How to Reimage a Macintosh Computer (6 Steps)

Attach an external hard drive to your Macintosh that has at least as much storage capacity as the space used on the drive you are imaging. You can skip this step if you already have a second drive with enough free space.
Launch the Disk Utility application from the Applications/Utilities folder.
Select the drive you wish to image by name in the list on the left-hand side of the Disk Utility window. This list will also include drives by their serial number. You should usually ignore these in favor of the named drives; however, select the drive by serial number if you want to create a single image of a drive with two or more partitions.
Choose 'File' > 'New' > 'New Disk Image from...', which will display the name of the drive you have selected.
Select the external drive in the Save dialog. If you wish, select a compression format and encryption method. Compression will create a much smaller disk image which still contains all the information on your original drive. Encryption will require a password before the disk image can be opened; if you lose this password, you will not be able to access the contents of the disk image.
Click 'Save' to create the disk image. Disk imaging can take a long time, especially if you are creating a compressed or encrypted disk image. You can continue to use your Macintosh during this time, but it will run more slowly due to the disk access required by the imaging.
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How to Change the Battery on an Apple Laptop (5 Steps)

Shut down your computer. Wait 10 minutes for the computer to cool before opening the battery door as it may be too hot to touch.
Turn your computer over so the bottom is facing up. Release the latch on the battery door. The latch is located on the right-hand side of the battery door. If you have a first-generation Macbook (made in 2007), turn the lock symbol from locked to unlocked.
Open the battery door. Remove the battery from its case by pulling up.
Unwrap the new battery. Place the new battery in at an angle, sliding it below the brackets. Press the battery down to secure it.
Close the battery door. Slide the latch shut or turn the lock to secure the battery door.
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How to Connect a MacBook to an LCD TV (6 Steps)

Determine what video cable you need for your MacBook. Older plastic MacBooks require a mini DVI to HDMI adapter and aluminum MacBooks require a mini display port to HDMI adapter. Also, 2009 plastic MacBooks use the mini display port to HDMI cable.
Plug one end of the video adapter into the video output jack of your MacBook. The video output port is on the left hand side of your MacBook.
Insert one end of the HDMI cable into the opposite end of the video adapter.
Connect the opposite end of the HDMI cable into the HDMI input jack of your LCD TV. This is usually located on one of the sides or the back of most LCD TVs.
Change the video input source on your TV to the input that your computer is plugged into. Press the 'Source' or 'Input' button on your remote control to change the video input source.
Optimize display settings on your MacBook. Click the 'Apple' menu followed by 'System Preferences.' Click 'Displays' under the 'Hardware' menu. Click the 'Detect Displays' and the MacBook automatically detects the LCD TV and optimizes the display settings.
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How to Scroll an iPhone in VoiceOver

Hold the iPhone in one hand with the display facing you.
Press three fingers together on your other hand.
Press and drag the three fingers together simultaneously across the iPhone’s multi-touch display to scroll.
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How to Lock Screen Rotation on the iPad (3 Steps)

Hold the iPad in the configuration, portrait or landscape, in which you want to lock the screen.
Locate the screen rotation lock switch, directly above the volume controls on the right hand side of the iPad (when viewed with the Home button on the bottom).
Switch the screen rotation lock button to the down, or locked, position to prevent the screen from rotating with the iPad. When the lock is activated, a lock icon appears at the top of the screen.
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How to Get to the BIOS in Mac OS X (6 Steps)

Press the power button on your Mac system.
Pres and hold CMD, OPT and 'F' with your left hand. The CMD key has an apple on it and the OPT key is in the same position as the ALT key on a PC keyboard.
Press 'O' with your right hand.
Enter commands when the prompt '0 >' loads on the screen.
Type 'Mac-boot' and press 'Enter' to exit the firmware and continue booting the operating system.
Type 'Shut-down' and press 'Enter' to exit the firmware and shut down the computer.
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How to Transfer iPhone Photos to Thumb Drives

Attach the iPhone data cable to the bottom of your iPhone and connect the other end of the data cable to an available USB port on your computer.
Open the iTunes program.
Select your iPhone from the list of 'Devices' on the left-hand side of the iTunes window.
Click the 'Photos' tab.
Select the option 'Sync Photos From' and choose whether to sync all photos or only photos in specific folders. Click the 'Sync' button. Wait while iTunes syncs with your iPhone and copies the photos to your computer's photo-management program.
Insert a thumb drive into an available USB port on your computer. Click the thumb drive's icon on your computer to open it.
Open the photo-management program on your computer.
Drag the photos you want to transfer from the photo-management program to the folder for the thumb drive.
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How to Tell Whether Your Mac Fan Is Broken (3 Steps)

Hold your hand next to the heat vents. On a desktop model, the vents are on the back, near the top of the case. On a MacBook or MacBook Pro, the heat vents are on the bottom of the case, in the crease where the screen folds down. If you feel heat flowing out of the vents, your fan is blowing heat out.
Press your ear to your Mac's case. With either a MacBook or MacBook Pro, you should press it to the bottom of the case. If your fan is running, you hear a quite whirring in the case.
Feel the bottom of your case. During normal use, your Mac's case becomes very warm. If your fan is broken, the case becomes extremely hot.
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How to Do Text

Press the 'Power' button on the top of the iPad to turn on the device. Wait a few moments for the device to boot up, then move the slider switch from left to right. The lock screen is now unlocked.
Tap the Settings icon from the iPad's home screen. Tap the General tab from the left-hand side, then tap the 'Accessibility' button.
Scroll down a bit on the screen and tap the VoiceOver option. On the next screen, move the switch from the OFF to the ON position. A female voice begins reading different items on the screen.
Press the 'Home' button on the iPad to return to the device's home screen. Tap the Kindle icon to pull up the application.
Tap the book you wish to read. On the next screen, when you can see the book's text, tap the first word in the paragraph from which you wish to have the voice start reading. The voice continues to read the book's text until you tap a different selection or exit the Amazon Kindle app.
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How to Extract IPSW From iTunes (6 Steps)

Launch iTunes by clicking its icon on the desktop.
Connect your iPhone, iPod or other iOS-powered device to the computer using its USB cable. ITunes will automatically add it to the 'Devices' list in the left-hand column.
Select your iOS device from the 'Devices' list and open the 'Summary' tab. Click the 'Update' button followed by the 'Download Only' button in the dialog box that pops up. This will download the latest IPSW file from Apple to your computer, but won't install it on your iOS device.
Open the 'Home Folder' on your Mac and navigate to the 'Library\Application Support\iTunes' folder. On a Windows PC, open the 'My Documents' folder and navigate to the 'AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes' folder.
Click the folder that corresponds to your iOS device to open it. For example, if you downloaded the IPSW file for an iPhone, open the 'iPhone Software Update' folder.
Right-click the file that has an '.ipsw' file extension and select 'Copy.' Open the folder on your computer that you want to extract the IPSW file to, right-click anywhere inside the window and select 'Paste.'
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How to Sync My iPhone to a New MacBook

Connect the larger plug on the USB cable to the iPhone. It should snap into place.
Plug the other end of the cable into the MacBook's USB port. iTunes should launch automatically.
Click on the iPhone image and name in the left hand drawer in the program. The phone's information should show up on the right.
Click on the tabs in the window and choose what information you would like to sync. You can sync photos, music, contacts, applications and ringtones.
Press 'Apply' in the lower-right corner of the screen to sync the iPhone with the computer. You will be asked in your first sync whether you wish to merge data between computer and phone, replace the data on the phone, or replace data on the computer. In the case of a new Macbook you will likely want to replace data on the computer, which backs up your iPhone data on your new computer.
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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 Find the Log Files on a Mac Computer (3 Steps)

Click on the 'Finder' shortcut on the task bar at the bottom of your screen. Select the 'Applications' tab from the left-hand side of the screen.
Scroll down the screen and locate the 'Utilities' tab in the center of the window. Click on that tab to access the next menu. On the next menu, scroll down and select 'Console' from the available options.
Launch the 'Console' application and a list of your log files will appear on the screen. The log files will tell you the exact time and date of a particular action and what the source of the action was. If you do not see a list of your log files upon opening the program, click on the 'Show Log List' option in the top left-hand corner of the screen. Scroll down the screen and locate the log file that you are searching for.
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How Do I Clear a YouTube Search History?

Launch your Google Chrome Web browser and click the 'Tools' button, which looks like a wrench, in the top right-hand corner.
Select the 'History' option from the drop-down list and click the 'Delete history for this day' title to clear YouTube searches from that day. Alternately, click the 'Older' option and select a title like 'Yesterday' to delete entries from the past.
Restart your browser to ensure the changes take effect.
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