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Review: My New Mac, Lion Edition

December 23, 2011 by Robin Parrish 2 Comments

Apple believes that Mac OS X Lion is the easiest-to-use version of Mac OS ever, so they opted not to create a user manual. Having brought OS X more in line with the intuitive user interface of iOS on the iPad, the theory was that users would already know what to do with Lion, and […]

Filed Under: Mac, Reviews Tagged With: Book, books, iMac, Lion, Mac, Macbook, My New Mac, os x lion, Wallace Wang

How To: Rename Your Mail Flags For Better Prioritizing

October 27, 2011 by Robin Parrish 1 Comment

Apple made some huge changes to Mail with the release of OS X Lion. Some of its lesser-known features can make your life a lot easier, but you may not know they’re there. Here’s one of my favorites.

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: Apple Mail, How To, os x lion, Tutorial

How To: Install OS X Lion on Multiple Macs

August 26, 2011 by Robin Parrish 5 Comments

Psst. Here’s a little-known secret that very few people know — even though Apple has done nothing to keep it a secret. One $29.99 purchase of Lion gets you an unlimited license to download it on as many Macs as you like. And it’s super simple to do, too.

Filed Under: Feature, Tutorials Tagged With: How To, Lion, os x lion, Tutorial

How To: Make Launchpad Useful

August 17, 2011 by Robin Parrish 3 Comments

OS X Lion feature Launchpad is an interesting idea. It’s meant to make it quick and easy to access all of your applications, iPad-style. But anyone who’s attempted to use it knows one simple fact: it’s cluttered and useless. Here’s how to tame it.

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: How To, Launchpad, Mac, os x lion, Tutorials

How To: See When Lion Apps Are Open

August 3, 2011 by Robin Parrish Leave a Comment

In Snow Leopard, little dots of light appeared in the Dock beneath apps that were open. But Lion‘s default state is to eliminate these open-app indicators, in yet another way that Lion makes your Mac work like an iPad. Here’s how to get the dots back, so you always know what’s open.

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How To: Turn Off Lion’s “Natural Scrolling”

July 26, 2011 by Robin Parrish 2 Comments

So you’ve been living with Lion for a week now, and try as you might, you just can’t get your head around that blasted reversed scrolling thing. Want the old way of scrolling back? It’s an easy fix.

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: gestures, How To, Lion, natural scrolling, OS X, os x lion, Tutorials

6 Things You Don’t Know OS X Lion Can Do

July 22, 2011 by Robin Parrish 4 Comments

Lion is finally here. Yay! There are more than 250 new features, but most of the media noise is devoted to the biggies like Launchpad, Mission Control, Auto Save, and Versions. Here are 6 goodies you may not have discovered yet.

Filed Under: Feature, Mac Tagged With: Address Book, gestures, iCal, Lion, Lists, os x lion, Preview, Screen Savers, Spotlight

OS X Lion Arrives In App Store

July 20, 2011 by Robin Parrish Leave a Comment

It’s here! Get out your credit card and fire up the Mac App Store: OS X Lion has finally arrived.

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: Lion, OS X, os x lion

How to: Disable Auto-Correct in OS X Lion

July 7, 2011 by Robin Parrish 20 Comments

OS X Lion could drop any day now. We could be mere hours away. And there’s one feature that a lot of Lion users are going to want to switch off pretty much immediately. Here’s how.

Filed Under: Feature, Mac, Tutorials Tagged With: Auto-correct, How To, Lion, os x lion, Tutorials

MacBooks, Airs, & Minis Refreshing Soon

June 30, 2011 by Robin Parrish Leave a Comment

Apple’s line of MacBooks (the white plastic ones), MacBooks Airs, and Mac Minis are due for new models with upgraded technology under the hood. MacBooks in particular are overdue for a refresh, since it was May of last year that Apple last introduced new models.

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: Lion, Mac Mini, Macbook, Macbook Air, os x lion, phone service, sandy bridge

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