How to Create a Backup Plan for Your Mac & Software to Help
In the first two articles in this series the concept of backups and backup media were reviewed. This final article in this series pulls the concepts …
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How to Defragment your Mac’s Hard Drive & Reasons Why It Helps
If you create, import, add, delete, export, move, and copy a lot of data to and from your Mac, your hard disk may be fragmented. Then again, it may …
Continue ReadingHow to Organize Movies & Video Files on a Mac: A Guide to Managing Large Files
Movies are more difficult to manage and organize than any other data type because there are all kinds of file types. There’s raw footage, project …
Continue ReadingHow to Organize Music on Your Mac with iTunes
Just getting started with music and your Mac? Learn the basics of keeping that music organized with iTunes
Continue ReadingOrganize Digital Pictures Manually or with iPhoto’s Smart Albums (Mac)
The pictures on your Mac can be organized in a number of ways. You can manage the pictures manually using the Pictures folder, you can use iPhoto’s …
Continue ReadingUse Spotlight to Find Unwanted Files Stored on Your Mac
It doesn’t matter how “clean” you think your hard drive is, there are likely still files on your hard drive that you don’t need, stored in nooks and …
Continue ReadingHow to Empty Your Mac’s Trash Including iPhoto and iMovie Files
When you want to empty the trash on your Mac, don’t forget iPhoto Trash, iMovie Trash, and more!
Continue ReadingOrganize your Mac's data by moving it, not copying it
When you’re ready to organize the data on your Mac, move it instead of copying it. Copying data leaves data in two places creating unnecessary …
Continue ReadingOrganize your Mac's Graphics Files, Project Files, and Artwork
Most Mac users have tons of graphic files, artwork, client files, and similar data. Keeping these files organized can be a time-consuming task. …
Continue ReadingA Fourth Way to Run Windows Programs on Your Macintosh: VirtualBox
Most computer “experts” will claim that Windows users have a wider variety of programs to choose from. Actually, I could argue the opposite. In fact, …
Continue ReadingCreating & Deleting Smart Mailboxes in Apple Mail
Do you get hundreds of emails a day and having trouble keeping them organized? If so, a smart mailbox might be what you need.
Continue ReadingThe Strengths of Mac OS X Compared to Windows and Linux - Stability, Compatibility & Usability
There are many options for new computer hardware today but what are our choices for an operating system? Windows, Linux and Mac OS X are the major …
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