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!

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:

1. Drag the file to the right side of the Dock. One-click access!
2. Open a Finder window and drag the file to the sidebar.
3. Open a Finder window and drag the file to the title bar at the top.
4. Search for the first few letters of the filename in Spotlight.
5. Use the Recent Items flyout under the Apple Menu.

Click here to see a video demonstrating all 5 methods!

Did you know that you can create mailing labels right in Address Book? No need for 3rd party label software!  Not only that, but Address Book will also print envelopes and contact lists as well.

First, create a Group for the addresses you want to mail. To do this, click the + at the bottom of the Group column and give it a name.  Then, drag the names into that Group.

Next, click on the Group, and choose File→Print (or Cmd-P).

In the middle of the screen is a Styles dropdown. Choose Mailing Labels.

Below that is a Layout button. Choose Avery Standard, and then the Label style from the next dropdown.

On the next button called Label, you can choose whether to print Home, Work, or Both addresses. You can also sort the labels alphabetically or by zipcode. There are even boxes to include the Company name, Country, or just Country if it’s outside the USA.

Further down, you can even select the Font, Color, and Size.

To print Envelopes, go back to the Styles dropdown and choose Envelopes. You can turn on and off your return address. Choose your envelope size and the orientation used by your printer’s manual feeder.

You can also print Address Lists to keep handy. Choose Lists from the Style dropdown. Choose your paper size, and then put checkmarks in front of the fields you want to include.

Here are a few printing suggestions as well:

1. Use your manual paper feeder for labels and envelopes instead of the main paper drawer.
2. Many printers have a door on back that you can open. Instead of the labels bending around the printer platen and possibly coming off, the sheet now has a straight path and will come out the back.
3. When printing labels, first print one copy of page 1 on regular paper. Place it over a blank sheet of labels and hold them both up to a light. Look to see if the addresses are centered on the label or if they overlap.  If necessary, go back to your printer settings and make adjustments so the text fits on one label.

Once you’ve selected all your options, click Print!