March 25th, 2010
Do you visit the same websites every day? Do you open them one at a time, or open a half-dozen windows at a time? This tip will save you a ton of time and effort. Create a button on your Bookmark Bar that opens a group of tabs at once!
This works particularly well for opening all your bank accounts at once, all your news pages, or your email account and Google at the same time.
To create a Bookmark Group, first open each website in its own tab. To create a new tab, press Command-T, or File>New Tab. Navigate to the page you want. Create another tab, and open up the next page in the series. Do this until you have all the pages open in different tabs.
Be sure to go to the login page where you enter your password, not just the landing page, otherwise you’ll still have to click to it every time!
Once you have the tabs set up, go up to the Bookmarks menu and choose “Add Bookmark for these X tabs.” A window will pop up that says “Saved Tabs”. Change that to something short yet descriptive, like “Banking” or “News” or “My Tabs”. Be sure that the dropdown says “Bookmark Bar” (if it says something else, change it to this). Click Add.
Look on the left of your Bookmarks Bar. You’ll now see the name you typed, with a little square to the right. Click on it anytime, and it will reset the window to your tab set instantly.
Click here to see a video demonstration!
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March 12th, 2010
We have a few 24″ iMacs left and these are a great upgrades to the 21.5″ models. If you are doing any photo or video editing, the additional video ram in the 24″ models give you a great performance boost for a little more $$. 24″, 2.93ghz, 4gb, 640gb – now only $1,399.
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March 11th, 2010
In February we introduced the MacPac Academy, where you can take low-cost classes to learn how to use your Mac efficiently, minimizing your learning curve. Alicia and Doug love teaching, and it shows! Here are a few comments from satisfied customers/students:
“I liked the speed of the instructor. Answered questions. Easy to understand.”
“Excellent – thorough – patient – organized – proficient. Practical advice.”
“This makes more sense than the trial-and-error method.”
“She answered all our questions as she taught.”
“Super. Wonderful. Awesome!”
“Liked the hands-on classroom computer.”
“Liked the rapid fire of information. Very pleasant, courteous, patient.”
“Liked the small class size and good interaction.”
“I liked all of it and learned a lot.”
“Great as usual. Always moves at the pace of the students. Very helpful.”
“Fun, clear, professional.”
Click here for a list of upcoming classes. Call MacPac at 503-256-5210 to sign up!
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March 2nd, 2010
I see far too many people keeping their most important files on their desktop. I know what they’re thinking: “I can get to it so easily from here!”
But that’s like owning a file cabinet, and keeping your most essential documents piled in a stack on top of it!
You can accidentally throw them in the trash…save over them…forget to back them up…. You have to look at the clutter all the time. Plus, it actually requires your computer to work a little harder because it has to keep drawing their icons!
The first step in cleaning up the clutter is to put the files away where they belong. Put your files in the Documents folder, and your photos in iPhoto or the Pictures folder. After you’ve straightened up your desktop, here are five ways of accessing your files just as easily:
- Drag the file to the right side of the Dock. One-click access!
- Open a Finder window and drag the file to the sidebar.
- Open a Finder window and drag the file to the title bar at the top.
- Search for the first few letters of the filename in Spotlight.
- Use the Recent Items flyout under the Apple Menu.
Click here to see a video demonstrating all 5 methods!
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