Increase Mac Font Size January 15th, 2014 @ 8:55 am PST
Mac Pro-tip: Pressing ⌘ and + will make the font larger in just about every program you use. (And ⌘ and – will decrease the font size.) It’s a silly little tip that almost everyone knows. But if you don’t know it, it’s a godsend. (It’s a little depressing to admit that your eyes are […]
Dealing with My iPhoto Library January 2nd, 2014 @ 7:17 am PST
I have about 40,000 photos, which makes iPhoto impossible to use. I don’t mean, “It’s difficult for me to use.” I mean, “I can’t use it at all.” It crashes on me constantly; And on the rare occasions I am able to even open the application, its performance is too unbearably slow and unresponsive to […]
How to Delete a Recurring iCal Event June 22nd, 2009 @ 4:12 am PDT
I have finally resolved an issue with my Mac OS X 10.5.7 iCal calendar that has been annoying me since I converted from PC to Mac almost exactly one year ago. For some reason I could not delete my birthday! Because I’m now using Address Book birthdays — instead of having unique iCal “events” for […]
How to Magnify PDFs in Mac OS X March 27th, 2009 @ 7:25 am PDT
One of the cool features in Mac OS X is the ability to “quick view” a file without actually opening it. If you have an item selected (highlighted) in a Finder window or on your desktop — or even a file embedded in an email message — just hit the spacebar and you’ll get a […]
#FridayFive: Mac Software February 13th, 2009 @ 9:15 am PST
Read the Friday Five …GarageBand + iTunes = Free iPhone Ringtones January 23rd, 2009 @ 1:44 pm PST
Whoa! I had no idea that you could use GarageBand and iTunes to create custom iPhone ringtones from any song in your iTunes library. That is bitchin’!
How to Subscribe to RSS Feeds in Mac OS X January 18th, 2009 @ 5:42 pm PST
At one point I was doing my best to try to read over 100 different blogs each day. It was, in addition to unbelievably time-consuming, very frustrating when I’d see that some large percentage hadn’t been updated since the last time I’d checked. Enter RSS. RSS stands for “real simple syndication”. What does that mean? […]
How to Handle a Ducking iPhone December 4th, 2008 @ 3:16 pm PST
For some reason that makes little sense, Apple decided to not include one of the words I use most frequently in the iPhone’s internal dictionary. So if I ever send you a text message saying that something is, “ducking awesome,” or that you need to, “get the duck out,” that is why. A certified Apple […]
How to change icons in Mac OS X November 22nd, 2008 @ 7:34 pm PST
Want to change your Dock icons in Mac OS X? It’s pretty simple, if not obvious. Here’s how: Find the icon you want to use and copy it (Cmd+C). Find the application for which you want to use this new icon in Finder’s “Application” folder. Right-click the application and choose “Get Info”. Select the existing […]
Screen Capture on a Mac August 22nd, 2008 @ 5:24 pm PDT
Jim just showed me a bitchin’ cool Mac trick: If you press Shift, the Apple (“command”) key, and the 4 key at the same time, it will change your mouse cursor into a targeting device. Then hit the space bar and your cursor will turn into a camera icon. Use the mouse to move the […]
