If you’ve gone to Abobe.com via Firefox and have tried to install the Flash Player plugin for Firefox, but it doesn’t install (even though it looks like it did; it’s still not viewing all Flash objects correctly), then here is the fix:

Just go here and download it from there. Download it to your desktop. Then, make sure Firefox, Netscape, and Opera are closed, and then install it. You should be good to go after that!

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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:

Efax. They hide the link to their free service, but if you Google it, you’ll find it. But you don’t have to do that, because here it is:

http://www.efax.com/efax-free

Just make sure you only fill out the following fields:

First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Confirm Email Address
Zip Code

If you fill anything else out, the blue “Start Faxing” button won’t work, and you’ll have to sign up for the 30-day trial of eFax Plus to the right of it.

I believe there is a limit of 20 pages per month (incoming, of course). Enjoy!

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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:

1. Open Mail
2. Go to the MAIL MENU in the upper left corner of your screen and select PREFERENCES
3. Click on the COMPOSING tab
4. Half way down, you’ll see SEND NEW MESSAGES FROM. Click the pop-up menu to the right of it and select the email address that you normally want to send email from
5. Click the red circle/button in the upper left corner of that window to close it
6. Done!

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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 need to do a video about it. I also added the text below the video in case you prefer to read.

Here is the video!

Click here to view the embedded video.

And here is the text version of how to do it:

How to Hide Your Files and Folders

1.  RIGHT-click on the folder that you want to hide, go to PROPERTIES, and check the box next to “Hidden” at the bottom of that window
2.  Click OK
3.  Select “Apply Changes to this folder, subfolders, and files” (this setting will hide everything inside that folder; “subfolders” are folders that are inside that folder)
4.  Click OK again
5.  The folder will disappear

How to See the Hidden Folder and its Contents, and Then
Hide Them Again

1.  To see the folder as well as its contents again, open Windows Explorer (Go to START>PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIES>WINDOWS EXPLORER)
2.  Go to the TOOLS menu at the top of the WINDOWS EXPLORER and select FOLDER OPTIONS
3.  Click on the VIEW tab
4.  Select SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS
5.  Click OK
6.  The hidden folder that you just hid will now appear, only it will be faded, which means that it’s a hidden folder
7.  You can now open it and view/work with the files
8.  To hide it again, just follow Steps 6 – 10, except in Step 9, select DO NOT SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS, but make sure you do not have any of the files that are in that folder open in any
program

How to No Longer Hide the Hidden Folder and Its Contents

If you no longer wish to hide that folder and its contents, and you have the folder options set to DO NOT SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS, (where you can’t see the hidden folder) then follow steps 1 –  5 under How to See the Hidden Folder and its Contents… above.

Once you see the hidden folder (again, it will be faded), then do the following:

1.  RIGHT-click on the folder
2.  Select PROPERTIES
3.  UNcheck the box next to HIDDEN
4.  Click OK

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I was getting the same message with one of my systems. It was not even listing the hard drive or the CD-ROM in the BIOS. It ended up being a very easy fix.

Here was the fix:

I simply replaced the CMOS battery. This system was a desktop, by the way. The CMOS batter is a small round battery found on the motherboard, and has the battery code of CR2032, in case you need to go buy it. Radio Shack has them. But I would make sure the one that is in there is low on power before you go out and buy a new one. You’ll need a battery tester to do this.

Once you have confirmed that it is the battery, and you have a new one in your hand, just pop out the old one on the motherboard, and put in the new one. BEFORE you take it out, make sure you note how it goes in, and make sure you replace it quickly. You still may have to reset the date and time, as well as some of the settings in the BIOS. If you don’t know what they are, then just load the default BIOS settings in the BIOS.

Replacing the CMOS battery is for intermediate to advanced users. However, if you are a beginner and you are ambitious, just Google it if you need visuals.

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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:

1. Plug your iPhone into your computer like you always do when you want to put music on it or Sync it with your computer (just plug it in via USB)
2. Go into your Applications and DOUBLE-click on IMAGE CAPTURE
3. Click on your iPhone in IMAGE CAPTURE, which should be listed on the left hand side of the IMAGE CAPTURE program window (it will be named your name, or whatever you named it)
4. You will now see all of your pics and videos listed on the right hand side
5. If you only want to import some of them, then choose the ones you want by holding down the COMMAND key (the open apple key to the left of your keyboard) and selecting the pics and videos that you want (skip this step if you want to import all of the pics and videos)
6. Choose where you would like to import them to by clicking on the menu next to “IMPORT TO” at the bottom of the program window (choosing iPhoto is recommended)
7. Now either choose IMPORT if you selected certain pics and vids in STEP 5, or choose IMPORT ALL if you want all of your pictures and videos imported into iPhoto
6. Enjoy!

Yes, iPhoto can handle videos. And if you want to import the videos that you have in iPhoto into iMovie so you can edit them, after you import them into iPhoto, simply open iMovie and it will automatically ask you if you want to import your videos in iPhoto (or it might just ask if you want to create thumbnails for those videos, which is the same thing; it will still import them into iMovie).

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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!

Click here to view the embedded video.

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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 you’ve been working on automatically, which is great. That way you don’t lose your work. You just have to be aware of what project you are adding to when you go back into the program.

If you are starting a new project and you’ve already been working on some projects in iMovie in the past, then you need to go to FILE>NEW PROJECT and name the new project. Then any work that you do from that point on will be saved in that new project.

However, you may have already started to work on the project under a project name that you created earlier, but didn’t do anything with. If that’s the case, then you’ll want to rename the project to what you are currently working on.

Here’s how:

1. In iMovie ‘09, find the button in the upper LEFT corner of the program window called, “Project Library”
2. Click on that
3. Find the project that you want to rename and DOUBLE click on it
4. Rename it and hit enter
5. You’re good to go!

Now to go back to working on that project, you have three choices on how to do that:

1. DOUBLE click on the bottom half of the blue label for that project where you just renamed your project
2. DOUBLE click on the film strip to the right of the project name
3. Click on the project once and click the button titled “Edit Project.” It will be in the same location where the “Project Library” button was, in the upper left corner of the program window.
4. Enjoy!

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I just went to a MobileMe workshop at the Apple Store on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA, and they mentioned how you could save $30 on your MobileMe subscription, even if you’re renewing.

Want to know how?

There are two ways that I know of:

1. Buy an Apple computer or iPhone, either in an Apple Store or at AppleStore.com, and you will be offered MobileMe for only $69.

2. Simply go to a MobileMe workshop at an Apple Store. They will hook you up with MobileMe for $69, even if you are renewing.

Pretty cool. Gotta love Apple.

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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:

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Open the email in question (the one whose full header you want to view)
3. Click the down arrow next to REPLY in the top right corner of the email message pane
4. Select SHOW ORIGINAL (it will open up in a new window)
5. Done!

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