From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Mail: Make a Smart Folder to Track Messages That Need a Reply

by Matt on December 29, 2008

How many times have you received an email and said to yourself, “I need to respond to this,” but the message gets lost among all the other messages in your inbox? It happens to me quite often. It’s great when we can respond right away with a very short message, but usually we need to [...]

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Spaces: Gather All Windows in One Space

by Matt on December 27, 2008

This is a post for the disorganized (that definitely includes me): try Apple’s Spaces if you never have. It’s in the System Preferences under “Exposé & Spaces.” Spaces lets you have multiple virtual desktops (four by default). You can open windows or applications in designated spaces. For example, you could have your web browser open [...]

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Make the Print Queue Automatically Disappear from the Dock

by Matt on December 26, 2008

For me, one of the most annoying aspects of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is the print queue. When you want to print a document for the first time after having turned on your Mac, your printer’s queue will open as a regular application in your Dock. There’s no problem with that, since it never [...]

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Some of My Favorite Things: Software

by Matt on December 25, 2008

With the holiday season in full bloom, I thought I’d take a moment to share a list of some of my favorite software. I like to list as much free software as possible, but I’m still dependent on some shareware and commercial software. Hopefully, you can find a new piece of software from this list [...]

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Playing Video Files with AC-3

by Matt on December 23, 2008

Eric wants to know how he can play video files with AC-3 audio. For those of you who don’t know what AC-3 is, it’s the technical name for Dolby Digital, which is an audio format that can contain up to six discreet channels of digital sound. It’s a highly optimized format, meaning you can store [...]

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Software Updates: Mail Update 1.0

by Matt on December 22, 2008

Apple released an update for its own Mail.app today due to a bug that affects 10.5.6 users:
This update addresses stability issues with Mail. After updating to Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mail may unexpectedly quit.  This can be caused by using a copy of Mail that wasn”t updated properly (you may need to install the Mail [...]

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Copy Your Songs From Your iPod or iPhone with Senuti

by Matt on December 20, 2008

AO wants to know what is the best way to copy your songs from your iPod back onto your computer. Why would you want to do this? The most common reason is that if you have not previously backed up your iTunes library, your iPod may be the only place you can find your music [...]

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