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A Mac geek’s take on birth announcements
With a new family member on the way, Dan Frakes takes advantage of his Mac toolbox to set up instant baby announcements.Mobile Mac
Essential mobile gear
As a <em>Macworld</em> editor, Iu2019m often asked what I pack in my laptop bag; hereu2019s a look at the kinds of accessories that are on my must-have on-the-go list, along with some specific examples of them.How-To
Fix and prevent iPhone freezes and crashes
Freezes and crashes are generic iPhone problems that can occur in any iPhone software, from Safari to Maps. In this excerpt from Take Control of Your iPhone, Ted Landau explains how to recover from freezes and crashes and how to avoid them in the first place.Updated
Fitting your files on a MacBook Air
If youu2019ve ordered a MacBook Air, youu2019ve got some storage decisions to make. The 80GB of storage that ships with this thin notebook goes against the trend of higher-capacity hard drives. But not to worryu2014Joe Kissell has some advice on how to make sure all your vital files and applications fit on your new laptop.How-To
The portable hotspot
If you travel with colleagues for business trips, or if your multiple-Mac family brings its laptops on vacation, getting Internet access for everyone can be an exercise in configuration frustration. There is an alternative: a cellular router.How-To
Avoid iPhone navigation and typing hassles
New to the iPhone? Then you'll need to learn how to master its MultiTouch interface. In this excerpt from the new Take Control of Your iPhone ebook, Ted Landau shows you how to understand iPhone gestures, make text more readable, and master the onscreen keyboard.How-To
Improving AirPort’s range
While Wi-Fi signals are supposed to reach 150 feet in any direction from a gateway, that optimistic number is rarely reached indoors.How-To
Troubleshooting AirPort Interference
Imagine a large room full of loud people. Voices bounce off the walls, making it impossible to follow any one conversation. That’s something like what happens to wireless networks: there are all sorts of other electronic devices out there using the same wireless spectrum, and your AirPort hardware can have a hard time distinguishing one transmitter from another.How-To
22 top iPhone tips
You can do a lot with the iPhone—surf the Web, send e-mail, listen to music, and (yes) make phone calls—with just a touch of a virtual button. But dig a little deeper, and you can do even more.How-To
Unlocking an iPhone
A step by step look at unlocking the iPhone's SIM card and making it available to other cell carriers' networks.How-To
Internet-calling FAQ
Making calls over the Internet can shrink your home phone and cell phone bills. But voice over IP (VoIP) is more than just thrifty—it mixes traditional calling with new features that simply aren’t possible with a plain old telephone. Ready to jump on the bandwagon? Here are answers to some of the most common questions.How-To
Laptop gems
Here are some favorite pieces of low-cost software specifically designed for—or just especially handy for—use on a laptop.How-To
GPS for the Mac
Over the past ten years, GPS technology has gone from the military to the mainstream. It’s now a fixture in cars, many folks carry portable GPS units with them on outdoor adventures, and we’re no longer wowed by the fact that you can precisely determine your location almost anywhere in the world.How-To
Adding custom ringtones to your iPhone
Dismayed by the iPhone's unwillingness to let you customize your ringtones? Don't be — third-party applications exist that add this missing capability. Jim Dalrymple walks you through how to do it with an app called iFuntastic.How-To
What IT staff can do if the CEO gets an iPhone
Computerworld's Seth Weintraub outlines a few easy steps that IT staffers can take to make the iPhone fit into their operation.How-To
Automate your Mac with the iPhone
Christopher Breen takes a look at a collection of four helpful Mail rules used in conjunction with Apple’s Mail and the iPhone released as part of iPhone Mail Rules v1.0 from Automator.us.How-To
Twenty-one favorite iPhone tips
Looking to get the most out of your iPhone? We've got 21 tips on browsing better, e-mailing more effectively, and using the Maps and Contacts features with greater efficiency. And we're on the lookout for even more tips, so come share some of yours.How-To
New AirPort, old network
Apple’s new AirPort Extreme Base Station, based on the still-in-progress IEEE 802.11n standard, can wirelessly transmit more than 90 megabits per second (Mbps) of data.How-To
Notebook cleanup and protection
Laptops are subject to far more abuse than desktop Macs. Dirt, dust, and scratches keep them from looking new for long. But that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with smudges, stains, and scrapes. Here’s how to make your Mac laptop look good again—and how to then keep it that way.How-To
No-stress remote access
When you’re at the office or on the road, it can be handy to have remote access to your home Mac—so you can retrieve a forgotten file, start a large download, or perform some other task.How-To
Three for the road
If you travel with any regularity, chances are you have your favorite tricks for making each trip go as smoothly as possible. Here are a few more techniques to add to your repertoire, from three of our mobile Mac experts.How-To
Mac 911 – March 2007
Christopher Breen offers up tips on how to sync your Address Book without .Mac, find missing iPhoto pictures, fix fonts in TextEdit and run Windows safely.How-To
Upgrade your laptop
Your laptop is a couple of years old, and you’re not particularly happy with its performance anymore—but you aren’t ready to spring for a new one. What to do? You’ve probably considered upgrading your portable Mac. But what, exactly, should you upgrade?How-To
Troubleshooting MacBooks
When Apple put the MacBook and the MacBook Pro on the market, both were justly lauded for their superb performance but just as loudly criticized for flawed batteries, overheating, and other glitches. If you’ve been having problems with either model, we have tips for working around the worst of them.How-To
Mac 911 – Sept. 2006
This month, Chris Breen offers his tips for restoring sidebar entries, smarter backup burning, tweaking Pages’ templates, slimming Mail’s IMAP messages, covering your tracks and much more.How-To
Get online from anywhere
Until recently, if you wanted to get online while on the road, you had two main options: jack in to your hotel’s in-house network or find a Wi-Fi hotspot. But a third option is slowly gaining traction.How-To
Amazing Mac mods
Modders love their Macs (and iPods) so much that they want to paint them, accessorize them, and put them into new cases—making the outside as personalized as their on-screen desktops. Here are some of our favorites.How-To
On-the-go entertainment
When you're on the road and done with the labors of the day, you can look to your Mac laptop for diversion. Here are a few accessories that can turn your PowerBook, MacBook Pro, or iBook into a mobile entertainment center.How-To
Mobile Computing: Copying Video to a Handheld
We discuss the in and outs, pros and cons, and thorny legal issues.How-To
Create a wireless hotspot
Whether you want to entice customers to your hip café or simplify life for everyone in your apartment building, it makes sense to set up a wireless hotspot.How-To
Beyond basic black
Laptop bags have long been the Model Ts of the accessories world: practical, homely, and black. That’s changing. When it comes to toting your favorite Mac, basic black is way, way out.How-To
Mac 911
Chris Breen takes a look problems dealing with an insomniac Mac, doing diagnostics, the cure for missing Key Caps, an imageless Outlook and old-school drives.How-To
iChat power tips
With version 3.0, Apple greatly enhanced iChat AV, adding new features such as support for multiple-person audio and video chats. Of course, it’s easy to launch iChat and start typing, but you can take your chats further with these tips.How-To
Get online with a cell phone
The best way to access the Internet when you’re on the road is to connect your laptop to a broadband service via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. And your laptop’s internal modem can provide a reliable, if slow, way to get online. But what if none of these connections is available? The answer may be to use your cell phone as a modem.How-To
Ad hoc networking
When you’re on the road, your portable Mac is often on its own. And while you can often get Net access, one way or another, there are times when you need to share that access, or share files, with your traveling companions. The solution is ad hoc (or computer-to-computer) networking.How-To
Mac 911
Chris Breen offers solutions on reindexing Spotlight, giving slide shows a voice, bugging iMovie, working wirelessly and figuring out whether to upgrade or trade up?How-To
Fix AirPort printing problems
Sharing a printer among multiple computers over an AirPort network usually just works. But according to online reports and reader mail, it doesn’t work all the time. Here are five basic troubleshooting steps.How-To
How to use hotspots
You’d have to be living far, far away from a Starbucks not to know that Wi-Fi hotspots are everywhere these days. But using those hotspots to get online isn’t always easy.How-To
Stranger in a Strange LAN
If you’re trying to log onto a network using an AirPort Base Station, your Mac will alert you to the presence of the network. But if it’s a non-Apple network, getting on can be anything but simple. Find out how to navigate the wireless maze.How-To
Dialing for Less
Feeling the need to phone home without breaking the bank? You can turn your Mac into a telephone and place long-distance calls—even calls overseas—for a fraction of what you’re currently paying.How-To
Extend Your Wireless Reach
As great as it is for connecting wirelessly to the Internet, Apple’s AirPort technology has range issues. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to extend the range of your AirPort network—we’ll show you how.How-To
Portable Protection
Keep your portable Mac products spotless with a few of these protective products.How-To
Cool Geek Tricks
Add to your geek wizardry with three tricks—resurrecting lost print jobs, preventing server-log wipeout, and creating an iChat autoreplier—guaranteed to impress your friends and get you out of sticky situations.How-To
Mac OS X Hints
Find out how to use Exposé to work on a single window, modify tab behavior on Web forms in Mozilla and Firefox, use Terminal to test for corrupted preference files, disable certain iChat AV emoticons, and route Terminal Unix command output to TextEdit.How-To
The Playlist: Clean Up Your MP3 Collection
Tunes in a tizzy? Here's how to get them organized in a few easy steps.How-To
Mobile Mac
What happens when you order a hard-working journalist to kick back on the couch? He reviews laptop stands. No matter how you use your portable Mac — on your lap or on a desk — one of the 11 stands in this review is right for you.How-To