CONTENTS
Categorised list on my site upgradeyourmac HERE (note that the tips on my site are not as up to date as on here).
Welcome to the new index page (thanks admin for changing the dead post time!) so that this can be done.
You can now click on the tip number to go straight to that tip.
Tip 1 – MacOS [1] - Screen snapshot
Tip 2 – MacOS [2] - Adding the EJECT menu to your top bar
Tip 3 – MacOS [3] - Find out information about a file
Tip 4 – MacOS [4] - Changing the icon for a file or drive
Tip 5 – Tutorial [1] – Making your own icons for drives
Tip 6 – Tutorial [2] - Making a file vault
Tip 7 – MacOS [5] - Viewing hidden and system files
Tip 8 – Bootup [1] - Booting from your optical drive
Tip 9 – Networking [1] - (background and speed differences)
Tip 10 – Networking [2] - (theory of making your network - WIRED)
Tip 11 – Networking [3] - (theory of making your network - WIRELESS)
Tip 12 – Networking [4] - (Setting up your network – WIRELESS)
Tip 13 - Networking [5] - Setting up your network – WIRED
Tip 14 - Networking [6] - Making Apple computers talk to each other !
Tip 15 - Networking [7] - Making Apple computers talk to Windows computers and allowing Windows computers to connect to Apple)
Tip 16 – Bootup [2] - Transferring large amounts of data from one computer to another using TARGET MODE.
Tip 17 – MacOS [6] - Opening a file with a different application.
Tip 18 – Applications [1] “PREVIEW” - Using preview to shrink pictures, change formats and crop.
Tip 19 – Applications [2] “SAFARI” - Viewing web sites that do not like Safari and require Explorer!
Tip 20 – MacOS [7] - Snapshot of a window
Tip 21 – User Accounts [1] - Woops I forgot the admin password and I am locked out!
Tip 22 - Saving space on your hard drive [1] – Removing foreign language help files.
Tip 23 – MacOS [8] - Turn on RIGHT CLICK.
Tip 24 – MacOs [9] - Change the default application for a type of file.
Tip 25 – Applications [3] "VUESCAN" - Using a PC Scanner
Tip 26 – MacOS [10] - Printer prints in black and white or in poor quality.
Tip 27 – Bootup [3] - Ejecting a disc stuck in your drive
Tip 28 - Networking [8] - Automatically reconnecting to a share on restarting
Tip 29 – User Accounts [2] - Changing a users avatar
Tip 30 - User Accounts [3] - Create a spare user to avoid problems later !
Tip 31 - MacOS [11] - Adding and removing an application from your doc
Tip 32 – Bootup [4] - Startup boot options {008}
Tip 33 – MacOS [12] - Finder shortcut keys
Tip 34 – MacOS [13] - Linking an Apple remote to a specific computer or disabling remotes
Tip 35 – Hardware [1] - Fitting a second optical drive on your Mac Pro
Tip 36 – Hardware [2] - Fitting a SATA drive into the 2nd optical bay of a Mac pro
Tip 37 – Hardware [3] - L-Ion batteries
Tip 38 – Applications [4] "MAIL" - Move Talk Photography mails to separate folder
Tip 39 – MacOS [14] - Installing Tiger / Leopard
Tip 40 – Applications [5] - Managing Fonts.
Tip 41 – Applications [6] - vCards
Tip 42 – Apple Script [1] - Introduction
Tip 43 – Apple Script [2] - [Cancel all print jobs]
Tip 44 – Apple Script [3] - [Running a script when you start your computer]
Tip 45 – Apple Script [4] - [Setup Apple Script Menu etc]
Tip 46 - Apple Script [5] - [Running an Apple Script Remotely – by EMAIL!]
Tip 47 - Saving space on your hard drive [2] – Removing unused printer drivers
Tip 48 – User Accounts [4] - Resetting a user’s password.
Tip 49 – MacOS [15] – Applications using memory!
Tip 50 – Applications [7] “Activity Monitor” – What is going on in my computer?
Tip 51 - Applications [8] “Xbench” – How fast is my computer.
Tip 52 – MacOS [16] – Accessing another Mac on your network.
Tip 53 – MacOS [17] – How much time have I got left on my battery.
Tip 54 – MacOS [17] - Where does MacOS store files/picture etc downloaded as part of email.
Tip 55 – Hardware[5] – What is the maximum memory?
Tip 56 – MacOS [18] – Zooming into your screen
Tip 57 – MacOS [19] – Zooming in to your screen 2
Tip 58 – MacOS [20] – Reverse Video (Black on white)
Tip 59 – MacOS [21] – Copy screen/part to CLIPBOARD
Tip 60 – MacOS [22] – Keyboard shortcuts general
Tip 61 – MacOS [23] - Showing more information in finder (in the current folder)
Tip 62 – MacOS [24] - Changing the columns in finder (in the current folder)
Tip 63 – MacOS [25] - Change the default boot disc.
Tip 64 – MacOS [26] - How much time have I got left on my battery.
Tip 65 – MacOS [27] – [DELETE] on a laptop.
Tip 66 – MacOS [28] – Random Backdrop pictures from your gallery
Tip 67 – Airport [1] – Setting up an airport network
Tip 68 – Airport [2] – Setting when the kids can use their laptops on the network.
Tip 69 – Airport [3] – Finding each device’s MAC codes
Tip 70 – Airport [4] – Adding a shared printer.
Tip 71 – Airport [5] – Extending a network to more than one airport device using WDS
Tip 72 – Airport [6] – Using an airport express to play music away from your computer.
Tip 73 – Airport [7] – Adding a shared hard drive.
Tip 74 – MacOS [29] - Adding applications to your sidebar
Tip 75 – MacOS [30] - Adding short cuts to your sidebar
Tip 76 – MacOS [31] – Instantly print an image.
Tip 77 - MacOS [32] – Sick of being harassed about what to do when a blank DVD is inserted?
Tip 78 – MacOS [33] – Calibrate your display
Tip 79 – MacOS [34] – Sharing a printer over the network
Tip 80 - MacOS [35] - Gaining vertical space on your screen
Tip 81 – MacOS [36] – More Dock related Tips Hide and bring back
Tip 82 - MacOS [36] – More Dock related Tips !
Tip 83 – MacOS [37] – Disable Crash Reporter
Tip 84 – MacOS [38] – Reading current settings for default commands
Tip 85 – MacOS [39] - Opening Word files without Word
Tip 86 - MacOS [40] - Adding login text.
Tip 87 - MacOS [41] - Correcting your spelling.
Tip 88 - MacOS [42] - View basic EXIF data on a file without opening it.
Tip 89 - MacOS [43] - View Photo’s EXIF Metadata.
Tip 90 - MacOS [44] - Tagging a file with a colour.
Tip 91 - MacOS [45] - Turn off the annoying data detectors in MAIL.
Tip 92 - MacOS [46] - Searching for colour tagged files.
Tip 93 - MacOS [47] - Selecting a picture as the finder background.
Tip 94 - MacOS [48] - Umlauts.
Tip 95 - MacOS [49] - Accents.
Tip 96 - MacOS [50] - Yet another screen shot tip!
Tip 97 - MacOS [51] - Convert a DMG file to ISO to read on a PC.
Tip 98 - MacOS [52] - Convert an ISO file to DMG.
Tip 99 - MacOS [53] - Tilde.