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Free Giveaway! Show iCal events on the desktop with iDeskCal

Isn’t it tiring always having to open iCal to take a quick glance at your schedule? With a program called iDeskCal, this problem no longer exists. You can view a nice list of events (and To Do tasks) right on your Mac’s desktop. A couple weeks ago I realized…

Free Giveaway! Show iCal events on the desktop with iDeskCal
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Holiday gift ideas: 11 convenient iPhone and iPod accessories

With just a few weeks left before Christmas, the holiday shopping season is flying by. If you’re trying to figure out what to get for an iPhone or iPod owner, here are 11 ideas to point you in the right direction. Apple’s portable…

Holiday gift ideas: 11 convenient iPhone and iPod accessories
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Change default font in Office 2008’s Word and iWork ’09’s Pages

Mac users have a dilemma! The platform’s two most popular word processors are pre-configured to use fonts people generally do not want to use. Folks who need Times New Roman to be the default font have to do some tweaking. One of the most…

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Holiday gift ideas: 10 Mac software titles anyone would love

As promised, the 2009 MacYourself Holiday Gift Guide continues with a list of quality Mac software. Computers are only as good as the software that runs on them, so surprise the Mac lover in your life with one of the following titles! Apple geeks tend to want to keep up with the latest…

Holiday gift ideas: 10 Mac software titles anyone would love
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5 Mac mouse-related utilities that alter acceleration, add features

Some Mac users, especially those that come from the Windows world, are bugged by OS X’s mouse acceleration curve. A number of developers have created software utilities to alter this behavior. To provide some background information…

5 Mac mouse-related utilities that alter acceleration, add features
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Holiday gift ideas: 9 affordable Mac hardware accessories

‘Tis the season to freak out about gifts and who is getting who what for the holidays. To help ease the stress, we’re launching a weekly shopping guide with gift ideas for the Apple product owner in your life. Nothing shows…

Holiday gift ideas: 9 affordable Mac hardware accessories
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MacGraPhoto: Get 7 Mac graphics applications for less than $40

Apparent Software has put together an enticing bundle of 7 high-quality graphics programs for the price of one. MacGraPhoto is a two-week special offer made possible by the participation of 7 great Mac developers. Special deals like this aren’t normally…

MacGraPhoto: Get 7 Mac graphics applications for less than $40
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Toggle time totals, precisely scrub playback & volume in iTunes

By taking a few minutes to play and click around in iTunes, users can discover some interesting things hidden within Apple’s media management software. I think it’s safe to say a majority of us use iTunes to organize and play our music, among other things…

Toggle time totals, precisely scrub playback & volume in iTunes
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3-Finger swipe gestures in Finder, Mail, Preview, iMovie, & more

Apple is running full steam ahead with integrating Multi-Touch into Mac notebooks. For the past couple years, they’ve shipped trackpads capable of advanced gestures – such as the versatile 3-finger swipe – that make everyday tasks…

3-Finger swipe gestures in Finder, Mail, Preview, iMovie, & more
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Quote selected text, include original attachments in Mail replies

Replying to messages is obviously a major part of the email process. In Apple’s Mail software, there are a few things users can do to make replies easier to compose now and more convenient to find later on. Mail is a program that many…

Quote selected text, include original attachments in Mail replies
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Push media to iTunes 9 with “Automatically Add to iTunes” folder

An unheralded new feature in iTunes 9 gives users a place to queue up music and video files to be added to their iTunes libraries without the program even being open. As usual, Apple has done a good job of advertising the major highlights…

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Nifty ways to minimize & un-minimize windows in Snow Leopard

Expanding on some features already in previous versions of Mac OS X and also introducing new ones, 10.6 Snow Leopard offers users more ways to work with minimized windows. As mentioned at the end of MacYourself’s article…

Nifty ways to minimize & un-minimize windows in Snow Leopard
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