How to determine the Serial Number of your Mac

This very brief guide will show you the fastest way to find out what the serial number of your Mac is. Read more

How to magnify Dock icons even when magnification is disabled

By now you certainly know that the Dock can be set to auto-magnify when you hover the cursor over any of its icons. And you also know that the magnification can be disabled.

But did you know you can keep magnification disabled, and still be able to zoom in (magnify) your Dock icons? In typical Apple fashion, it’s painfully simple - just hold down the shift and ctrl keys while moving your cursor over the dock. That’s it!

Using Templates in Pages

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This brief tutorial will guide you through using the templates included in Pages, a part of the iWord ‘09 suite. Using Pages is a great way to enhance your business portfolio and create personal cards and more! Read more

How to permanently stop Dock icons from bouncing

Even if you’ve set your Dock preferences not to animate when you click them, some applications insist on bouncing to get your attention. This brief tutorial will show you how to disable that behavior. Read more

How to set alarms and timers on your Mac

I’ve tried out at least a dozen different “Alarm Clock” programs for OS X. I finally found the perfect one in a program aptly titled Alarm Clock. This brief tutorial will guide you through setting up and using Alarm Clock. Read more

How to create a PDF of any document in OS X

You don’t need Adobe Acrobat to create a PDF file in OS X. It’s actually very simple to created PDF’s of any of your documents (even pictures) on your Mac. Read more

How to make Safari’s Private Browsing feature actually private

If you’ve been using Safari’s Private Browsing feature to keep your web-tracks hidden, it might come as a surprise to you that you are leaving a very visible record of the sites you’ve been visiting. This tutorial will show you how to remove those records. Read more

How to change the screenshot file format in OS X

This brief tutorial will show you how to change the default file format for screenshot (which is .png) to .jpg, .gif or even .pdf. Read more

How to check your Hotmail using Mail.app

This tutorial will guide you through setting up Mail, the default email application that comes with OS X, so that you can send and receive your Hotmail messages from directly within Mail. Read more

An introduction to the Apple Keyboard Symbols and Shortcuts

This brief tutorial/overview will explain how to identify the keys on your Mac’s keyboard, and some of the most common keyboard shortcuts. Read more

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