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Ask TUAW: How do I setup a Mac with both an SSD and a regular hard drive?

by TJ Luoma (Jan 20th, 2012)

Reader Mark R. Friedman wrote in to ask about setting up a Mac Pro with an SSD in the second optical drive, keeping the /Users folder on another drive; he wasn't sure how to do it. Macworld just discussed one method, using the built-in home folder path controls in System Preferences. The magic ...

Ask TUAW: Replacement Batteries, Keychain Sync, AppleIDs, and More! (Updated)

by Ask TUAW (Sep 30th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, our weekly (mostly) question-and-answer column. We're nearing the release of iOS 5, iCloud, iTunes Match and the next version of the iPhone. We get to as many questions as we can, so head down to the comments and tell us what Apple/Mac/iOS questions keep you up at night. If ...

Ask TUAW: Disk Permissions, Wireless Syncing in iOS 5, Attachments on the iPhone, and More!

by Ask TUAW (Aug 30th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, our weekly (mostly) question-and-answer column. First off, we're back! Our intrepid question-and-answerer has spent the last month moving across the country and getting settled into a new place. Now, finally, it's time to answer some questions! A lot has happened since our ...

Ask TUAW: shuffle by album and AirPlay from iOS, plus lots of iCloud questions

by Ask TUAW (Jun 14th, 2011)

Welcome to Ask TUAW, our weekly (mostly) question-and-answer column. This week we're again hitting a ton of questions about iCloud and iOS 5. By the way, we can never have too many questions. You can't have a Q&A column without the Q, so please go to the comments of this post and ask away. ...

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 have too many questions. You can't have a Q&A ...

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 Q&A column without the Q, so please go to the ...

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 questions directly to ask [at] tuaw.com, or ping us ...

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 secure access as I don't know who is on the network ...

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 your questions directly to ask [at] tuaw.com, or ...

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 today I have decided to do a little AppleScript ...

Ask TUAW: Where is the new Mac mini?, turning off iPhone noises and more

by Ask TUAW (Apr 25th, 2011)

Ask TUAW Video Edition: Airport Breakdown!

by Justin Esgar (Apr 19th, 2011)

Happy Tuesday!!! Dave is a nice boyfriend who purchaed an AirPort Extreme for his girlfriend's birthday in order to help her. While the Extreme solved her printing/backup issues, he wanted to know about playing music through it. Today we discuss the different AirPort base stations and show Dave ...

Ask TUAW: iPad browser refreshing, iPhone headphones, laptop upgrades and more

by Ask TUAW (Apr 13th, 2011)

Ask TUAW: Apple pricing, which cat is which, and laptop batteries you can't replace

by Ask TUAW (Apr 4th, 2011)

Ask TUAW: iPhone US visitors, RAM upgrades, iPad buying advice

by Ask TUAW (Mar 28th, 2011)

In case you didn't know, the 2011 edition of the Great American Pastime starts Thursday the 31st. I'll be watching MLB.tv on my AppleTV -- and my iPhone and my iPad. Baseball everywhere! Awesome. MLB's television broadcast rules black out home team games via MLBtv, unfortunately, so I can't ...