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Convert Web Video and Flash to MP3 on Mac

Nov 9, 2010 - 13 Comments

Every once in a while you’ll come across a song or video on the web that you just can’t find anywhere else. Maybe it’s a remix, maybe it’s an interview you want to listen to, whatever it is, you can easily convert that web video’s audio track to an MP3 file, which can then go … Read More

How to Turn Bluetooth On or Off with the iPhone or iPad

Nov 8, 2010 - 8 Comments

Bluetooth is great since it allows for anyone to wirelessly sync hardware together. It’s typically turned off by default in iOS, so you’ll want to turn it on first if you intend to use the Bluetooth connectivity options. On the other hand, if you don’t use bluetooth on your iPhone or iPad there’s little reason … Read More

How to Temporarily Turn Off iPhone Caller ID to Make a Blocked Call

Nov 3, 2010 - 5 Comments
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You may know that iPhone users can opt to turn off Caller Id on their iPhone to always make blocked calls from that number and phone, this means when your calls will show up as “blocked” to the recipients phone all the time. But you may not want to block every call all the time, … Read More

Open and UnRar RAR Files on a Mac

Nov 1, 2010 - 17 Comments

If you need to open and expand rar files in Mac OS X, you can unrar files with two free utilities available for the Mac. Not only will either of these apps quickly open and decompress .rar files, but it also has the ability to restore corrupted and missing archives using par files. Archive restoration … Read More

Show SMS Character Count on the iPhone

Nov 1, 2010 - 3 Comments

You can have your iPhone display the character count of text messages by enabling an option within the settings, here’s how to do this in iOS:

Does your Mac Need More Memory? How to Know if you Need a RAM Upgrade

Oct 29, 2010 - 41 Comments

Does your Mac need more memory? How can you tell? Often when a Mac needs more RAM things will start slowing down and you’ll suffer a noticeable performance hit. This can impact everything from the speed of the computer, to how long it takes to launch apps, to sluggishness when interacting with apps, and more. … Read More

Delete an Entire Word on Mac with Option+Delete

Oct 29, 2010 - 5 Comments

Everyone knows that the delete key removes letters and numbers, but it does so one character at a time. That means if you want to delete and entire word, you have to hit the “Delete” key over and over again until it’s gone, right? Wrong! There’s a super handy trick that lets you delete complete … Read More

Undo Moving a File to Trash in Mac OS X

Oct 28, 2010 - 11 Comments

If you accidentally sent a file to the Trash can on a Mac, you can undo that file or multiple files movement into the Trash with one of two easy tricks to essentially undo that file action. You can use either method below to accomplish this, with the “Undo” command working if the trash action … Read More

Hide All Windows on a Mac with Keyboard Shortcuts

Oct 26, 2010 - 7 Comments
Hide windows keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X

We’re going to share several approaches to hide app windows in Mac OS X by using keyboard shortcuts. This is a great collection of tips that will undoubtedly speed up your Mac workflow once you remember the keystrokes and understand how they work. To be completely clear, hiding a window does just what it sounds … Read More

Increase Font Size in Safari Permanently on Mac with a Minimum Text Size

Oct 24, 2010 - 3 Comments

You can easily increase the font size of text displayed on webpages within Safari by hitting the text size change keyboard shortcuts Command and + keys together. That increases the font size on a per-page basis, and you can reduce the font size with the opposite, Command and -. But a problem with this is … Read More

Password Protect a Microsoft Word Document

Oct 24, 2010 - 6 Comments

You can password protect a Microsoft Office and Microsoft Word document quite easily, this is a great feature to keep sensitive documents completely private, such as your finances or a personal journal. Once the password is set, anyone trying to open the file will be required to enter a password within Word. If the document … Read More

Restore an iPhone from Backup

Oct 21, 2010 - 46 Comments

Restoring an iPhone to a previous backup is really easy, and though it’s fairly rare that you will need to restore an iPhone, or any other iOS device for that matter, it can still be necessary from time to time. What restoring from a backup does is pretty straight forward: it clears everything off the … Read More

Create an iTunes Account Without a Credit Card

Oct 17, 2010 - 71 Comments

Updated 5/9/2012: If you don’t have a credit card you can still create an iTunes account. Effectively this is creating a free iTunes account, with access to download all the great free apps and other free content from the App Store. Setup iTunes Account Without a Credit Card This is the process to create an … Read More

Convert WAV to MP3 for Free

Oct 16, 2010 - 14 Comments

You can easily convert any WAV file to MP3 format by using one of two free methods we’ll detail below, both are simple and fast. The first trick uses iTunes, and the second tip uses a utility called All2MP3 to handle the audio file conversion. iTunes is ubiquitous and cross-platform with Windows and Mac OS … Read More

How to Get Album Cover Artwork for iTunes

Oct 15, 2010 - 21 Comments

Did you know iTunes can find missing Album Artwork for you? If you have ripped your own CD’s or downloaded music from around the web, it’s not uncommon for songs to be missing album art. But worry not, you can spruce up the appearance of your iTunes music collection by using an excellent feature that … Read More

Free Logic Studio Tutorials

Oct 15, 2010 - 5 Comments

Logic Studio (formerly Logic or Logic Pro) is a professional award winning application suite that lets you write, record, edit, and mix music directly on a Mac. It’s incredibly powerful and is widely credited by many mainstream artists as helping them create music, and it has also lowered the barrier of entry for musicians to … Read More

Find Out Where a File was Downloaded From in Mac OS X

Oct 12, 2010 - 14 Comments

Ever wanted to know where exactly a specific file came from? Perhaps some document that appeared in the Downloads folder of a Mac, or maybe a weird file that’s laying on your desktop, what is the origin of that file? Maybe it’s an archive file, maybe its an mp3 or m4a file that you want … Read More

iPhone Group Text Messaging – Send 100 People an SMS for the Price of 1

Oct 11, 2010 - 36 Comments

You don’t need to download any apps to send group text messages with your iPhone. Hidden away in iOS 4 is the ability to send group text messages, now this may not seem that exciting by default but here’s why it’s great: using group messaging, you can send 100 people a text message but it … Read More

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