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Tip for Address Book: Finding Groups for Contact

Here’s one I found today.  You may have already known this.

If you looking at a contact’s card in Address Book, hold down just the Option key.  All the groups that hold that contact will hilight.

If you are using your groups to apply rules to messages in the Mail app,  this can help you find out [...]

Tips for typing ALL CAPS on iPad

Probably everyone except me knew this already.  I was getting tired of clicking the shift button for each letter and annoyed that it wouldn’t stay on like the iPhone’s shift.

I did discover this: to type several capital letters in a row, keep one finger on the shift key.  Everything you type while holding that will [...]

NetFlix Problem with Free WiFi Locations

Today I was in Starbucks and started to show someone how NetFlix downloads look on iPad.  I realized a moment later that I would need to login to the paid internet service when Starbucks’ login screen appeared.  I closed the app and forgot about that.

Tonight,  when I tried to actually use NetFlix to watch a [...]

Airport Express for Entertainment Center Network

Do you have new devices in your living room entertainment center that could connect to the internet?  Or be controlled by things on your house network like computers or smart phones?  Do they have ethernet but not builtin WiFi?  So do I.

I have a Samsung Blue-Ray player that my wife gave me for Christmas in [...]

Want to Publish a Book or Music on iTunes?

Apple is accepting applications from independent artists and small producers of music, music videos and books.

See details here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/content-providers/

According to the FAQ, they approval process can take a few weeks, so if you want your eBook on iPad, you should apply quickly.  The published deadline for submitting iPad Apps for launch day (April 3rd)  is [...]

Getting Notice of 1-day App Freebies

Interested in getting notice of when a good app is on a one-day sale or one-day-freebie?  Want to know about things of ANY kind on the iTunes store?

Go to this web page and setup your own RSS feed for information.

http://www.apple.com/rss/

You can choose to subscribe to the RSS feed in Safari, Apple Mail or both.  (RSS [...]

iChat and Facebook

Hi Everyone,

Just came across this hint on macosxhints.com. Pretty neat.

Use iChat to chat with Facebook friends

Enjoy!
Sean

Six unexpected uses for tooltips – Macworld

Great article at Macworld:  http://www.macworld.com/article/146323/2010/02/tooltips.html?lsrc=rss_main

Safari Tips

Good Safari tips from Terry White of MacGroup – Detroit here.

Mail Won’t Quit?

Here’s a quick tip I noticed recently:  if you’ve told Apple’s Mail program to quit, but it just won’t finish what it was doing, try this: disconnect the network.

If you are connected by wifi,  turn off the airport in the menu bar or System Preferences panel.  If you are connected by wire, unplug it.

When Mail [...]