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5 Apps for the cyclist

by Lauren Hirsch (Aug 8th, 2009)

Apple products and the bike go together well. They seem to appeal to the same sort of folks: evangelistic, committed aficionados willing to pay any premium, to be brutally honest about it. Oh, and let's not forget, they love to talk at length about these objects of their affection at parties. You ...

ScreenSteps 2.5 takes screen-based documentation a step forward

by Brett Terpstra (Apr 27th, 2009)

ScreenSteps, the invaluable tool (mentioned here many a time) for writing software documentation quickly and easily, has updated to version 2.5. Among the new features is improved annotation capabilities, including a text tool and keyboard shortcuts for speedy duplication and repositioning of ...

Learn Daylite from a MacAngel

by Steven Sande (Apr 24th, 2009)

If you were intrigued by last week's review of Marketcircle Daylite 3.9, Daylite Server, and Daylite Touch enough to purchase the application suite or download the trial, you might be at the point now where you're feeling a bit overwhelmed with how to install, configure and use the applications. ...

Skill up on Adobe products with free video tutorials

by Michael Rose (Mar 9th, 2009)

It's no secret that the American economy is suffering, and many of us are experiencing the cold-water shock of abrupt career shifts and planned or unexpected part-timer-ification. Want to spark up your value to an employer, or gain some new skills to improve your freelance mojo? Adobe's free video ...

Ask TUAW: Recovering pictures, updating Facebook, iPhone battery life and more

by Chris Ullrich (Feb 25th, 2009)

Once again, it's time for another edition of Ask TUAW: the place where we try to answer all of your Mac and Apple-related questions. This week we're taking questions about recovering pictures from corrupted compact flash cards, Twitter for the iPhone, extending iPhone battery life and more. As ...

Switching to Mac or iPhone in your future? Enter to win two great learning tools

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 22nd, 2008)

If you're new to the Mac or just bought an iPhone you could pore through the "Switch 101" series on Apple's site, you could browse our Mac 101 or iPhone 101 series, or you could spend a few bucks and get trained fast. We checked out "It's About Time" products at this year's Macworld (remember back ...

It's About Time!

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th, 2008)

At Macworld Expo in January, I talked to a guy at a booth who was demoing a hands-on iPhone training product. The developer, Saied Ghaffari, believes there are three types of people: Clickers -- like most TUAW readers; people who take any application, click buttons and menus, and learn the app ...

Show floor video: Screensteps makes documenting easier

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 24th, 2008)

Do you make documentation? Do you constantly find yourself having to explain step-by-step procedures to do things on the Mac? BlueMango Learning Systems has been doing this stuff for a while, and the tedium eventually drove them to create their own tool to make things faster. That's innovation for ...

Switcher side-by-side video training

by Michael Rose (Apr 29th, 2007)

With Mother's Day coming up, the perfect gift for your 'switcher mom' might be personal lessons in the Macintosh way. Don't have that kind of time? Mmm-hmm. Really. You never call, you never write.. Well, if you're looking for something more wrappable than a bookmark for Apple's Switch 101 support ...

So You Want to be a Mac Tech

by Damien Barrett (Jul 21st, 2006)

When I was about thirteen, my older brother, Craig, was really into cars and fixing them. I'd follow him around and watch him work on his Camaro in the garage. Like a doting little brother, I wanted to be like him and was awestruck at how much he knew about cars and engines. I can remember asking ...

LoadPod Offers iPod and iTunes Training

by C.K. Sample, III (Apr 25th, 2005)

File this under: There's a market for that?! LoadPod, the company that will fill your iPod with your CDs for you, have just announced Hands-on iPod and iTunes training for those of you who are comfortable with a convoluted interface and find yourself daunted by the simplicity of iTunes and the ...