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How to Disable Auto Resume in Mac OS X Lion

How to Disable Auto Resume in Mac OS X Lion

Roland Banks · Jan 20, 2012

One of the most useful features in OS X Lion is the ability for applications to automatically resume where they left off. This is apparent in applications such as Safari when after quitting and subsequently reopening, the previous tabs and websites are displayed. If the application was in fullscreen mode, it will reopen in the […]

How to View and Kill Processes Using the Terminal in Mac OS X

How to View and Kill Processes Using the Terminal in Mac OS X

Roland Banks · Jan 18, 2012

Occasionally in Mac OS X, it may be necessary to force a program or process to quit. For example, if a particular program fails to respond or unexpectedly hangs. Every application on a Mac comprises of one or more processes. It’s usually possible to use the Force Quit command (⌘⌥ esc) in the Apple Menu, but […]

Using Smart Folders in Mail to Stay Organised

Using Smart Folders in Mail to Stay Organised

Christopher Lee · Sep 22, 2011

Do you find it difficult keeping up with emails from various important contacts because you are inundated with loads of emails every day? Well there is a great way to organise your e-mails in Mail, called Smart Mailboxes these are a form of smart folder used to hold data from various sources and display it […]

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What’s the difference between Safari ‘Reading Lists’ and bookmarks?

Christopher Lee · Aug 5, 2011

Safari 5 for Lion introduced ‘Reading List’ allowing users to bookmark stories and links for reading later. Since I wrote my article about the best features of Lion, a reader asked a very good question ‘What’s the difference between ‘Reading List’ and a bookmark? It doesn’t seem to cache it for offline viewing. What am […]

A Definitive Guide to What’s New in Mac OS X Lion

A Definitive Guide to What’s New in Mac OS X Lion

Christopher Lee · Jul 16, 2011

With Mac OS X Lion Apple has tried and succeeded in bringing the best of the iPad back to the Mac. iOS introduced so many fantastic features to the iPhone and iPad that it was only right that Apple bring some of these features back to the Mac. It is obvious from the moment you […]

Empty Trash Shortcuts Mac

Christopher Lee · Jun 13, 2011

These are a few really simple shortcuts that every Mac owner should know about. If you don’t yet know about these then this will save you loads of time. Whenever you want to trash a file just select it by clicking on it. Hold the cmd / ⌘ key and hit the delete key.

Mac Slow to Empty Trash?

Mac Slow to Empty Trash?

Christopher Lee · Jun 6, 2011

Is your Mac taking forever to empty the trash? Well the reason for this could be down to one simple hidden setting; Secure Empty trash has been turned on by default. Before explaing how to configure this setting let me start by explaining what it is and how it works. Most people believe that when […]

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