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How to Safe Boot to troubleshoot your Mac in Safe Mode

Many Windows users are familiar with the F8 keystroke required to start their PCs in Safe Mode for troubleshooting purposes. Mac users can do the same, but in a slightly different way. If your Mac is freezing, not starting up correctly, or behaving in another…

How to Safe Boot to troubleshoot your Mac in Safe Mode
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How to place voice and FaceTime calls on hold with iPhone 4

Apple made some changes to the way users can put calls on hold with iPhone 4. While it may not appear to be there anymore, it is indeed still possible to place both voice and FaceTime calls on hold. The disappearance of the familiar Hold button…

How to place voice and FaceTime calls on hold with iPhone 4
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Free Giveaway! Radium, internet radio for your Mac’s menu bar

Folks who love listening to internet radio on their Mac will find plenty to like with Radium. It’s a lightweight application that sits in the menu bar and does its thing without ever getting in the way. The number of internet radio stations available…

Free Giveaway! Radium, internet radio for your Mac's menu bar
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4 hidden or buried features in iOS 4 that make life much better

Apple’s latest iOS update – version 4.0 – introduced some big new features like multitasking, folders, iBooks, and more. While those are all great improvements, the little things are often just as useful in everyday use. Many iPhone and iPod touch users…

4 hidden or buried features in iOS 4 that make life much better
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Free Giveaway! Compartments, a home inventory system for Mac

We all accumulate a growing number of personal items and valuables as time goes on. But would you be able to easily determine all that was lost if an unfortunate disaster were to occur? Home inventory software offers peace of mind…

Free Giveaway! Compartments, a unique home inventory system
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Free Giveaway! Yazsoft Speed Download, Playback, & ShareTool

If you need an internet download manager, a way to stream media to a PS3 & Xbox 360, or the ability to remotely access your home network, Yazsoft’s collection of Mac software is your best bet – Speed Download, Playback, & ShareTool…

Free Giveaway! Yazsoft Speed Download, Playback, & ShareTool
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Free Giveaway! DaisyDisk, analyze your Mac’s disk space usage

There are a number of utilities for Mac OS X that help users determine which files & folders are taking up all the space on their hard drives. But most don’t have the unique approach, ease of use, and overall polish of DaisyDisk. Have you ever suddenly…

Free Giveaway! DaisyDisk, analyze your Mac's disk space usage
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Kanex XD: Turn your 27″ iMac into an HDTV for gaming, Blu-ray

A new product from Kanex lets 27″ iMac owners input nearly any HDMI video source into their computer’s large display, effectively turning it into an LED HDTV. Last year MacYourself published a series of articles chronicling the…

Kanex XD: Turn your 27
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Convert songs to different file formats or 128kbps in iTunes

Despite changing how it’s done, Apple’s iTunes still lets users convert their songs to AAC, AIFF, MP3, WAV, and Apple Lossless once imported into the library. Not only that, iTunes has an option to encode lower bit rate versions for iPods, iPhones, and iPads…

Convert songs to different file formats or 128kbps in iTunes
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Pros and cons of AT&T’s new iPhone & iPad data plans

Today AT&T announced new data plans for smartphone & tablet devices – including the iPhone & iPad – that are causing quite the stir. While parts of the new plans are indeed better for customers, others are a complete & utter disaster…

Pros and cons of AT&T's new iPhone & iPad data plans
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Free Giveaway! MacKeeper, all-in-one maintenance tool & services

Looking to make your Mac faster? More organized? More secure? MacKeeper is a new application that aims to address all of those needs, plus a whole bunch more. It’s an all-in-one solution that will help keep your Mac running on all cylinders…

Free Giveaway! MacKeeper, all-in-one maintenance tool & services
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How to block access to a website in any Mac internet browser

No matter what browser you use – Safari, Firefox, Opera, Chrome – you can easily block access to certain websites by editing your Mac’s hosts file. In fact, it’s completely free and no extra software is required. Parents, employers, and computer…

How to block access to a website in any Mac internet browser
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