Practical Mac Tips

http://mactips.info You don't need a Kindle device to read Kindle books on your Mac or iPad, just the free reader software. Here's how to read Kind...

http://mactips.info It's easy to make yourself a year planner using Numbers.app, an inexpensive spreadsheet application from Apple. Here's how — ...

http://mactips.info Don't waste time working through file dialog boxes. Instead drag and drop files onto your web browser. Read more at http://mact...

http://mactips.info It's pretty easy to make new sounds for your Mac to use as beeps. Here's how. The copy of Garageband included with your Mac can...

http://mactips.info This video is an extremely brief demo of me using Dragon Dictate on my Mac. It shows me dictating a couple of sentences and mak...

http://mactips.info Wouldn't it be great to give files and folders an icon that's meaningful (or even just attractive)? Look at one of your folder...

http://mactips.info Command click the Title Bar in Safari to go Home - http://mactips.info/2011/10......

http://mactips.info Command click the name of a document in the Title Bar (in some apps) to see exactly where the file is saved and open that folde...

http://mactips.info Lion has brought a new full-screen feature to many apps. If you like to really focus your attention on one thing at a time full...

http://mactips.info Sometimes you just can't remember where something is in the menus for the app you're using. Don't spend ages hunting — H...

http://mactips.info Quit and Discard Windows in Lion: Lion tends to automatically open windows that were open when you quit an app. This can be ver...

http://mactips.info Something on your screen too small to see properly? Lion has a virtual magnifying glass that enlarges the portion you need to s...

http://mactips.info If you've spent a lot of energy on styling one chunk of text and need other chunks styled just the same way, then copying and p...

http://mactips.info

Movies, apps, music — if you get it from iTunes, then there's a record of it in your Account. Here's how to find out ...

http://mactips.info The Spotlight Window lets you really take charge of your searches, using some very powerful search parameters. Here's how to ac...

http://mactips.info How to use the Spotlight Window for simple searches, Mac Tip #479, 23 March 2011 If you want to search just one folder, or by t...

http://mactips.info: Tune up Spotlight on your Mac , Mac Tip #478, 16 March 2011

Spotlight takes care of indexing and searching your Mac. It can b...

http://mactips.info

Get Info tells you a lot about any file or folder you've selected in the Finder: its size, which application will open it, wh...

If you need to straighten up a photo, for example to make the horizon horizontal, iPhoto can do it in a trice. Here's how.

How to straighten phot...

A demo recording made with QuickTime Player 10. It was uploaded separately though, not using the Share option. This recording accompanies Make a sc...

Make quick and simple movies of yourself to send to friends and family instead of emails, or perhaps as a video journal, just for you. Here's how t...

The Mac App Store is new with Mac OS X 10.6.6. If you're already familiar with the App Store on iPhone or iPad then you'll easily find your way aro...

How to Make an Alias in Mac OS X. If you can can never find the file you need, or get to it easily, an Alias may be a good solution. Here's what an...

Reveal and copy colours with the DigitalColor Meter, Mac Tip #466, 08 December 2010. Have you ever tried to identify the exact colour used in somet...

http://mactips.info You need this Tip if you need to copy the path of a file on your Mac or network. Visit the Tip at: http://mactips.info/2010/12/...

If you have a web page open in Safari you can easily add that URL to an Address Book card. Here's how. Add a Safari URL to an Address Book card, Ma...

Change your Mac's volume silently, or even in quarter increments with these two quick tips. Read about this Tip at http://mactips.info/2010/09......

6 quick tips to tidy your Mac, Mac Tip #454, 15 September 2010:

Enlarge the cursor

Change the Desktop Picture

Show the Finder Path Bar

Finder View ...

http://mactips.info Use Keyboard Maestro to work your Mac for you. Here's how to set up Triggers, select options in Actions and quickly record a m...

http://mactips.info Keyboard Maestro lets you set up sequences of actions, called macros, and then does them for you. For example, I can set it up ...

http://mactips.info Keyboard Maestro lets you set up sequences of actions, or macros, and then does them for you. Watch your computer do the work, ...

Use Safari 5's Web Inspector - a gift for web developers, Mac Tip #444, 07 July 2010: If you're a web developer working with Safari 5 there's an ea...

http://mactips.info Edit and use Safari 5's Top Sites, Mac Tip #443, 30 June 2010. Safari makes your favourite websites readily available with its ...

http://mactips.info Text on that web page too tiny? Safari 5 has a beautiful solution — for some web pages, at least. Find out how to read web page...

http://mactips.info Import bookmarks from another browser, Mac Tip #441, 16 June 2010, http://mactips.info/2010/06......

http://mactips.info Follow an RSS feed or build your vocabulary with the built-in screensaver on Snow Leopard. Here's how. The Tip is written up in...

Screenshots show what's on your Mac's screen. All you need to know is which keys to press — no extra software required. Here's how. How to make a p...

http://mactips.info There are at least 6 different ways to put unwanted files in the Trash on a Mac, and to get them out again. Here's how. How to ...

http://mactips.info Do you have problems pressing 2 or more keys at the same time? This solution is what you need. read the full Tip at: http://mac...