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iTunes 101: Display exact duplicate songs using the Option key

by David Quilty (Dec 22nd, 2010)

This is a really useful iTunes 101 lesson for beginners and expert users alike. While iTunes makes it easy to remove duplicates in your song library, sometimes just because a few titles have the same name doesn't mean that they are the exact same song. Because of this, it could take you a really ...

Mac 101: Typing accents, remember the option key

by Mat Lu (Sep 29th, 2007)

Apple has a nice tip up this week on typing letters with non-English accent marks. As they point out you can use the Character Palette, but there's a much easier way that many of us often don't remember to use via the option key. To type an accent you just need to hit an option key combo then the ...

TUAW Tip: View long file names faster in list/column view

by David Chartier (Feb 14th, 2006)

A lot of Mac users know and love the Finder's column view. While I can't speak for Linux, I'm pretty sure it's a fairly unique view to Mac OS X, and it's a great way to browse and move files throughout your folder system. Today's tip, however, deals with one of the column view's occasional ...