Tag: tip

Quick Look websites in Mail.app before opening them

Did you know that you can preview a link in Mail.app before actually clicking on it? Me neither. Today I stumbled on the fact that...
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Apple curiosities, and iPhone 4S battery tips

Some people have been noticing that the iPhone 4S battery isn’t performing better than the iPhone 4 at this point, despite the face that the...
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Tip: Quickly delete, or move, applications in Launchpad

Apple’s been known to sneak functionality into applications by adding basic keyboard shortcuts like holding down the option key to provide alternative information. They’ve done...
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Make sure Siri is passcode protected for some extra security

In our child-like excitement to try out Siri on iPhone 4S release day, most of us missed the fact that you can launch Siri, compose...
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Lion hides Wi-Fi diagnostics tool, usefulness questioned

OS X Lion brought with it many neat new features and many not-so-neat bugs, and while we thought that the release version would get rid...
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Lion: Three finger double tap brings up the dictionary

Most of the time looking up words and proper spellings is as easy as typing a word right into Spotlight: input the word, and get...
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Lion: Turn off those pesky Mail animations

Some things are prettier than others around Lion. Some animations add to an application’s charm while others just add CPU cycles and RAM leaks. In...
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Disable the auto window restore feature in Lion with one checkbox

Lamenting on Twitter about anything usually results in some pretty interesting responses. Today’s lament was brought to you by Lion, and the auto-window restore functionality...
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Lion: Push and hold gets you iOS inspired accented characters

Lion has introduced a new, quick and easy, way to get access to accented characters — push and hold, just like in iOS. Tap the character...
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Lion: Select text, right click, boom, add to iTunes

Students, get ready to rejoice in the street, riot in the mess hall, save yourself a lot of reading time, and spend a lot more...
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How to disable the drop-shadow in Mac OS X window screenshots

Here at Macgasm, we need to take screenshots of Mac apps all the time. Whenever you take a window screenshot on the Mac (command-shift-4, followed...
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Move your Web Receipts folder to Dropbox or iDisk

Apple’s inclusion of a Web Receipts folder in OS X was pretty genius. From any print dialog screen you can send a PDF directly to...
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Tip: Reveal folder sizes in the Finder

One of the first things that I was annoyed with when making the jump to the Mac was Finder’s inability to show me the size...
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Quick Tip: Send links to iPhone via iChat

One of the things I miss about carrying an Android-powered phone is Chrome to Phone, a neat little utility that lets users send links to...
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Automate dialling extensions on your iPhone

If you work in a bureaucratic enivronment, there’s probably a good chance that you have to deal with telephone extensions on a daily basis. The...
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Turn a photo blog into a screensaver with iPhoto

I’ve never really been a screensaver guy. I get really bored, really fast, when it comes to things like screen-savers and background images on my...
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Disable your IR port in OS X

Having an Apple Remote can be handy, but it can also be a giant pain in the rear. Having purchased my first Apple TV at...
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[pic] What the iPhone lock screen should be

If you know me at all, you know that I have a bizarre love for Typography based designs. I’m constantly falling in love with an...
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