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Mac 101: Inserting or typing uncommon characters

by Steven Sande (Oct 11th, 2010)

As a Mac consultant, I'm often asked some pretty bizarre questions. One that I frequently hear is "How do I type <some special character> on my Mac?" A good example of this is people who want to type fractions that look like this -- ½ -- rather than like 1/2, or plop a character like ...

Ask TUAW: Arabic Mail, playing Wii, calibrating color and more

by Mat Lu (Mar 28th, 2007)

Wednesday means it is Ask TUAW time! This week we'll look at questions about Arabic support in Mail.app, playing a Wii on a Mac, Digital Color Calibration, problems copying from Firefox and much more. As always, please leave your own comments, and ask more questions for next week either in the ...