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Ask TUAW: recovering deleted files, encrypted backups, cheap scanning, and more

by Mat Lu (Jan 6th, 2010)

Welcome back to a new year of Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about cheap scanners, encrypting backups, recovering deleted files, troubleshooting new hardware, and more. As always, your ...

Ask TUAW: Mac mini HTPC, Find My iPhone with another iPhone, eliminate duplicate photos, and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 24th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about Mac minis running as HTPCs, eliminating duplicate photos, using an iPhone to access MobileMe's FInd My iPhone feature (for another iPhone), ...

Ask TUAW: Syncing photos, compressing and transferring large files, virtual printers, and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 17th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about syncing photo libraries, compressing and transferring large files, creating a virtual PDF printer, increasing screen readability, and more. As ...

Hackintosh Clinic - Liveblog

by Erica Sadun (Dec 11th, 2009)

Got a new Dell Mini 10v for the holidays? Looking to find a little peer support while you Hackintosh it? Grab your shrinkwrap Snow Leopard or Leopard DVD and join us for an informal clinic on getting your new system set up as a Macbook mini. If ...

Ask TUAW: Simple spreadsheets, partitioning with Time Machine, iTunes with a NAS, and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 10th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about sharing peripherals, simple spreadsheets, backup configurations, using a NAS, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. ...

Mac 101: Building a bootable diagnostic and repair flash drive

by David Winograd (Dec 2nd, 2009)

More Mac 101, our tips and tricks for novice Mac users. Update: You cannot install Snow Leopard on an 8 GB flash drive. I was incorrect in writing that an install of Essential System Software would take 3.81 GB. As a few of our commenters pointed ...

Ask TUAW: iMac processor upgrade, 27" iMac as display, wireless input devices, and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 26th, 2009)

Happy holiday, and welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about upgrading an iMac processor, using the 27" iMac as a display, sharing a Magic Mouse and Bluetooth keyboard with a Linux ...

Getting bit by the Gmail "exceeded IMAP bandwidth limits" bug

by Steven Sande (Nov 21st, 2009)

I have a couple of Gmail accounts set up with Google Apps, so that Google is hosting my email using my own domain names. While those accounts have been working flawlessly for quite a while, I suddenly ran into issues a few days ago where Apple Mail ...

Ask TUAW: Silencing iPhone notifications, remote control a PC, printing over the internet, and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 19th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about controlling a PC over the internet, silencing iPhone email notifications at night, replacing a MacBook Pro SuperDrive with a hard drive, printing ...

Ask TUAW: Auto-tagging music, iPhone VoIP apps, replacing a hard drive and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 11th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about VOIP apps on the iPhone, auto-tagging music, Boot Camp, replacing a hard drive and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. ...

Workaround for the 27 inch iMac Flash lag?

by Josh Carr (Nov 3rd, 2009)

We've had a few users tell us about performance lags that they're experiencing with their brand new 27" iMacs. Our own Casey Johnston even wrote a quick article about the problem last month. Now that everyone has had a few days to play with the issue ...