Saturday, July 7, 2012

Learn How To Use Your Mac OSX Lion Tutorial Book

Hi, everyone!

Enjoying my blog? If you like my blog a lot and would like a more complete understanding of what Macs can do for you, you may want to own my latest ebook called: "Learn How To Use Your Mac Tutorial."

It's for beginners, first time users, and for seniors who want an easy to follow, step-by-step guide on how to use your Mac OSX Lion from surfing the web, checking emails from different accounts like Google or Yahoo, create movies, music and photo slideshows (iLife '09) , and even program your first app using Xcode, which is included for free!

Here is the Table of Contents:


  • How To Find Files, Documents Using Spotlight And Finder
  • Add Google, Yahoo Accounts in Mail And Create Themed Emails
  • How To Surf The Web Using Safari Safely And Back-up Bookmarks With iCloud 
  • Create Events In iCal And Alerts
  • Improve Security Of Your Mac
  • Use iCloud And Backup Files
  • How To Access Mission Control, Launchpad, Activate Screensaver Using Hot Corners
  • How To Have Multiple Wallpapers, Desktops
  • How To Check Time, Use Dictionary, Weather, Date, Calculator In Dashboard
  • Buy Apps In Mac App Store
  • Update, Remove Software
  • Fix Problems With Your Mac
  • Video Chat With Your Friends Using iChat Or Facetime
  • Add Music In iTunes. Browse Apps In App Store. View Movie Trailers, Podcasts, Video In iTunes U
  • Add Albums, Organize Pictures And Create Slideshows In iPhoto ’09
  • Edit, Share Videos In iMovie ’09
  • Create Midi Recording, Editing, Share Music Using Garageband ’09
  • Create Home Page For Safari Using iWeb
  • Set-up Xcode For Software Development
  • How To Speed Up Your Mac
  • Install Windows Using Bootcamp
  • Some Essential Apps For Your Mac
  • Have Fun With Your Mac
You can just click this link: http://amzn.com/B006OM9JKK.
It will take you to Amazon's website directly to my ebook. You may want to see a sample inside the book by clicking the book cover, which says, "Click to look inside."

Note: After purchasing the ebook, you may need to install Kindle Reader by clicking this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_mac_ln_ar?docId=1000464931. Then, clicking Download Now button, and follow the installation instructions.

Kindle Reader Requirements: In order for you to use this Kindle Reader, your mac should be having version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and above 10.7.x (Lion).

To check for your mac version:
  • Click the Apple icon from the menu bar (on top-left of your screen).
  • Choose About This Mac, and it will show you the version below the Apple logo (for example, 10.7.4, which is Lion).
Note: To buy the ebook you will need an account by registering on Amazon's website: http://www.amazon.com. Then after signing-in, click the "Buy Now with One-Click."

For more information on how to buy in Amazon, go to www.amazon.com, and click Help, then type in your question on the search box, and click Search Help.

Thank you!



Wednesday, July 4, 2012

How To Fix iPhoto '09 Crashes When Exporting Slideshow

Every time you export to slideshow using iPhoto '09, it crashes. What worked for me is playing the slideshow first, before exporting the slideshow:


  • Click on the Slideshow Play button below. Choose your theme and music and watch the slideshow.
  • Then, you can now File->Export...->Slideshow and choose Mobile, or Medium.


That's it!

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

How To Fix Magic Mouse Or Magic Trackpad Not Connecting To Mac

You might encounter that your magic trackpad is not connecting sometimes to your mac at boot or on your desktop. There are some reasons:


  • Another bluetooth device is interfering with your trackpad.
  • Or, you still have another mouse connected using USB or bluetooth.


This confuses your mac and results to without any connection.


  • What you can do is if you have more than one mac, you put the other mac far enough without interfering with the other mac. Or, disconnect the other mouse attached to your mac.
  • Restart your mac, and turn on your trackpad.


If it still doesn't connect, check out this knowledge base in Apple's website for trouble-shooting: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3048.


Friday, June 29, 2012

How To Play A VCD In Mac OSX Lion

In Lion, there is no support for playing VCDs out-of-the-box. But, there are applications which you can use to view these like VLC and MPlayer OSX Extended.

VLC is nice, but having stuttering problems when playing VCDs. The other best option is Mplayer OSX Extended.


  • Download and install from this website: http://www.mplayerosx.ch/#downloads, from Google Code.
  • Also, install the Mplayer Binary Codec Package.
  • To run Mplayer, go to Applications->Mplayer OSX Extended.
Mplayer OSX Extended Icon
  • Then, File->Add to Playlist and under Devices, choose CD->MPEGAV folder, which has some .DAT files on it. Choose the last file (when it's the first VCD).
  • Then, Window->Show/Hide Playlist, and click the Play button.
  • When it is playing, you may want to put it to fullscreen: Movie->Fullscreen and change Aspect Ratio to Zoom to Fill or Stretch To Fill.
That's it. Enjoy!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Friday, April 6, 2012

Recommended Apple Mail Settings For Google Gmail


When syncing or downloading your messages from your Gmail account doesn't work, just follow this recommended settings on your Apple Mail:

From the Mail menu, click Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors

Drafts: Store draft messages on the server > do NOT check 
Sent: Store sent messages on the server > do NOT check
Junk: 
Store junk messages on the server > checked 
Delete junk messages when > Never 
Trash:
Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox > do NOT check
Store deleted messages on the server > do NOT check


That's it!