Category Archives: Tips

Tips & Tricks from SGVMUG members.

I’m Supposed to Do What? …Where??

Yeah, we all have stuff to do; are you noticing that a lot of that stuff needs to be done in a particular place? Or in one particular place rather than another? How does this sound?: Perhaps the coolest part … Continue reading

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Managing Your Photograph Collection in iPhoto

Prof Breen posted an interesting question from a reader this morning: I am a casual photographer who has amassed about 10,000 pictures in my iPhoto library. iPhoto now runs so slowly that it is essentially unusable (and occasionally tells me … Continue reading

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Macworld HELP DESK 03.14.2014

Need to do a lot of filtering of your e-mail? Take a look at Filter your email like a pro, Chris Breen’s routine for handling tons and tons, in Outlook. Next, Prof Breen goes into detail about mail merge in … Continue reading

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Macworld HELP DESK 03.07.2014

Know how Do Not Disturb works? Heard of it, even? Working with Do Not Disturb in OS X Mavericks tells all. Black and white photographs are alive and well and still with us. How to create beautiful B&W images with … Continue reading

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Macworld HELP DESK 02.21.2014

OMG!! If I don’t find that Web page I saw three days/years/centuries ago, the world is gonna end! Been here? Prof Breen has the answers (one of which I hadn’t heard of): How to revisit old website data. In How … Continue reading

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Macworld HELP DESK 02.14.2014

Handy with the stuff in the toolbox? Feeling brave and bold?? Advice from an Apple Tech: The right tools for the job will be right up your alley. If all of those tools and other stuff in (what passes for) … Continue reading

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Macworld HELP DESK 02.07.2014

As Fact or fiction: What does (and doesn’t) actually speed up your Mac notes, a faster Mac is always a better Mac. Click the link to see what actually will speed things up. C’est fini! Maestro Breen wraps up his … Continue reading

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iPhone Photo Editing

Nick Heer has a very interesting piece on The Sweet Setup on editing photos that will remain electronic (as opposed to being printed). You gotta love an author whose mindset is summarized thusly: …I’d like to ask you a question: … Continue reading

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Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam…

Nobody loves it, everybody hates it (except fried up with peaches for breakfast), so what to do? How I manage spam on my mobile devices has an interesting solution for out-of-the-house/office relief, and several more options from commenters.

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Macworld HELP DESK 01.24.2014

Getting as tired of all the ads, and videos that start automatically, and unasked-for windows when you browse the Web as I am?? Dr Breen’s How to block the Web’s worst clutter has some great suggestions. Tame your Twitter feed … Continue reading

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