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John will be retiring to the North in his newly acquired house so we wanted to thank him for his excellent work while here at Mac Aid and wish him all the best for the future. He’s been a fantastic employee and friend in the last 5 years with us at Mac Aid and will be sorely missed..
Feel free to pass along any messages you want to get to him – I’ll make sure they find their way to John.
This months tip is for those of you who have late model laptops and have upgraded to OS X Lion.
As you’ve all probably experienced, the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air range all have fantastic trackpads with multitouch capabilities.
One handy thing we’ve discovered is that you can enable ‘three finger tap’ and use that to move windows and files/folders. This differs from the normal ‘click and drag’ method in the way the windows/icons behave when moving them, and that you don’t actually have to click the trackpad. The gesture basically replaces the ‘click and drag’ operation.
For those of you who don’t know what iTunes Match is, here’s a brief rundown.
iTunes Match is a yearly subscription that gives you the option to connect your iTunes library to your Apple ID. iTunes will then check and ‘match’ your library agains the millions of songs available in the iTunes Music Store. If some of your songs are not matched, they will instead be uploaded to Apple’s servers.
This gives you the benefit of having almost instant access to all your music in your music library at any time. Now you don’t have to load up specific playlists on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad before you leave home. If you have a song in your iTunes Match library, just download it when you want it!
It also works if you have a laptop with limited hard drive space. Just sign in to iTunes Match, see your entire music library and just download the songs that you want. When you’re done you can delete them off your device, but they will still be available for you via iTunes Match.
The cost for this service is $34.99 for one year and it’s limited to users with 25000 songs or less in their iTunes libraries.
To sign up, just open iTunes and go to the iTunes Store. To the right on the main page, in the ‘Quick Links’ section you will see ‘iTunes Match’.
Once signed up, your library will be scanned, your songs matched and finally the non matched songs will be uploaded.
Read more here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4914
This months tip is for those of you who have late model laptops and have upgraded to OS X Lion.
As you’ve all probably experienced, the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air range all have fantastic trackpads with multitouch capabilities.
One handy thing we’ve discovered is that you can enable ‘three finger tap’ and use that to move windows and files/folders. This differs from the normal ‘click and drag’ method in the way the windows/icons behave when moving them, and that you don’t actually have to click the trackpad. The gesture basically replaces the ‘click and drag’ operation.
Now comes to time that we must say farewell to our beloved John Proctor
As you’ve all probably experienced, the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air range all have fantastic trackpads with multitouch capabilities.
One handy thing we’ve discovered is that you can enable ‘three finger tap’ and use that to move windows and files/folders. This differs from the normal ‘click and drag’ method in the way the windows/icons behave when moving them, and that you don’t actually have to click the trackpad. The gesture basically replaces the ‘click and drag’ operation.
With this feature enabled you just have to touch the trackpad with three fingers, while dragging, to initiate moving a window or a file/folder in the Finder. You can also ‘coast’ the windows/icons by leaving two fingers on the trackpad and ‘flick’ with the third finger which will move the window/icon in a similar fashion to the inertial scrolling in iOS. (It’s easier to try it than to explain it.)
To enable the feature, go to ‘System Preferences / Trackpad. Select the ‘Point & Click’ tab if not already active. Then make sure the option for ‘Three finger drag’ is ticked.
Now comes to time that we must say farewell to our beloved John Proctor
For those of you who don’t know what iTunes Match is, here’s a brief rundown.
Though John’s a hard man to replace, we’re adamant that we’ll find someone with a natural flair and experience with Apple computers, great communication skills and the ability to deliver some of the best support around the city.
If you know someone who might be suited to the role – have them get in touch with us. In fact, if your recommendation is successful in gaining the role then you’ll be the proud new owner of an iPad 2 32GB.
You can find further information through this link
http://www.apple.com/au/employment/resellers.html.
Using Keychain for personal information.
Outside of Keychains first use of remembering your logins for websites and mail, wireless internet passwords and even address details, there are some more specific uses that are great for safe storage of personal information.
Speed bump to MacBook Pro laptops.
Apple #4 on Greenpeace’s annual ranking of electronic manufacturers by environmental criteria.
Keychain’s ‘know it all’ ability is something that I have always been weary of. I’ve never liked the idea of keeping too much personal information and passwords on a portable computer but as it turns out, it’s actually very secure.
Keychain is user specific and requires a password to access any specific information such as passwords and make any changes, so unless you don’t have a password on your computer (set one now if you don’t) it’s safe against other users of that machine.
In fact Keychain is much, much more secure than many commonly adopted methods of storing that personal info, from ‘little black books’ to that all important ‘sticky’ note with logins and credit card details.
A neat way to store your most valuable information is to create a new keychain, name it what you want, and then attribute a specific password to it. Whether it’s logins, passwords, or even secure notes this can become your personal little black book, hidden away and completely secure with an independent password from the rest of your system. .
The impending retirement of one of Melbourne’s favourite Mac Tech’s, John Proctor.
John has announced his retirement to the warmer climates of the north and though he may be with us for a while yet we must begin our search for a suitable technician to step into the role.
Read more here.
Speed bump to MacBook Pro laptops.
Apple #4 on Greenpeace’s annual ranking of electronic manufacturers by environmental criteria.
Read more here.
