If you use Entourage 2004 or 2008, I believe that it’s critically important that you backup your Entourage database daily or even more often. Read More from “Why It’s Critically Important to Backup Entourage”
How to Hide and Switch Macintosh Applications
Is your Mac’s screen cluttered with too many windows? Do you drag windows left and right, up and down, trying to find the window that you’re looking for? There is a better way to manage window clutter on your Mac. Apple offers a number of tools and techniques including Spaces, Expose, Minimize Window and others. This article talks about my preferred method. Read More from “How to Hide and Switch Macintosh Applications”
Replacement Applications for PageMaker
Are you looking for a replacement for PageMaker? Did you like the easy of use that PageMaker offered? It was a basic page layout application. Adobe realized that PageMaker wasn’t capable enough for professional designers so they replaced it with InDesign. However, InDesign is overkill for many small business owners who just want to create simple flyers or newsletters. Here’s a list of applications that you mind find as a suitable replacement for PageMaker. In a future blog post I will compare the best of this list. Read More from “Replacement Applications for PageMaker”
How To Reduce The Amount Of Spam In Your Inbox
Dealing with spam or junk email in your Inbox is a waste of time. If you run a small business, the time wasted identifying and deleting email can add up over weeks or months. This is true whether you are one person or a multi-person team. Here are a couple of ways to reduce the amount of spam that you receive in your email Inbox. Read More from “How To Reduce The Amount Of Spam In Your Inbox”
Underutilized Features Of Apple’s Mail
Here’s a list of features in Apple’s Mail application which I use regularly and people appreciate when I point them out. Read More from “Underutilized Features Of Apple’s Mail”
Locate and Erase Your iPhone Using iCloud
Did you know that you can remotely find and/or erase your iPhone? You can if you have a free AppleID account, have signed into iCloud and have enabled the Find My iPhone feature. Read More from “Locate and Erase Your iPhone Using iCloud”
How to Password Protect Your iPhone
I recommend that every iPhone owner enable the password protection feature built into the iPhone. Then, if you ever lose your iPhone others won’t be able to view your iPhone’s contents or run up your bill by placing lots of calls. Read More from “How to Password Protect Your iPhone”
Increase Your Productivity With A Clipboard Manager
Have you ever found yourself flipping back and forth between a web page and an email message, copying and pasting mulitple pieces of information from the web page into your email message? If so, then you should use a clipboard manager application to access multiple clipboards. Read More from “Increase Your Productivity With A Clipboard Manager”
What Shredding Options Are Available For Small Businesses And Residences In Seattle And Bellevue?
Do you have occasional shredding needs that are too much for the shredder that you have in your office or at home? If so, you might like to know about Datasite’s residential shredding services This is an excellent service for Puget Sound small office and home office customers. Read More from “What Shredding Options Are Available For Small Businesses And Residences In Seattle And Bellevue?”
How To Create An Encrypted Disk Image
This post builds upon the information that I presented in my last blog entry about how to securely store personal information on your Mac. A disk image is a special kind of file. When a disk image file is opened, it makes the computer think that an actual disk, like a CD, has been physically inserted into the computer. Thus, a disk image file, or more simply a disk image, can be thought of as a virtual disk. Read More from “How To Create An Encrypted Disk Image”
How Can I Securely Store Passwords On My Mac?
Do you have personal or sensitive information about yourself or your clients on your Mac? Things such as credit card numbers or passwords? If so, I recommend storing this information in a special kind of file known as an encrypted disk image. I store a list of my own passwords and other sensitive information in such a file on my Mac laptop. This file is always readily available while still being inaccessible to others, even if my laptop were stolen. Read More from “How Can I Securely Store Passwords On My Mac?”
How Do You Take A Screen Snapshot On A Mac?
Screen snapshots are pictures of a portion of the screen. Being able to take a screen snapshot can be very useful. I typically use this feature several times each day. Here are some reasons why I commonly take a screen snapshot: Read More from “How Do You Take A Screen Snapshot On A Mac?”
Have You Had Problems Finding A File On Your Mac?
Apple’s search tool, Spotlight, does not search every folder on your Mac’s hard drive. Apple configures it to skip some folders that it thinks you won’t want to search. For example, Spotlight doesn’t search inside the various Library folders on your Mac. If you’re looking for a font, such as Helvetica, Spotlight won’t find it for you. Read More from “Have You Had Problems Finding A File On Your Mac?”
Do You Access Your Email Account From Multiple Computers?
Do you access your email account from multiple computers? Have you added a smartphone to the mix as well? If so, you should be aware of IMAP. IMAP-enabled email accounts offer better email handling than old-fashioned POP email accounts. Read More from “Do You Access Your Email Account From Multiple Computers?”
Do You Have A Lot Of Email Messages To File? Use MsgFiler
Would you like to spend less time filing your email messages? If so, you should try MsgFiler. It is a keyboard-based filing system for Apple Mail. MsgFiler (read “Message Filer”) is critical to me. I should note that Mail uses the term Mailbox instead of mail folder, but in this context they are synonymous. Read More from “Do You Have A Lot Of Email Messages To File? Use MsgFiler”
Use Google’s Advanced Search Features
Here are a couple of tips to help you use Google more productively. Google supports many advanced search criteria to refine a search. This Google page gives you an overview of the available criteria. The two criteria that I use most frequently are “this exact phrase” and “search within a site”. Let me give you examples of how I use these features. Read More from “Use Google’s Advanced Search Features”
Application Launchers enhance productivity
Is your Dock over-crowded with icons? If so, then maybe you would benefit from using an application launcher. An application launcher allows you to open any application installed on your Mac using your keyboard. Read More from “Application Launchers enhance productivity”
Did You Know That You Can Dictate Email Messages On Your iPhone?
It’s possible to have your iPhone transcribe your speech. Last week, Dragon Dictation, a temporarily free application, was added to the iTunes App Store. This application records your voice, transcribes it, and lets you paste the text into a new email message, text message or any other iPhone application. I tested it last week. It’s not perfect, but works surprisingly well. Read More from “Did You Know That You Can Dictate Email Messages On Your iPhone?”