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Ask TUAW: Mac as WAP, limiting Time Machine, recording cable and more

by Mat Lu (Jan 13th, 2008)

This time in Ask TUAW we'll tackle questions on using your Mac as a WAP, limiting the amount of space Time Machine uses, recording shows from a cable box on your Mac, accessing the Mac partition from Windows in Boot Camp, and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next ...

Ask TUAW: MacBook Pro sleep problems, multiple Firefoxes, Christmas music and more

by Mat Lu (Jan 9th, 2008)

In this edition of Ask TUAW we'll tackle MacBook Pro problems, running multiple versions of a program, hiding Christmas music in iTunes, making audiobooks, and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. And now, to the questions! ...

Ask TUAW: Announcing Caller ID, Time Machine, iTunes syncing, Bonjour and more

by Mat Lu (Jan 4th, 2008)

In the first Ask TUAW of the new year we'll tackle questions on using a Mac to announce Caller ID information, stopping iTunes from auto syncing an iPod/iPhone, Time Machine, printing from Windows with Bonjour and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should ...

Ask TUAW: Protecting files, Remoteless Front Row, Boot problems, and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 31st, 2007)

In this final Ask TUAW of the year we'll tackle questions on password protecting files, starting Front Row without a remote, booting problems with a Time Machine drive, configuring the OS X firewall, updating an offline Mac and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for ...

Ask TUAW: Drag and drop images, Front Row skipping, Leopard SMS and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 23rd, 2007)

In this round of Ask TUAW we'll tackle questions on dragging and dropping images from Safari, skipping in Front Row, using an iPod to move files from OS X to Windows, sending SMSs from the Leopard Address Book and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should ...

Ask TUAW: Kids' games, Pref Panes in the Dock, Access on Mac, and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 20th, 2007)

In this round of Ask TUAW we'll tackle questions on games for kids, Pref Panes in the Dock, expanding RAR files, accessing Access databases on the Mac, controlling Front Row with an iPhone and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the ...

Ask TUAW: Picking boot OS, RF remotes with Front Row, Finder view options and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 11th, 2007)

We're still catching up on some of our Ask TUAW question backlog. So in this round we'll tackle questions on RF remotes and Front Row, Leopard compatibility problems, view options in the Finder, getting rid of duplicate files, using an EFI bootpicker, and more. As always your suggestions are most ...

Ask TUAW: Video codecs, Apple Keyboard, software RAID and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 5th, 2007)

In this round of Ask TUAW, we're going to be tackling questions about video codec support, using the Aluminum Apple Keyboard in Windows, getting file paths, setting up a software RAID, sharing an iPhoto library between users on the same computer and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, ...

Ask TUAW: Scanning bills, migrating, iWOW, Cover Flowing and more

by Mat Lu (Dec 2nd, 2007)

In this round of Ask TUAW, we're going to be tackling some of our backlog of questions. We'll be looking at questions about scanning, migrating from an external volume, augmenting audio in iTunes, using Cover Flow to file images, Bonjour iChatting on a local network, and more. As always your ...

Ask TUAW: Leopard Finder, Software Update, iTunes tracks and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 28th, 2007)

We took a break last week for Thanksgiving. In this round of Ask TUAW we'll go over setting some Finder preferences, Software Updates, setting iTunes track information, deleting from iPhoto and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the ...

Ask TUAW: Education software, virtualization, Spaces, and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 14th, 2007)

In this round of Ask TUAW we have lots of questions! We'll go over some answers about sluggish performance, educational software for image editing and learning to type, image editing in ImageWell, moving from XP to a virtual machine, keeping Preference Panes visible in all Spaces, and more. As ...

Ask TUAW: iMac Gaming, QuickTime broadcasting, flash drive encryption and more

by Mat Lu (Nov 7th, 2007)

In this round of Ask TUAW we have a questions about Windows vs. OS X gaming on an iMac, Adobe's Leopard compatibility, QuickTime broadcasting, flash drive encryption and more. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. And now onward! ...

Ask TUAW: Skype & webcams, TivoToGo, installing Leopard and more

by Mat Lu (Oct 31st, 2007)

In this Halloween round of Ask TUAW we have a a bunch of scary questions about USB webcams & Skype, Dashboard widgets, installing Leopard, Tivo & Mac, and more. Well okay, so the questions aren't scary, but the answers sure are. As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for ...