Apple, Mac, iPod and iPhone Help, Tips and Expert Advice

Leopard Troubleshooting: Seeking First Aid

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:20:00 -0700

When simple methods such as restarting fail to patch up your Mac, it may be time to call on Disk Utility’s First Aid tools. Ted Landau walks you through the process.

Excerpt: Leopard troubleshooting guide

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:19:00 -0700

While the Mac is generally a picture of health, many things can go wrong with such a complicated system. When trouble strikes, figuring out what exactly the problem is and where it’s coming from is half the challenge In this excerpt from our Total Leopard e-book, Ted Landau takes a look at some of the most common Mac problems and walks you through the steps you should take to solve them.

Bugs & Fixes: Time Machine holdups

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:52:00 -0700

Ted Landau’s Time Machine backups began sticking at the “Preparing…” stage of starting a backup. So he did some digging to find out what was causing the problem.

Allow personal home page when using WebKit

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:49:00 -0700

If you're using WebKit (a version of Safari with a newer web page rendering engine), here's how to make it use your preferred home page instead of the WebKit nightly home page.

Music videos and older iPods

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:47:00 -0700

What exactly can you do with a new music video and an older iPod? Answers here.

Essential mobile gear

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:28:00 -0700

As a Macworld editor, I’m often asked what I pack in my laptop bag; here’s a look at the kinds of accessories that are on my must-have on-the-go list, along with some specific examples of them.

Use Safari 3 to help with text searching tasks

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:17:00 -0700

Use Safari 3's enhanced find features to ease the task of searching text files for various words and phrases.

Frame your calendar

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:40:00 -0700

Want to place your iCal calendar on the wall in digital form? Here's how.

Burn multiple CDs at once in iTunes

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:37:00 -0700

If you’ve got a machine with more than one CD burner, here’s a simple method to use them to burn more than one music CD at once in iTunes.

Setting up Pro Tools recording gear

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:00 -0700

Jim Dalrymple’s album-recording project continues, as he turns to the Digidesign 003 Factory audio interface, Pro Tools LE 7 audio software, and M-Audio Octane preamp for his recording needs.

Alphabetizing Firefox bookmarks

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:38:00 -0700

Frustrated by Firefox's hesitance to alphabetize your bookmarks? It's easy when you know the trick.

Geek Factor: Control the world

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:30:00 -0700

Your Mac can already talk to all kinds of electronic devices. But there are plenty of other gizmos that your Mac can’t communicate with: motors, robots, external LCD displays, and sensors of all sorts. You’ll need a microcontroller to connect hobbyist hardware to your Mac. Brian Jepson shows you how it’s done.

Turn to Path Styler Pro for logos, title graphics

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:38:00 -0700

Path Styler Pro helps you produce high-quality logos and title graphics in either Illustrator or Photoshop with a noticeable ease of use. James Dempsey takes a closer look at the plugin.

Bugs & Fixes: Desktop items MIA

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:00 -0700

If items you’ve tried saving to your Desktop are disappearing without a trace, Ted Landau feels your pain. Here’s how he solves the problem.