Use Dropbox to Sync iCal

by Tom Nelson If you use iCal, and you have multiple Macs, this guide will help you get and keep all of your Macs in sync with a single iCal Calendars folder. You may wonder why you can’t just use Apple’s iCloud service, which also provides free iCal syncing. You can, but the Dropbox method [...]

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Disk Encryption With FileVault 2

by Tom Nelson Now that Apple has updated OS X Lion to version 10.7.4, you don’t have to worry about using FileVault 2 disk encryption. Apple fixed the bug that allowed login passwords to be stored in security log files that were easily viewable to anyone who had physical access to your Mac. Although this [...]

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How to Replace iCloud’s Missing Keychain Sync Service

by Tom Nelson With MobileMe going away soon, we are going to look at various ways to replace the services you’ve come to expect. Sure, you can move to iCloud; we highly recommend the service, in fact. But not all MobileMe services made the jump to iCloud. And of course some of you may not [...]

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Back Up or Move Your Safari Bookmarks to a New Mac

by Tom Nelson Even though you may be backing up all of your Mac’s data on a regular basis, there are still times when knowing how to back up an essential element of an application can make things so much easier. That’s the case with backing up Safari’s bookmarks. If you have ever wanted to [...]

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Setting Up Dropbox for the Mac

by Tom Nelson Last week, we covered the release of Google Drive, a cloud storage service you can use with the Mac. We also mentioned one of its competitors, Microsoft’s SkyDrive. While we talked about how to set up and use these two cloud storage services, it was brought to my attention that we didn’t [...]

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Using Disk Utility to Create a RAID Array

by Tom Nelson Recently I received an inquiry about using RAID 0 (striped) or RAID 1 (mirrored) as the startup drive with OS X Lion Server. I’ve used a mirrored array for the startup drive with previous versions of OS X server, and have had mixed results. While the RAID array saved me from losing [...]

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Upgrading a Time Machine Drive

by Tom Nelson It’s going to happen at some point; that huge drive you’re using to store Time Machine backups is going to run out of room. Time Machine will do its best to manage the ever-shrinking free space on the drive by limiting the number of file versions it stores there. For instance, instead [...]

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Set Up Google Drive for Mac

by Tom Nelson Google Drive is the newest cloud-based storage and syncing system available for the Mac. Google Drive isn’t much different from other online storage systems, except for its integration with Google Docs. In fact, if you use Google Docs, you will soon be using Google Drive to store the docs you create. Google [...]

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What Are Your Tips and Tricks for Using OS X Lion?

by Tom Nelson OS X Lion has been available since mid-summer 2011. That means many of you have probably downloaded, installed, and gotten familiar with using Lion. You’ve probably also come up with a few productivity tricks, or found hidden features. We’re putting together a Lion Tips & Tricks list, and your tip could make [...]

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Switching to Mac – Migrating Your PC Data

by Tom Nelson A question that comes across my desk from time to time is, “How do I move my PC stuff to my new Mac?”. This is a question I love to hear, not only because it means more and more people are using Macs, but also because it’s an easy question to answer. [...]

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