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Should You Upgrade to Snow Leopard?

by Barbara J. Feldman September 8, 2009

Apple released Snow Leopard (a Mac operating system upgrade) last week to mostly mellow reviews. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal said ” If you’re happy with Leopard, there’s no reason to rush out and get Snow Leopard.” Wired Magazine said “If you upgrade to Snow Leopard today, it’s not going to change your [...]

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Should You Power Down Your Mac?

by Barbara J. Feldman May 19, 2009

Is shutting off your Mac at the end of the day better than putting it to sleep? Although many Windows refugees prefer to power down, Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost explains that sleep is better in most situations because it uses very little power and makes for very speedy start ups.

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New Release of OpenOffice

by Barbara J. Feldman May 12, 2009

Tired of buying Microsoft Office for each computer you use? OpenOffice is an open-source (i.e. free) software suite for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. It stores all your data in file formats that are compatible with Microsoft Office, and works on many computer platforms including Windows, Mac and Unix. The newest release, OpenOffice 3.1 is [...]

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How to Create a PDF on a Mac

by Barbara J. Feldman January 13, 2009

Unlike Windows users who need extra software to create PDFs, Mac users can easily convert any document or web page to PDF with tools built right into the Mac OS. The basic steps are to select Print from the File menu, then click on the PDF button in the lower-left hand side of the dialog [...]

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How to Create a Ringtone from an iTunes Song

by Barbara J. Feldman December 23, 2008

You can create a custom iPhone ringtone from most iTunes songs by purchasing the song for 99 cents, downloading it, choosing your start and end points using the iTunes software, then buying your custom ringtone from iTunes for another 99 cents. For details on this iTunes feature, read Dave Taylor. Chris Pirillo however, has a [...]

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New iTunes 8 Genius

by Barbara J. Feldman November 19, 2008

The new iTunes 8 comes with a recommendation engine named Genius. If you give it permission to read your music library (which will take a bit of time, depending on how many songs you have), Genius will create playlists for you based on a single song as a seed and recommend songs from the iTunes [...]

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