosions were ruining their ability to “have a nice evening” and intermittent gunfire made their cat leap into the air. They were nice enough, so I...
Home For The Holidays
I have no Mac related Thanksgiving tips. I can recommend a Thanksgiving movie - Home For The Holidays directed by Jodie Foster. Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott and Steve Guttenberg . . . what more could...
Never, Never, Never…
. . . click on an attachment in an email. If it's dangerous, it will look innocent. If you don't know the sender . . . delete the email. If you know the sender, ask yourself . . . Was I expecting an attachment? When in doubt . . . delete. Sadly, Mac's are vulnerable...
The Ultimate Screenshot
Most of us are familiar with screenshots. Command Shift 3 takes a picture of the entire screen, but . . . what if you're on a long web page that extends way beyond the bottom of the screen and you'd like to get a picture of the whole thing? You could scroll down the...
Super Mac Shortcuts
Forget fiddling with menus or moving the mouse around. The fastest way to do anything on a Mac is to use a simple keystroke combination. What Am I Talking About? When you type the "h" character a lower case "h" appears on the screen. If you hold the Shift key down and...
Find Anything On Your Mac
Having problems finding files or emails on your Mac? The solution is to force your Mac to re-index its entire contents. There are two ways to do this: Re-Index Using System Preferences: Go to the black Apple in the top left-hand corner. Choose System Preferences Click...
Best Mac Sound
Without a doubt, the speakers on the new 27" iMac are superb . . . but if you have a Mac Mini or an uber-expensive Mac Pro you're stuck with a tiny speaker that makes a sound like a mouse being strangled. With a friend in this situation, I decided to get her a pair...
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