How to Use a MacBook Trackpad More Efficiently

Click the Apple menu. Scroll down to 'System Preferences.' Click on 'Trackpad' in the 'Hardware' pane of the 'System Preferences' window. Set specific trackpad gestures. Set the tracking speed, double-click speed and scrolling speed by dragging the sliders from 'Slow' to 'Fast.'
Choose finger quantity-specific actions. Check the box next to 'Tap to Click' under 'One Finger' to enable this function. Click the check box next to 'Two Fingers' and then set the options for two fingers, such as 'Scroll,' 'Rotate,' 'Pinch Open and Close,' 'Screen Zoom' and 'Secondary Click.' Check the box next to 'Swipe to Navigate' under 'Three Fingers,' or check 'Swipe Up/Down for Exposé' or 'Swipe Left/Right to Switch Applications.'
Watch video demos of the gestures to learn how to use each one. These are located in the pane to the left of the trackpad actions. Close 'System Preferences' when you've finished setting your preferences.
Click anywhere on your desktop or in your document by pointing and pressing your finger on the trackpad. Press down on the trackpad twice (rapidly) to open a document or application. Use the 'drag and drop' function by clicking your finger on the trackpad while dragging your finger across the surface of the trackpad.
Press the trackpad with two fingers to enable right-click or secondary-click functionality. Place two fingers on the trackpad to move them up or down to scroll vertically. Place two fingers on the trackpad and drag left to right to scroll horizontally. Hold your thumb and index finger open in the middle of the trackpad. Twist your fingers to rotate the photo.
Place your index finger and thumb together on the trackpad and then spread them apart to zoom into a photo or document. Close or pinch them together to zoom back out. Place three fingers on the trackpad and then scroll left to right to advance through Safari browser pages. Place four fingers on the trackpad and then swipe upward to close open windows and display a clutter-free desktop. Swipe four fingers upward to reopen all the windows. Swipe four fingers downward to open all windows on the desktop, or swipe left to right to open the 'Application Switcher.'
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How to Install Time Machine on a MacBook Pro

Connect the external hard drive to the MacBook Pro using the appropriate USB or FireWire cable.
Click the 'Time Machine' icon in the Dock. The Time Machine icon looks like a blue-green clock with a white counter-clockwise arrow surrounding the hands of the clock.
Click the 'Set Up Time Machine' button on the pop-up window. The Time Machine window opens.
Click 'Choose Backup Disk' on the Time Machine window, then select the external hard drive.
Click the 'Use for Backup' button located on the bottom-right corner of the window. The 'OFF/ON' button under the Time Machine icon automatically switches to 'ON' and the backup starts automatically. A small pop-up window displays the progress of the backup. The length of time the backup takes depends on the amount of data on the hard drive. The pop-up window closes when the backup is complete.
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How to Open Email Paper Clips

Open your email program and open the email that contains the attachment. There may be a small paper clip icon next to the email in the list. That one is just to tell you there is an attachment on the email, but you will need to open the email first to access the attachment.
Click the large paper clip icon on the individual email. The attachment may be sent through a virus scanner before becoming available, so you may need to wait a little bit before it opens. If you already have a program that can view it, it should open up. If you receive a warning such as 'blocked' or 'malicious program,' you shouldn't open it, because there is a danger of a virus. If you receive an error stating 'Windows can't open this file...' then you may need additional software or to set an association.
Look under the error message for the full file name of the attachment. The extension, or the part ofter the '.', will cue you in on the type of program required. .Jpg, .gif, .png, .jpeg and .tif require a graphics program. .Doc and .docx requires Microsoft Word or Open Office. .Xls requires Excel or Open Office. If in doubt, you can search Google for the extension to gain insight as to its requirements. Use the format '.ABC extension' in your search.
Click the circle next to 'Select a program from a list of installed programs' and click 'OK.'
Click the appropriate program, such as a graphics program, word processor, etc, and click 'OK' to open the file with the selected program. If you don't see the program, you can click 'Browse' to locate it manually in a Windows Explorer type setting. If you check 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file' then Windows will remember your settings and use them next time it encounters the same file extension.
Associate a file type manually in Windows 7 by clicking the Start orb, typing 'Make a file type always open in a specific program' and pressing Enter. On the resulting screen, you can select the file extension and click 'Change program' at the top to change the associated program, similar to the previous step. This is also useful if you accidentally associate an inappropriate program with an extension.
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How to Get Access to Lycos Email on Your Phone

Press the button on your phone that displays the “Menu” applications. If you are using a smartphone, such as the iPhone or BlackBerry, your applications will already be displayed on the screen.
Select the “Mail” or “Email” application from the menu. The exact wording will vary by phone. For example, if you are using an iPhone, press the “Settings” application and then “Mail.” If you are using a BlackBerry, press the “Email Settings” application. Refer to your phone's user manual to determine the exact application to access your email. Once you are in the mail application, you will see options to set up various email accounts, such as Gmail, Hotmail and AOL. There should also be an option to add an account from a provider that is not listed.
Select the option to “Add Account.” The exact wording will vary by phone.
Enter your Lycos email address. For example, “yourusername@lycos.com.” Enter your Lycos email password. If you are prompted for the incoming and outgoing mail server settings, enter the following information:Incoming Mail Server: pop.lycos.com
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.lycos.com
Click the option to “Save” the new Lycos account on your phone. The Lycos account will then appear in your list of email accounts when you relaunch the “Mail” application.
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How to Dry Out a Mac Book

Turn off the MacBook immediately after it gets wet and remove the power cord and any other cables attached to it.
Soak up any excess water on the computer as soon as possible with the paper towels.
Open the display and set it upside down on top of the paper towels. Roll a few paper towels into a ball and place them directly under the keyboard; this will help draw the water out of the computer.
Turn on the hair dryer and set the temperature to 'High' and the fan speed to 'Low.' Gently blow warm air to the underside of the MacBook to dry any residual liquid.
Leave the computer upside down overnight or for at least 24 hours to eliminate as much liquid as possible from the Macbook. Cross your fingers and turn on the Macbook after it has been left drying and hope you computer comes back to life.
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How to get Apple Computers for Teachers

Go to Apple's website for information on the educational discount. You'll see details for both institutions and individuals at the K-college level. (See Resource)
Purchase your items directly from the online site. You can also buy your computer at an Apple store or an authorized campus store.
Arrange for financing from the online site or store you visit. It takes just a minute to determine whether you can set up an account plan. Click on the financing section or call Apple for information.
Buy Apple's recommended package, 'Educator Toolkit.' This includes Apple's notebook computer, the 'MacBook,' a software package, 'I Work' and a year's subscription to .Mac, which provides storage plus an email program.
Join the 'Educator Advantage Team' to stay informed about special offers. You'll also get valuable tips on using your computer and software.
Join the 'Apple Learning Interchange' to see curriculum and lesson plans. This is a good opportunity to network with other educators.
Get free shipping if you order more than $50. Check the Apple website for further details.
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How to Download Photos to a Mac Computer

Connect your digital camera's USB cable to the camera's USB port.
Plug the digital camera's USB cable into a USB port on your Macintosh
Set your camera to 'play' mode and turn it on.
Wait for iPhoto to open. It will say 'Loading photos...' then 'Ready to import X (the number of photos on your camera) items'.
Click 'Import' and wait for your photos to show up in your iPhoto library. Turn off your digital camera, unplug the USB cable and you're done.
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How to Add a Dashboard to the Dock

Click the 'Hard Drive' icon on your desktop.
Click 'Applications' in the 'Hard Drive' window that appears. It may be in the left column or in the set of folders that appears. This depends on how you have your view constructed on your Mac.
Click and hold the Dashboard application icon. Drag it to your Dock. Release your mouse button. The icon appears on the Dock. Click on it to launch your Dashboard. Click on it again to shut down your Dashboard.
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How to Select Text on an iPad

Navigate to the text you want to select.
Touch and hold the text until a magnifying glass appears on top of the text. A blinking cursor appears where your finger is positioned.
Drag your finger to move the blinking cursor. Lift your finger from the iPad touchscreen to set the cursor in its current position. Selection buttons appear.
Tap 'Select All' if you want to select all the text. More option buttons appear.
Tap 'Select' to select only the word adjacent to the blinking cursor. Drag the blue dots of the highlighted word to redefine the selection area. More option buttons appear.
Select the 'Cut' option to delete the selected text. Select 'Copy' to copy the text.
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How to Import AOL Contacts to an iPhone

Tap the “Settings” icon on the iPhone’s home screen to launch the Settings app.
Scroll down and tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” to load the configuration screen for all mail, contacts and calendars accounts. On this screen is a list of all the accounts currently set up for use on your iPhone.
Tap “Add account” and then tap “Other” on the list of account types. Although AOL is listed as one of the preconfigured account types, selecting this option only imports mail and notes. You must select “Other” to import contacts.
Tap “Add CardDAV Account” on the list of account types on the Other screen. The Add CardDAV Account option is located under the Contacts heading.
Input your server and account settings in the provided fields. Enter “carddav.aol.com” in the Server field. Enter your full AOL email address in the User Name field. Be sure to include the full address, including “@aol.com.” Enter your AOL password in the Password field. Enter an identifying name for this account in the Description field. You might, if you’re feeling wildly creative, call it “AOL Contacts.”
Tap “Next” to save the changes and import the contacts from your AOL account. At this point, your iPhone tests that it can send and receive from the AOL server using the login information you provided.
Tap “Keep on My iPhone” when prompted to choose what you want to do with existing contacts on your iPhone. Tap “Save” when you are finished.
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How to Configure the MacBook Sync Options

Connect your device to the computer using a USB cord or a Bluetooth connection. If you need to connect to a Bluetooth device for the first time, go to the 'Apple' menu and select 'System Preferences.' Click on the 'Bluetooth' icon and press 'Set Up New Device.' Follow the onscreen instructions to add the device.
Go to the 'Applications' folder and double-click on the 'iSync' icon.
Press the 'Sync Devices' button to search for your device. Double-click on the device when it appears in the pop-up to add it to iSync.
Configure the settings for the device in the iSync window. Choose how you want the data to be handled on the first sync. Select whether or not you want your contacts synced and if you want to choose specific categories of contacts for syncing. Select the calendars you want to sync. Choose a location on the computer to save events created on the device.
Sync the device to the MacBook by pressing the 'Sync Devices' button in the upper-right corner of the window.
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How to Sync a Samsung Mobile on a Mac Computer

Click on the Bluetooth icon in the upper right-hand side of your Mac's menu bar. Select 'Turn Bluetooth On.'
Select 'Menu/Settings/Bluetooth Menu' on your Samsung phone. Click 'Turn Bluetooth On,' and click on the 'Setting' menu. Select 'On' in the Discovery Menu.
Select 'Set Up Bluetooth Device' from your Mac's Bluetooth menu and the Bluetooth menu window will open. Check 'Mobile Phone' in the Bluetooth menu window and click 'Continue.' Select your phone from the list of available mobile phones in the Bluetooth window on the Mac, and click 'Continue.'
Select 'Accept' on your Samsung phone when it beeps asking you to accept the connection from the Mac computer. A number will appear on your Mac's screen. Input the number on your Mac's screen into the Samsung phone in order to sync your phone with the Mac. Click 'Done' on your phone.
Select how you want to sync your phone to your Mac from the Bluetooth menu window, and click 'Continue' and 'Done.'
Select 'Browse Device' from the Mac's Bluetooth menu, and select your Samsung phone from the window. Click 'Accept' on the phone. A new window will open on the Mac showing all the files on your Samsung phone. Drag files to or from your phone's window to add files to or copy files from your Samsung phone. Click 'Turn Bluetooth Off' on both your Mac and your phone to quit the sync.
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How to Sell Fiction eBooks

Research the ebook retailers who carry fiction ebooks. Go to their websites to see which formats they support (such as PDF, Kindle, Microsoft Reader, and so forth). Also try to find the site’s “publishers” page. Many ebook retailers use this page to outline their protocols for uploading new ebooks to their database.
Convert a copy of your fiction book to your chosen ebook format(s). There are services available which, sometimes for a fee, will convert your book to these formats for you. But learning how to do this yourself is not complicated. To convert to PDF, you need to purchase Adobe Creator (the free PDF converters you can download online do not have the feature flexibility needed to create a PDF document which will meet the standards set by some ebook retailers and distributors). To create an ebook in .lit format, you need to download a copy of “Microsoft Reader Content Software Development Kit.” The kit is available for free download. To convert to Kindle, create a copy of your book in HTML format; then upload this version of your book to Amazon’s “Digital Text Platform.” When you upload your book to the platform it will automatically be converted to the Kindle format.
Sign up for an account with an ebook distributor such as “Lightening Source.” While some ebook retails, like Amazon, allow publishers to upload their books to the retailer’s database directly; other retailers get their content exclusively from ebook distributors. Some ebook distributors charge a fee, but the cost is generally nominal.
Upload your fiction ebook to your select ebook retailers' or ebook distributors' databases. Once the book is approved and becomes live it will appear for sale on ebook retail websites.
Promote your ebook. It’s not enough to simply publish your fiction ebook. If you want the book to sell you have to promote it. Create an author’s or publisher’s website which promotes your projects. Invest in online ads. Use social networking sites to promote your books. Send out email sales letters. Be creative. The goal is to make people aware that your fiction ebook exists, and excite interest in it. Ebooks are a relatively new medium for books, which suggests that the door is wide open for innovative ways of marketing and promoting this type of product.
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How to Install an Airport Card in a Mac Pro (8 Steps)

Unplug all cables from the Mac Pro. Pull up on the release lever at the back left corner of the Mac Pro and remove the side panel.
Pull the first and second hard drive bays out of the top of the Mac Pro. Set the two hard drive bays aside.
Place a bath towel on the floor. Set the Mac Pro on the bath towel with the open side facing up.
Insert the front of the Airport card into the Airport compartment slot that is directly beneath the open drive bays on the circuit board of the Mac Pro. Carefully bend the Airport card downward so that it is vertical to the Airport compartment slot.
Insert the two screws into the bottom of the Airport card with the Phillips jeweler’s screwdriver.
Pull the two antenna leads—in the upper left corner of the Airport compartment slot—towards you. Plug the top antenna lead into the top left corner connection on the Airport card. Plug the bottom antenna lead into the connection beneath the top left corner connection on the Airport card.
Pull the Bluetooth antenna lead—in the upper right corner of the Airport compartment slot—towards you. Plug the Bluetooth antenna lead into the connection below the bottom antenna lead.
Stand the Mac Pro upright again. Reinsert the two hard drive bays. Place the side panel back onto the Mac Pro. Push down on the release lever at the back of the computer. Reattach all of the cables.
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How to Stream Video in XCode (4 Steps)

Open the Xcode software on your desktop and open the project for your iPhone or iPad app. Double-click the code file you want to use to play the movie.
Set up the movie controller to display the video. The following code sets up the video variable and sets the video to fill the entire screen:MPMoviePlayerController* movie=[[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:'movie.com/movie'];
movie.scalingMode=MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
Replace the 'movie.com/movie' with the URL that contains the streaming video.
Play the video. Add the following code to play the movie:[movie play];
Release the movie control after the movie finishes playing. The iPhone or iPad automatically closes the movie, but you can use the following line of code to close the movie when the user clicks your interface button:[movie release];
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How to Connect My Macbook to My iMac Using Bluetooth

Click the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar at the top of the screen on both your iMac and your MacBook and select 'Turn Bluetooth On.'
Click the Bluetooth icon again and click the 'Discoverable' option. Do this on both Macs.
Click the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar of your iMac and choose 'Set Up Bluetooth Device.'
Click on your MacBook in the list of Bluetooth enabled devices found by your iMac and click continue.
Verify that you are connecting to the correct device by clicking 'Continue' in the dialog box on both your MacBook and your iMac. Your MacBook will now be connected to your iMac via Bluetooth. You have to do this process only the first time you wish to connect the Macs, and the pairing will be remembered for future use.
Open Finder from your Mac OS X dock on either Mac and open the Applications folder. Open the Utilities folder and double-click the Bluetooth File Exchange icon.
Navigate to the file that you wish to transfer to your other Mac, and click 'Send.'
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How to Right Click with an Apple Computer (4 Steps)

Place the pointer over the item that you want right click on. If you want to change the desktop background, place the pointer anywhere on the desktop image that's currently set. If you are trying to select a folder or drive, place the pointer directly on top of the folder or drive.
Look on the keyboard in the lower left corner for the control key. It maybe labeled 'Ctrl.' In basic use of the Macintosh, it's unlikely that you've ever had to use that key, so don't be frightened of it.
Hold down the 'Ctrl' key on the keyboard. Press and hold it without letting go.
Click the mouse button once and a menu will appear. Depending on what was clicked, you will get a different menu. Release the 'Ctrl' key and select the menu item you want and click the mouse again. The right click is now complete.
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How to Become System Administrator on a MacBook

Add a new user to the Macintosh system. Click on the Apple menu in the upper left hand corner. Then go to the System Preferences and click on accounts. You will be prompted to enter the administrator password. Click on the Add button and type the new user's name and password.
Set parental controls for the user. It's possible to set parental control on any user account as the system administrator. The two most common parental controls are time limits and bedtimes. The time limits set a maximum amount of time allowed on a computer in a given day. Bedtimes establish off hours where access to the computer is prohibited.
Install new software on the Macintosh system. This task requires system administrator privileges. The most common method to install software on a Macintosh is done using fink. Simply type in the word 'fink' on the command line and enter the system administrator password when prompted.
Perform backups of important computer data. This is done using 'Time Machine.' With Time Machine, you could schedule automated backups as the system administrator so that the computer can be restored if the hard drive fails.
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How to Connect an iPad Using ATT (4 Steps)

Tap the 'Settings' icon on your iPad's home screen to open the settings menu.
Tap 'Cellular Data' on the left-hand menu to open the cellular data options panel. Use this menu to set up and manage your 3G data service.
Tap the 'View Account' button in the cellular data settings pane to open the account settings window.
Fill in the form in the 'View Account' window with your billing information and email address, and enter a password. Tap on one of the cellular data plans in the list to choose that plan. Each plan offers a different amount of data at a different price per month. Tap the 'Next' button at the bottom of the window to create your account with AT&T and activate your 3G data service.
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How to Clean MacBook Pro Keyboard With Vacuum

Open the shell of your MacBook Pro. Push the screen back so that you have full access to the keyboard.
Turn off the power of the computer completely. Also disconnect the power adapter from the side of the computer as a safety precaution.
Set your handheld vacuum, or your larger floor vacuum, to its lowest setting. If you are using a hose attached to a larger floor vacuum, attach the fibrous brush attachment to the end of the hose. This will help protect your keys from the hard plastic of the hose.
Hold the small vacuum about half an inch above the keyboard and make straight, slow passes across each row of keys. If you are using the fibrous hose attachment, feel free to pass over the keys with it for maximum dust suction.
Continue dusting until the entire keyboard is clean. You might clean stray dust particles from the screen and other parts of the computer's body using the same technique.
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