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Dear Aunt TUAW: Why can't I find a USB hub that charges my iPad?

by Michael Rose (Apr 19th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, When you go to Amazon or Best Buy or Newegg and search for powered USB hub for a nice new iPad... Good luck! The results provide lots of choices. The kicker is adding the iPad to the search terms does not help, as all it does is ...

Ask TUAW: SSDs, Bug Reports, and "4G" iPhones

by Ask TUAW (Mar 20th, 2012)

It's Ask TUAW, our question-and-answer column! Since last we rounded up reader questions, we've seen the release of the iPhone 4S, iOS 5, iCloud, the announcement of OS X Mountain Lion, and, of course, the new iPad. You can head down to the ...

Ask TUAW: WWDC/iCloud Edition

by Ask TUAW (Jun 8th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, our weekly (mostly) question-and-answer column. This week we're addressing your numerous questions about Apple's introductions at WWDC. We'll try to tackle questions about Lion, MobileMe and more. By the way, we can never ...

Ask TUAW Video Edition: Extending your AirPort wireless

by Justin Esgar (May 31st, 2011)

Ahhh ... Tuesday -- what a glorious day, and a perfect day to talk about AirPort wireless setups. For this week's Ask TUAW video, here's a short piece on how to extend your wireless network. We're using an AirPort Extreme, but the steps are the ...

Ask TUAW: AirPlay and the Apple TV, Exchange 2003, enterprise iOS management and MobileMe calendar publishing

by Ask TUAW (May 24th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, your favorite weekly question-and-answer column. Do you know what my favorite thing in the entire world is? No, besides grilled cheese sandwiches. That's right! Questions! We can never have too many questions! You can't have a ...

Ask TUAW: Durable iPad Cases, iPhone Mail Signatures and the 'Insert' Key

by Ask TUAW (May 19th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, your favorite weekly question-and-answer column. We can never have too many questions, so please go to the comments of this post and ask away. To get fabulous answers, we need your fabulous questions. You can also email your ...

Ask TUAW Video Edition: AirPort 101

by Justin Esgar (May 17th, 2011)

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today I'm doing a beginners 101 class on how to set up your AirPort base station. My example shows an AirPort Extreme, but the basics can be used for both AirPort Express and a Time Capsule. We show you how to lock down your ...

Ask TUAW Video Edition: Geeking on GeekTool

by Justin Esgar (May 10th, 2011)

It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another edition of Ask TUAW video! On the heels of our AppleScript episode, we are going to talk today about GeekTool. GeekTool is a great way to have information displayed on your desktop, without it being ...

Ask TUAW Video Edition: VPN services

by Justin Esgar (May 3rd, 2011)

It's the first Tuesday in May, which means it's time for another edition of Ask TUAW, the video version. Today, Brad writes to us with a security question: I love using Wi-Fi where available, but I am always leery of doing anything requiring ...

Ask TUAW: Charging MacBooks, securing passwords, color matching and more

by Ask TUAW (May 2nd, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, your favorite weekly question-and-answer column. Now, we can never have too many questions, so please, go to the comments of this post and ask away. To get fabulous answers, we need your fabulous questions. You can also email ...

Ask TUAW: AppleScripting coolness

by Justin Esgar (Apr 27th, 2011)

It's Tuesday Wednesday, which means it's time for Ask TUAW Video Edition. We've gotten great comments and questions coming in, and we have been trying to get to them all. Some of them are just too hard to show in a video format such as Ask TUAW, so ...