Tip of the Day

iPod Shut Out?

Posted 02/28/2008 at 1:39pm | by Scott Rose

 I just bought my new iPod classic a few weeks ago, but now it’s shut me out from using it. It doesn’t respond to anything I do, even when I try to force restart it. I tried restoring its software through iTunes but still it just shows me a little lock symbol in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

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Time Machine Wireless Backup?

Posted 02/27/2008 at 1:59pm | by Scott Rose

Time Machine can back up to another volume on your network, just not a USB hard drive connected to your AirPort Extreme router.

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Don't Just Give That Mac Away

Posted 02/26/2008 at 1:00pm | by David Martin

Transfer AppleCare for fun and profit.

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Wrangle the Apple Remote

Posted 02/21/2008 at 2:24pm | by Roberto Baldwin

 

 If your Apple TV and computer are in the same room using the Apple Remote can be a pain. Suddenly, your computer is launching Front Row and browsing your prog rock collection. Before you start blocking the IR port with your Rush records, here are a few options to solve your remote problems.

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DVD Preview

Posted 02/19/2008 at 1:38pm | by Mac|Life Staff

DVD’s Preview DVD Playback feature mimics what you’ll see on your TV screen.

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Missing My iLife ’08

Posted 02/15/2008 at 10:02am | by Scott Rose

Upgrade

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Keyboard Shortcut Question

Posted 02/14/2008 at 10:40am | by Scott Rose

We’ve assigned a whole bunch of hot keys in Keyboard Maestro to help us perform different tasks, such as pressing Control-4 to increase the system volume.

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Mapping Network Drives

Posted 02/13/2008 at 12:14pm | by cyoung

An alias to the network hard drive is sitting in the Dock, so it’s just one click away for easy access.

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Holidays A'Poppin

Posted 02/12/2008 at 10:22am | by Scott Rose

Apple offers a U.S. Holiday calendar (along with over 130 other calendars) that you can subscribe to.

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iPhone In Sync

Posted 02/11/2008 at 11:11am | by Scott Rose

Entourage’s preferences let you turn on Sync Services so that your Entourage data is always kept in sync with Address Book and iCal.

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