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How To: Speed Up Safari Browser in OSX Lion

If Safari is launching slowing or slow to load web pages in OS X Lion, there's an easy (yet not obvious) resolution. To make Safari launch, load, and browse faster, follow the following tip: 1) In FINDER select GO from … Continue reading

18. December 2011 by Kevin Donahue
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How to Fix AppleTV "Not Authorized" Error

If you own a G1 (first generation) Apple TV, you may have recently encountered an error message on your ATV unit when trying to watch content purchased on your computer, iPhone, iPod, or iPad. The error, which reads "Your Apple … Continue reading

30. September 2011 by Kevin Donahue
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How To: Set up multiple FROM addresses in Mail.app

It's no secret that I really, REALLY prefer Apple's default Mail.app application in OSX over any other email program; however, there's one feature that I have often missed from Mail – the ability to set up different "from" email addresses, … Continue reading

07. December 2010 by Kevin Donahue
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Force Facebook to Refresh and Import Notes

If you import your blog into Facebook as a Note, you may have noticed that it can be really, really slow to show new posts. But if you don't have the patience to wait for Facebook to update your Notes, … Continue reading

09. May 2010 by Kevin Donahue
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How To: Download all tagged Facebook pictures

Facebook makes it very easy for anyone to upload & share pictures, including the option to tag people who appear in the photos. If you're on Facebook, there's a fairly good chance that friends have tagged pictures of you. So … Continue reading

17. January 2010 by Kevin Donahue
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How To: Force Safari to open links in new tab

Are you annoyed when a webpage forces Safari to open links in a new window (ie target="new")? Fear not, because there's a simple fix! To force Safari to open new web page links in a new tab rather than a … Continue reading

04. January 2010 by Kevin Donahue
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How To: Free Up 3GB of Hard Drive Space in Mac OSX

Running out of space on your Mac? Need to free up space on your OSX hard disk drive? Here's a quick and easy way to free up 3GB of space on your hard drive in less than two minutes! The … Continue reading

13. August 2009 by Kevin Donahue
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FriendFeed-Facebook deal reaffirms need for a social media safety net

As I've mentioned before, I'm a big fan of digital lifestreams, a single page overview of your online & offline world. I have my own lifestream that features not only what I'm doing on my blog or other websites, but … Continue reading

12. August 2009 by Kevin Donahue
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How To: Sync music from two computers to iPhone

So you have an iPhone and know how to sync your music and movies via iTunes, but is it possible to connect your iPhone to two computers to sync music and movies? For example, can I sync music on my … Continue reading

19. July 2009 by Kevin Donahue
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Review: AMOD AGL3080 GPS Data Logger

I have to confess – I love that sites like Flickr and programs like iPhoto allow me to preserve the locations where photos were taken (aka geotagging). I had been using several hacks to geotag photos in iPhoto because my … Continue reading

07. June 2009 by Kevin Donahue
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