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How to Ditch Your Android Device for the iPhone

Posted 09/27/2011 at 12:16pm | by Nic Vargus

We know, we know. You’ve wanted to switch to an iPhone for a long time, and now that the next iPhone is almost here, it’s finally time to make moves. But what about all your precious Google Contacts, the photos you’ve taken throughout the years, and precious music? Fortunately, with a few easy steps, you can move all that stuff to your iOS device faster than you can say "I can’t believe I stuck with Android this long." Here’s make the move without the hassle.

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Automate Photoshop Tasks with Actions

Posted 03/15/2010 at 8:57am | by Florence Ion

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You know the story: After a whirlwind vacation around the world, you have too many photos to color-correct, resize, and publish to the web. Though numerous photo-editing apps can batch-process files with basic tasks, none are as customizable as the Actions feature in Adobe Photoshop.

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Auto-Add Songs to iTunes from Any Computer Anywhere

Posted 12/08/2009 at 9:25am | by Susie Ochs

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The Home Sharing feature in iTunes 9 lets you share music between computers right within iTunes, but it has a bunch of limitations. Both machines need to be on one network, and the only automatic transfers are new iTunes Store purchases--regular old CD rips and non-iTunes downloads can be dragged manually from one computer to another.

But iTunes 9 also added the Automatically Add To iTunes folder to your iTunes Media folder. Any iTunes-compatible file dropped in here is, like the sign says, automatically added to your iTunes library. Just drop it in there and poof, it’s gone. But check in iTunes. It’s there.

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Secrets of Professional Podcasting

Posted 11/06/2009 at 10:00am | by Joe Rybicki

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So you've started a podcast, have you? And now that you've got a few episodes under your belt, you're starting to see your audience grow. Now it's time to get a little more serious about your craft. And we're here to help, with four tips to bring you closer to podcasting stardom.

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Manipulate PDFs Using Preview

Posted 11/03/2009 at 1:50pm | by jamor

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The advantage of PDF files over other formats is that they precisely preserve your page layouts, even embedding fonts that other people’s computers may not possess. Apple’s versatile Preview application lets you view PDF documents, but, as you might expect, you can’t edit the text in any way. You can, however, use Preview to modify the pages themselves. For instance, you could elect to keep just a specific section, reorder the pages, delete some, and even insert others. Preview is full of PDF flexibility, as you’ll see in the following steps.

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Control Your Mac from the Couch

Posted 10/01/2009 at 8:47am | by jamor

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Controlling a Mac is typically accomplished by sitting by the computer, mouse and keyboard in hand. But what if you want to access your Mac from another part of the house? Maybe you need to check on the progress of an encode without having to walk into your home office. Or you’d like to help your child understand how to work an application down in the playroom without leaving the study. Or you’ve just broken your leg and you wish you didn’t have to move from the sofa to control the Mac you’ve turned into a media center.

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Address Book Power Tips

Posted 09/15/2009 at 10:58am | by jamor

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Apple’s Address Book is a central part of the Mac experience. It’s integrated with Mail, iCal, iChat, Safari, Fax, Dashboard, and Spotlight. It synchronizes to MobileMe, iPhone, iPod, and a wide variety of third-party software and hardware.

Yet for such an essential tool, it’s curious that Apple has kept Address Book so bare-bones basic. At first glance, there’s not much power to eke out of Address Book, but we’ve collected a few handy tips to help you squeeze some extra functionality out of this vital application.

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9 More Things Quicksilver Can Do

Posted 09/04/2009 at 4:18am | by jamor

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In our Apr/09 issue we introduced you to Quicksilver (“Getting Started with Quicksilver,” p88), a versatile utility that lets you use keyboard commands to launch applications, move files, start composing new email, open webpages, that kind of thing. But Quicksilver can do a lot more, so we’re back with more of our favorite ways it can save you time on your Mac. Once you get the hang of using Quicksilver’s keyboard commands, you’ll be surprised at how often it comes in handy.

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How To Make your Mac a Web Server

Posted 08/05/2009 at 3:57pm | by Arvind Srinivasan & Susie Ochs

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You may think you are one with the Interwebs, but until you actually create a website, you are merely part of the Interwebs. Follow this tutorial, and you will learn how to become one in about a billion, the exclusive club of people who host sites of some sort.

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