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Want a free incoming fax service where the faxes are sent straight to your email (and I mean completely free, no signup fee or anything)? Here is your answer:

Do you have more than one email address configured in your Mail program on your Mac, and you want to change the email address that it normally sends from? No problem. All you have to do is this:

This is a little known, but very handy tip that you can use whenever you want to hide your files and folders for whatever reason (e.g. the files have valuable financial info, you don’t want anyone else who uses your computer to see them, etc.). It’s very easy to do, but I still felt the [...]

You’ll enjoy this one, because it’s super easy. No more having to email your iPhone pics and videos to yourself to enjoy them on your computer. All you have to do is the following:

Ever have some files or folders that you want to make private so only you can see them, or so that when you bring your Mac in for repair (which is rare), your files are hidden? Well I just did a video that shows you exactly how to do it. Check it out!

I know this may be a simple task, but this feature is kind of hidden. If you start a project in iMovie ’09, don’t do anything with it, and then go back into iMovie ’09 later, you’ll be working under the same project name that you just created, not a new one. It saves whatever [...]

Do you want to view the full header of an email in gmail so you can track the email and see where it’s coming from? If so, here’s how:

If you’re having issue with Avira Antivirus updating on your system, you have a couple of options:

Recently, for whatever reason, my black Macbook all of a sudden did not have sound. I wasn’t sure what happened, whether my OS got corrupted or what. Did some quick research and figured out the cure. Here it is:

With the iPhone OS 2.0 and up, you can easily take a screenshot of your iPhone screen without downloading an app. Here’s how:

In this video, I talk about video that I did that shows you how to charge your RAZR V3 cell phone via a USB connection with your computer. That way you can be anywhere, even on the beach, and still be able to charge your RAZR. It also comes in very handy if you travel [...]

Can’t open a .wps file? Don’t know what application can read it? Both Mac and PC have free apps that you can download and install so you can open a .wps file and save it as a Word file, or whatever you choose. Here they are:

Just found out that you can now make calls with your iPod Touch by using VOiP software like Skype and JaJah. You need a 2nd generation iPod Touch to do it. Here is a quick breakdown how to do it:

Is Windows Vista driving you nuts asking you after every action if you really want to do what you have asked your computer to do? Well, you no longer have to deal with that. Here is how to turn it off:

If you want to know whether or not your anti-virus program is working, then here is a very simple way to create a fake virus so that you can test it (this is completely safe to do):

If you want an alternative to paying over $100/mo just to entertain yourselves via your TV, check out this article that explains how you can cancel your cable/satellite TV subscription and still watch great TV and movies via your computer on your TV. Here’s the article:

Do you have a desktop mic like this one from Plantronics, http://is.gd/ju7W, that works fine with your PC, but not your Mac? Here’s why:

If you’re wondering how to add your WordPress self-hosted blog to YouTube so you can post YouTube videos to your blog directly from YouTube, here is how to do it:

Are you getting double emails in Opera when you configure your Gmail account in Opera using the IMAP format? If so, here is the fix:

If you can’t open iTunes when you click on it or if you can’t close it, then it could be a couple of things. Here they are:

Do you need to merge some PDF files into one file, but you do not feel like shelling out the cash needed for Adobe Acrobat? Well, you’re in luck. Whether you are running OS X 10.5 Leopard, or an earlier OS, I have a solution for you. Here are the solutions:

I just made a short video on how to pay for something via a PayPal button on a website without a PayPal account. Here it is:

If any of you are a multi-tasker like myself, and you usually have a few windows of Notepad (PC) or TextEdit (Mac) open, then I have a solution for you. A client of mine told me about a Notepad program that has tabs for PC, and then I found one for Mac. Here they are:

If your My Documents folder keeps on popping up every time you start your Windows XP computer, then do the following:

There is a malware out there that makes itself look like it’s the XP Security Center, but it’s not. It’s malware and will tell you that your computer is infected with a virus. The real XP Security Center will never tell you that your computer is infected with a virus because it is not an [...]

If this happens to you, try resetting the CMOS. The way to do that is the following:

A client of mine recently had CCleaner, a valuable cleaning tool, delete a file that one of his programs (which was poorly designed) needed to run, even though that file was in a temp folder. The file that it deleted on his system was DAO.msi. So, if this happens to you with a different file, [...]

Even after you delete a contact in your Mac’s Address Book, it still may appear. How do you get rid of it entirely? Here’s how:

I was losing space on the c drive of my laptop, and found that over 2 gigs was being taken up by Windows Desktop Search, and as far as I know, it keeps accumulating over time, as it keeps indexing. No other program needs Windows Desktop Search to run, so there are no worries about [...]

Does the title of your WordPress home page not serve you or your business? Is it helping or hurting your ranking in Google? Does it even make sense when you read it? No? Then you’ve come to the right place. Here are two options that will allow you to change it. Update: According to some [...]

Having problems merging cells in Excel 2008? There are at least two solutions to this:

Here’s the fix: Fix for Leopard Mail™’s broken new mail alert

Want to burn a DMG file with your Mac? Just do the following:

Here are some simple things that you can do to avoid getting a virus on your computer:

Every time you install a program or perform a Software Update, you need to repair your disk permission. Often, when you install something on a Mac, the file permissions are changed. So, in order to keep your Mac running optimally, it is best to repair your disk permissions after you install something or perform a [...]

If you have a Mac, it is important that you perform a Software Update every so often. You can actually set it so that your Mac automatically downloads the updates and notifies you when it does. I explain how to do that in the video below. I also show you how to Repair Disk Permissions, [...]

Do you want to free up some space on the hard drive of your Mac, but don’t want to spend a lot of time doing it? In the video below, I show you how to use a free program to find the files that are taking up the most disk space and how to delete [...]

Would you like to speed up your computer a little? Well, there are some settings you can change on your computer that you can change easily and quickly with just a few clicks that can speed up your computer by up to 30% or more! Watch the video below to find out how: