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I really enjoy the availability of “Active Corners” . Active Corners is the ability to use each corner of the screen to perform and action. You can control the settings for Active Corners in System Preferences -> Expose and Spaces on the Expose tab. (as seen in the picture below) You can ask any of the 4 corners of the display to launch any of the following.

• All Windows
• Application Windows
• Desktop
• Dashboard
• Start Screen Saver
• Disable Screen Saver
• Sleep Display

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A week or 2 ago I went to the At&t Store in Greenville to complain about the lousy coverage I have gotten on my iPhone and my wife’s blackberry. The AT&T rep stated that I should be resetting the phone at least once a week if not every day. I asked why and she went into the dissertation she received via e-mail a few month ago and I lost interest very quickly. The gist of it was so the phone will get the most up to date information and make sure that the phone is using the right tower for its signal. So I agreed and reset my iPhone on the spot. I really did not expect it to make any difference but it did. My only problem is the time it takes to reset the iPhone. Then I had an idea, what if I just put the phone on Airplane mode for a second? That would make it drop and regain its signal. IT WORKED!!!

Getting the iPhone into airplane mode is very simple just go the settings button and move the very top sider to turn “ON” Airplane Mode, wait a second or two and the slide it back to off.

I have begun using Pages more and more lately to make some really nice documents. So far there has only been one thing that really ticks me off about pages. When I type in an e-mail address or a Website I automatically turns it into a hyperlink. Read the rest of this entry »

In the event of a drive failure, Time Machine has the ability to create a bootable backup. It takes some preparation, however, which must be done before disaster strikes.

Using Disk Utility, create a partition on the drive you are using for Time Machine (see Disk Utility Help for instructions on how to do this without erasing your Time Machine backups). The new partition must be large enough to hold the contents of your computer’s drive, plus 10 or 20Gb of elbow room. If your system weighs 85Gb, then the new partition should be 100Gb or so. Leave this partition blank, and go on with your life.
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Apples Business division has posted a 30 minute or so seminar about how to use the iWork products in an office environment. You will have to register for the seminar prior to viewing it but its well worth giving them you e-mail address for.

Check out the seminar here.

After the folks at Kensington have released the new Mac and PC compatible Dual Monitor Adapter you can use the usb port to connect a second monitor. I have a 2 monitor setup when ever I am in my office and love it. It makes it very easy to keep some things open and not take up space where I am working.

This product will also help out laptop owners who want to have a dual monitor setup and make the one on the laptop not in the pair.

The Dual Monitor Adapter is a bit high in my opinion at 119.00 but I feel sure it will come down as I gains popularity.

If you are the type of user who opens lots of windows in one space and they start stacking on top of each other (like the picture below)then this tip is for you.

There are a few ways you can get to any of the open windows. You could just start scrolling through them like we showed you about in this article (Switch Between All Open Windows), or you could use expose. For me the best way to start working in the window I want is to use the Option + Command and click right on the window I want to work in. The major benefit to this method is the it will drop all other windows to the back automatically. Just like you see in the picture below.

Now you may ask where did all my windows go when this happens, don’t worry they were just hid. Use you Command + Tab to get tot he application you are wanting to get to.

If you want to be able to get Time Machine’s  icon off the menu bar to free up room for something else you can. To do this open the Time Machine Preferences and un-checking the box “Show Time Machine status in the menu bar”.

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Did you know that you can still get .Mac from Amazon.com for 69.99. By the time you receive it and sign in the new ME.com could be ready to roll out. If not you will be ready at the time of launch and not have to wait on Mobile Me to get shipped to you. You will also save 30.00 on the new service. If you get the new ME.com service let us know your address so we can send you a line.

Get .Mac from Amazon Here.

See everything that was the WWDC Keynote 2008. I cant wait until July 11th, how about you?