Deck Your Mac Out for the Holidays

by Tom Nelson It’s that time of year again, when your Mac begins to hear the distant sound of sleigh bells as snow begins to fall. To help you get your Mac into the proper mood for the holidays, I’ve put together a list some of the best holiday desktop wallpapers. And then to put [...]

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AirDrop Doesn’t Require a Wireless Connection

by Tom Nelson AirDrop, one of the new features in OS X Lion, is designed to allow you to share files with other nearby Macs using a wireless peer-to-peer connection. AirDrop is a pretty nice feature. There’s nothing to set up; your Mac just looks for other nearby Macs and makes a list of those [...]

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Personalizing Your Mac’s Desktop Wallpaper

by Tom Nelson I had an interesting question this week. A reader wanted to know if there are any applications that will let him use a picture he took of his farm, illuminated by late autumn daylight, as a desktop image. Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane The answer is, yes, he can use his [...]

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Using Your Mac in Your Home Theater

by Tom Nelson I’ve received a few requests for help getting a Mac hooked up to an HDTV. Some people just want to use the large screen to browse the web or play a few games. But while playing a game or two on a huge TV is certainly awesome, it’s only the beginning for [...]

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