Every once and a while you may have noticed that iTunes does not have the proper album artwork for the music you have imported. In some cases, it may not have the album artwork at all. It can be annoying (especially if you’re someone like me who is particularly anal about keeping their iTunes library [...]
So you’ve mastered the fine art of keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X, but you want to make your own, or alter existing ones; how do you do it? Or maybe you’re used to a certain keyboard shortcut that isn’t available anymore, or has switched to something else, and you want to change it back. [...]
Improving your computer’s security is always a good idea, and Apple gives you several options of doing so. The one we will discuss today is how to set your Firmware password. Setting a Firmware password will prevent your computer from being booted to different volumes without requiring this password. Setting a Firmware Password has become [...]
If you are having trouble with user permissions of files and applications in OS X Lion, there are a couple of ways to correct them. User permission issues can prevent Spotlight from finding certain items, or some files and folders may be completely inaccessible to you. This tutorial describes how to change access rights to [...]
Mac OS X Lion was the first operating system of its kind to be released solely as a digital download. With that in mind, a lot of people have been wondering if it were possible to install Lion onto a bootable drive, such as a DVD or USB device to be used later to install. [...]
Many of you have complained about the Mac Start-Up sound being annoying or too loud. It is true that sometimes that sound can be both of those things. Luckily, there is a way that you can have the sound turned off at start-up. Before we proceed, it is important to note that the start-up sound [...]
Some people absolutely love Lion’s new eye candy and flamboyant visuals; others are not so keen and would like to disable many of the newly introduced effects, such as animated window transitions and Mail animations. While the animations and effects rarely hinder the way you use your Mac, anybody that uses many of the features [...]
Many Mac users will have dozens or even hundreds of apps installed on their computer. Occasionally, it’s desirable to uninstall unwanted or troublesome apps, or simply those which are taking up too much disk space and cluttering up your hard drive. Uninstalling applications in all versions of Mac OS X can be accomplished with relative ease, [...]
Have you ever wondered how to type some of those special characters that don’t seem to appear anywhere on the Mac keyboard? For example, the Apple symbol or the copyright mark ©. Anybody that uses applications such as Pages will probably be familiar with the Special Characters item in the Edit menu (covered later [...]
Every username in OS X has associated with it a special directory called the Home Folder. The Home folder is important because it stores all the documents and settings for each user in a unique folder structure, which is inaccessible to most other users. The Home Folder (shown below) can be named anything you wish, [...]
