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Mac 101: Pronouncing Mac OS X

by Erica Sadun (Jan 6th, 2011)

In our Mac 101 series, TUAW introduces basic OS X concepts to new Mac users. This is going to be a quick one, because there's not too much to it -- but it's a critical note when talking to other people in your newly adopted community. Editor's Note: Please keep your comments civil and relevant. ...

Our favorite tips and hints for 1Password, now out on Windows and Chrome

by TJ Luoma (Dec 2nd, 2010)

1Password is having a big week. The Windows version has arrived at version 1.0, and Google Chrome support has been added. In addition, there are a lot of new 1Password users this week, thanks to Agile's promotion that let users give away free licenses to friends. Not using 1Password yet? New ...

Getting some FaceTime -- hints and tips about iPhone 4 video calls

by Steven Sande (Jul 10th, 2010)

When I ordered my iPhone 4 on June 16th for delivery in July, one of the features that I was intrigued about was FaceTime, Apple's Wi-Fi video calling application. Sure, other phones have had this feature for a while, but for me this was going to be something new. After an abortive attempt at my ...

Toy Story 3 and the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2010)

One of the things I missed in the news last week due to being so busy at Macworld (along with most of the Olympics, though we did get to watch the opening ceremony at a post-show dinner) was the brand new Toy Story 3 trailer -- Pixar's latest movie has Buzz and Woody in a third adventure, and while ...

Terminal Tips: Rebuild your Launch Services database to clean up the Open With menu

by Jason Clarke (Jun 11th, 2009)

Problem: Some piece (or pieces) of rogue software have cluttered up your Open With contextual menu, which you can see by right-clicking or control-clicking any document in the Finder. This problem seems to be most prevalent with virtual machines that allow you to open documents with Windows ...

Very useful iPhone tips

by Dave Caolo (Dec 10th, 2008)

The blog Tap Tap Tap has posted a wonderful list to 10 iPhone tips and tricks you should know, including taking a screenshot (here's our how-to on that trick), enabling caps lock and customizing the home button's function. Definitely check it out. While we're on the topic, here are a few of our own ...

Mac 101: Using the Up Arrow in Finder

by Erica Sadun (Oct 1st, 2007)

It's no surprise to most Mac users that you can use arrow keys to navigate through Finder windows. Arrow-key presses work in all three window styles: icon view, list view and column view. What many new Mac users don't realize though is that there are Command versions of these arrow keys. When ...

iPhone Coding: Recording Audio

by Erica Sadun (Aug 6th, 2007)

Yesterday, I figured out how to record audio on the iPhone. Today, by popular request, I'll go through the how-to part. And, for those of you paying close attention, I've updated the application with lots of nice new features. For those of you playing along at home, here are the basics you'll need ...

iPhone firmware hints at new widgets, including MobileRadio

by Mike Schramm (Jul 30th, 2007)

Tyler over at iPhoneology went diving into the iPhone's firmware, and found a preference file called "DefaultApplicationState.plist," apparently a list of widgets placed by Apple inside the iPhone. Except that there's a few that we can't actually use yet... com.apple.unitconverter ...

Mac 101: Apple's Mac 101

by Michael Rose (Apr 18th, 2007)

Welcome back to Mac 101, the TUAW classroom full of Mac tips for beginners (and veterans who might have forgotten them). Commenter Kris noted on a previous Mac 101 post that we hadn't mentioned the obvious: Apple has a collection of basic Mac tips, also called Mac 101. In our defense, we did blog ...

HOWTO: Matting rotated QuickTime videos

by Erica Sadun (Apr 17th, 2007)

One of my recent posts showed you how to rotate videos shot in portrait orientation. While this technique restores your video to its proper orientation, the results are not particularly usable in your favorite video editing programs like iMovie because of their unusual aspect ratio. The following ...

Mac Hints & Tips seeking donations to continue

by David Chartier (Oct 15th, 2006)

Mac Hints & Tips is a killer site that catalogs (of all things) over 6,000 hints, tips, workarounds and other handy pieces of Mac OS X trickery. Compiled from Mac user groups, Apple websites and various other published and unpublished sources around the globe, this highly bookmarkable (and ...

Omni Group confirms OmniFocus, a GTD app in the works

by David Chartier (Sep 25th, 2006)

The Omni Group has hinted at new products and teased us with a handy tool and toy. While 3rd party solutions have existed to turn their OmniOutliner Pro into a mean, lean Getting Things Done machine, the Omni Group has finally spilled the quintessential bean in a recent blog post and confirmed that ...

macosxhints debuts hint-rating system

by David Chartier (Jun 26th, 2006)

The 'don't-buy-a-Mac-without-it' macosxhints.com has debuted a hint rating system, allowing both logged in and anonymous users to place a 1-5 star rating on each hint. As you might expect, their stats page now includes a 'Top 20 Rated Hints' section at the bottom. This should allow you to spend ...

macosxhints gets redesigned

by David Chartier (May 29th, 2006)

The invaluable macosxhints has received a redesign and feature boost. The site's theme has received a stylistic bump, and legibility has improved site-wide. New functionality and features include more topic categories and a better search (while Rob won't use the term 'better', I will). Registered ...