How to shrink photos with iPhoto

After every vacation I like sending my friends pictures from the trip. There are a number of options these days where you can upload pictures to a website and share a link. But every once in a while I run into a situation when I need to email the pictures to someone. When I import photographs from my digital camera into iPhoto the files are quite large. I can not email pictures of this size or even upload it to my website easily. The way around this problem is to shrink the pictures. You can shrink an 8 MB photograph to a 300 KB JPEG file and it will be good enough for email. Read more

Taking screenshots of the iPhone

There are a number of ways you can take a screenshot on your Mac or Window PC. Ever wondered how people who write about iphone applications get screenshots? And if you thought it was using a camera, let me clear that doubt. The iPhone comes with a hidden screenshot feature. This method only works for iPhones which have the 2.0 firmware or better. Read more

iPhone/iPod Touch Quicktip: Another way to switch between home screens

As you’ve undoubtedly figured out how to switch from one home screen to another on your iPhone or iPod Touch by swiping your finger across the scren, there’s actually a second lesser known method. Read more

How to quickly move back to the song list from the Album Art display

This may be one of those “tips” where you go “umm duh, I’ve known that forever Ross” - but I just noticed it today while goofing around with my iPod Touch. Read more

How to convert an mp3 or m4a file to an iPhone Ringtone

This is a “guest post” by the Switching To Mac founder (and current Mac Video Training owner) Michael Kaye.

So what is an iPhone ringtone anyway? Well in facts it’s simply just a regular iTunes “AAC” audio file with a slightly different extension name. In this example the iTunes audio file or song would have the “m4a” extension at the end (example: song.m4a). Read more

How to email pictures directly from iPhoto using your Gmail account

Using the cool (and free) little plugin iPhoto2Gmail, you can send pictures from directly within iPhoto using your Gmail account. Read more

An iPhone and Skype and IM+ for Skype = Dirt Cheap Unlimited Calls

First off I want to clear a few things up. What do I mean by dirt cheap - how about around $12-15 per month! Read more