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Tips & Tricks from SGVMUG members.

Macworld HELP DESK 05.03.2013

Whether you are new to Lion/Mountain Lion, or are making the transition from an earlier Mac OS X version, Introducing Contacts will of great help. Dr Breen goes into great detail explaining the various features and options. Advice from an … Continue reading

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Think You’re Seeing Tons More Ads on Facebook Lately?

You’re right… The piece on Lifehacker.com starts out “If you feel like Facebook has more ads than usual, you aren’t imagining it: Facebook’s been inundating us with more and more ads lately, and using your information—both online and offline—to do … Continue reading

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Quick! Before They All Get Together and Do You In…

Does this: look like your computer desk (I only wish mine were this organized…)? If so, you’re not alone, and MakeUseOf.com wants to help you out! Point your browser thusly: 5 Ways To Clean Up Computer Cable Clutter Under Your … Continue reading

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It’s iCloud Moving Day!

Don’t Forget if you have MobileMe and haven’t moved your account to iCloud yet, today is the day to do so. Go to https://www.me.com/move/ to transition your account to iCloud or save your email if you can’t move or don’t … Continue reading

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David Whitby’s Tips n Tricks – July Meeting Notes

Here are David Whitby’s notes from his Tips n Tricks presentation for our July Meeting. Editor note – with the exception of Jumbo Calculator all apps are designed for both the iPhone and iPad iPad Apps 1. Audible.com – Allows … Continue reading

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Tip from the December Meeting

At the December 21st meeting Ron Streicher demonstrated that in its native form Apple’s Photo Booth application mirrors (inverts left-for- right) the images it captures from either an iSight or external web camera. He then showed how to correct this … Continue reading

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Preparing Your Presentation

Whatever your field of interest, at some time you may be called-upon to present a lecture — it may be about your work, your hobbies, your travels, or whatever. When that time comes, knowing how to prepare and deliver an … Continue reading

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Add photo RSS feeds to iPhoto

You can subscribe to Flickr or Picasa Web Albums’ RSS feeds by copying the RSS link (at the bottom right of the album page if the owner of the album has set the corresponding pref in his Flickr/Picasa Web profile), … Continue reading

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