10-Second Tips

Adobe Shortcut App Makes Finding Hotkeys Easier

by Chris Foley on August 18, 2009

I just found out about this great tool from a story over at the LifeHacker website, which I read quite often. Click through to the original article HERE to download the FREE Adobe Shortcut App. Here’s an excerpt from the Lifehacker article: Windows/Mac/Linux: The free Adobe Shortcut App gives fast access to look up keyboard shortcuts [...]

10 – Second Tip: Change Your Default Web Browser

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by Chris Foley on July 12, 2009

With the release of Safari 4, Apple has given us some very compelling reasons to stick with Safari as our default web browser.   But perhaps you’re still running OSX 10.3 or 10.4 and can’t get the newest version of the fastest web browser.   Or perhaps you simply prefer to use another browser such as [...]

10 Second Tip: Changing your Default Application Launcher

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by Chris Foley on June 12, 2009

The most common method of opening a file is to double-click on it, right?  Well what happens when you double click on your file, and it opens in the wrong program, or won’t open at all? Here’s a real-world example.  You have Microsoft Excel installed on your Mac, but you have Apple’s iWork installed as [...]

10 Second Tip: Reorganize TV Shows in iTunes

by Chris Foley on June 6, 2009

This post compliments April’s post about transferring DVD movies to your iPod or iPhone using Handbrake.  If you didn’t read that article, you can view it HERE What are all these TV Shows doing in my Movies category??  Have you found yourself wondering this? If you buy your Movies and TV shows from iTunes, the [...]

10-Second Tip: Fix your Smashed Spotlight

by Chris Foley on June 6, 2009

Is your Spotlight utility acting wacky lately? It happens a lot, don’t feel too bad.  If your Mac is in otherwise good working order, it’s likely that Spotlight’s Index file has broken.  You can force Spotlight to re-index your computer’s hard drive in a few short steps. Here’s how to fix Spotlight: First, click on [...]

10 Second Tip: Speed up Spotlight

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by Chris Foley on April 11, 2009

Are you using Spotlight?  Do you know what Spotlight is? If you’re running OSX 10.5 (Leopard) or higher on your Macintosh, you should really get to know this feature. If you’re running OSX 10.4 (Tiger) Spotlight is kinda slow and clunky in nature, but this tip will still help you out so read on… Spotlight [...]

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