Mac-Hows: Applications

Unfortunately, there’s no home page button in Safari on iPad. The most convenient way to get it is to create a link in the Bookmarks Bar: 1. Make the Bookmarks Bar visible by touching Settings, Safari, Always Show Bookmarks Bar. 2. Add the homepage...

When you move to another time zone (for example, when travelling) and forget to change the time zone on your camera, you may end up with incorrect date and time on your photos, and they may appear in wrong order in iPhoto. iPhoto has the Adjust Date...

To get all graphics from a .pptx or .docx file with several clicks: 1. Download Stuffit Expander or Stuffit Deluxe. 2. Drag a file onto the app. 3. Find all images in the media folder. Note: The above steps work only for Office 2007 documents, as...

Let’s take a movie downloaded from YouTube as an example. To extract audio from it and add it to iTunes, you’ll need the following tools: - VLC Media Player (freeware) - Audio Hijack Pro (free trial) Here’s a step-by-step guideline on extracting sounds...

Dropbox is a freeware user-friendly app that enables you to share files quickly and efficiently. With this app you can access your files from another computer even without Internet connection– provided this computer also has Dropbox software installed....

Want to create a nice icon from a photo you’ve taken, or even from a photo of yourself? Then do the following: 1. In iPhoto, select the pic you’d like to use as an icon. 2. Select the photo and then click Photos, Duplicate. 3. Click the Edit icon to...

Facebook chat can now be synced with your Mac’s iChat. Here’s a short guideline on how to do this. 1. Open iChat. Click Preferences, Accounts tab, and add a new account by clicking the plus sign. 2. From the Account Type drop-down list, select Jabber...

Tricks that let you edit pictures in iPhoto easily and fast: iPhoto, while aimed at the amateur photographers, is a powerful tool that can offer great amount of control to even the professionals. With streamlined workflow and smooth navigation, working...

While not many will agree with iWeb,09 being the web-builder of choice, it has nonetheless some of the best tools to get even the most complex of web graphics done. While using Photoshop could seem viable, the ease with which iWeb gets the job done...

As we have got used to seeing an album cover for every song we play on iTunes, sometimes a song without a cover may not ‘look’ as attractive. While one can easily grab graphics and covers online, there is more fun if you can actually create one for yourself....