How to Troubleshoot Apple Laptops

Press the button on the MacBook battery, or on the side of the computer (for models with an integrated battery), to see if the battery is charged. Several LED lights indicate a charged battery; a single blinking light means the battery is empty.
Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the MacBook and the wall socket for one minute. Reconnect it first to the wall, then to the MacBook. If the LED on the MagSafe cable turns on, the laptop is now charging. Press the power button to see if the MacBook starts up.
Hold down the control, command, and power buttons for three seconds to attempt to restart your MacBook. You will hear a startup chime if this is successful.
Hold down command, option, and the 'P' and 'R' keys until you hear a startup chime. This resets the 'parameter RAM' or 'PRAM,' which may prevent your computer from starting up.
Reset the system management controller. There are two methods of doing this, depending on your MacBook. Reset MacBooks with a removable battery by disconnecting the power cord and removing the battery, then holding the power button for five seconds. In newer MacBooks with an integrated battery, hold the left-side shift, control, and option keys while pressing the power button. Reconnect the power cable and press the power button to start the MacBook.
Remove any additional RAM you may have installed and determine whether you can start up your MacBook without it. The method of removing RAM varies by MacBook; consult your MacBook's manual for instructions. If you are uncomfortable removing the RAM from your MacBook, skip to the next step.
Schedule a service appointment at an Apple Store or authorized reseller if these steps do not restore your MacBook. They will work through these steps as well, and set up a repair for your MacBook if it needs servicing.
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How to Cancel Migration Assistant

Hold the 'Command' key and type 'Q' on the new Mac for five seconds until the program quits.
Hold the 'Command' key and type 'Q' on the old Mac for five seconds until the program quits on the old computer.
Press the power key and hold for five to 10 seconds on both computers to power down.
Turn the power on both computers to begin the Migration Assistant program a second time.
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How to Customize the Dock on an iPad (5 Steps)

Find an app icon on one of your home screens that you want to move to the dock. You can dock as many as six icons at a time. You can also remove the default icons from the dock and replace them with your own customized arrangement.
Press and hold on an app icon until all the icons begin to shake, indicating they have entered editing mode and can be repositioned. This is the same process you use when you move apps from one home screen to another.
Press and hold on an app on a full dock and drag it off onto the home screen to make room for a new app.
Drag a newly chosen app to the dock and release to add it to the dock. Continue touching and dragging apps until you are satisfied with the arrangement.
Press the 'Home' button to stop the shaking apps and take them out of editing mode.
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How to Make a Stylus

Select an ink pen and a stylus. The first thing you'll need to determine is if your stylus will fit inside the ink tube of the pen. Your best bet is a narrow stylus and a pen with a wide ink tube.
Take apart the pen. Remove all the internal components of the pen including the ink tube and any springs inside the pen.
Remove any appendages from the stylus. Many styluses have small adaptations which serve as a grip or a tab to help hold the stylus in the device. Cut these adaptations off to help the stylus fit inside the pen.
Drain the ink from the ink tube. You will want to make sure you have drained all of the ink to prevent dripping ink on your device's screen. To drain the ink, remove the pen point from the ink tube. After pouring out the ink, soak the tube in hot water to get rid of any remaining ink.
Insert the stylus into the ink tube. If it does not fit, try using an ink tube from a different pen.
Put the contents of the pen back together. Make several stylus pens to keep at work and around house so you'll always have one within reach.
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How to Install IPA on a Mac

Open iTunes.
Click 'File,' then 'Add to Library' or press 'Command' and 'O' to open the 'Add to Library' dialog window.
Browse to where your IPA files are stored. Click an IPA file to highlight it or hold the 'Command' key and click multiple IPA files.
Click 'Choose' to install the IPA files on your Mac. The apps will display in the 'Apps' category in iTunes.
Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to your Mac using its USB cable. Once iTunes recognizes the device, click the 'Sync' button on iTunes to install the apps on the device.
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How to Type German Accent Marks (7 Steps)

Use the ALT key and a numerical code to make an umlaut over the letter A. In order to make a lowercase ä, hold the ALT key and enter the numerical code 0228. To make the uppercase Ä symbol, hold the ALT key and enter 0196.
Hold down ALT and enter the numerical code 0214 to make the -- symbol. For the lowercase, ö, hold down ALT again and type 0246.
Continue holding the ALT key on your keyboard and enter 0220 or 0252 to make the Ü and ü symbols, respectively.
Create the miscellaneous symbols 'ß' and '€' by holding down the ALT key and entering either 0223 or 0128.
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How to Restore a Custom iPhone IPSW

Back up your crucial iPhone data.
Open iTunes. Connect your iPhone to your computer using the iPhone USB cable.
Hold the 'Home' and 'Sleep' buttons down simultaneously for 10 seconds.
Release the 'Sleep' button immediately after 10 seconds are up. Continue to hold down the 'Home' button. If done successfully, iTunes will display a dialog window informing you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Click 'OK' and you are taken to the iPhone restore page. The timing is tricky and it may take a few tries.
Hold down 'Control' (or 'Option' on a Mac) and click 'Restore.' This will bring up a file browser. Locate the custom IPSW firmware and click 'Open.' iTunes will begin restoring the iPhone using the custom firmware. A progress bar will indicate how far along the process is and a progress bar will also display on the iPhone. A confirmation dialog will inform you of the successful restore.
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How to Restore Your iPhone After Jailbreaking Fails

Charge the iPhone for 30 minutes. A computer or iPhone charger can be used to charge the device.
Turn the iPhone off or hold down 'Home' and 'Power' on the phone until it powers down.
Connect an iPhone/iPod USB cable to a computer that has iTunes installed on it. Do not connect to the phone yet.
Open iTunes on the computer.
Hold down the phone's 'Home' button. Then, connect the iPhone to the iPhone/iPod USB cable. Keep holding 'Home' until a 'Connect to iTunes' screen appears on the phone. A dialog box opens inside of iTunes. Click 'OK' in this box.
Click the iPhone menu in the iTunes Source Pane, which is under 'Devices.' Then, click the 'Summary' tab in iTunes.
Click 'Restore' inside iTunes. A small box appears. Click 'Restore' inside this box. The iTunes Software goes into 'Restore' mode. Follow the instructions inside iTunes to restore your iPhone to your preferences (via a previous iPhone backup, with or without a software update, etc.).
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How to Right Click on an iPad (3 Steps)

Locate a link, page or image on which you wish to 'right-click.'
Press and hold your finger on the item for about five seconds. A menu appears with options such as 'Save,' 'Copy,' 'Paste,' 'Select' or 'Open in New Page.'
Lift your finger and tap the appropriate option. If you don't want to select any option, tap the page outside of the menu.
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How Do I Get the Waiting Icon Off of My iPad?

Press and hold the 'Off' button.
Press and hold the 'Home' button.
Release both buttons when the Apple logo appears on the iPad screen. The iPad should restart without the 'Waiting' icon.
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How to Move iPhone Apps From a Screen

Turn on your iPhone.
Scroll through the display screens of the iPhone by swiping your finger horizontally across the screen. Decide which apps you want to move or delete.
Press and hold your finger against any app on the screen with the screen you want to move or delete until all the apps on the screen start to wiggle and a white 'X' with a circle around it appears in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Tap and hold the app you want to move to another screen until the app increases slightly in size. Drag the app to the furthest edge of the screen in the direction you want to move the app. Continue dragging the app from screen to screen until you arrive at the screen where you want to place the app. Remove your finger from the screen when you arrive at the screen where you want to place the app. Alternatively, if you want to delete an app, tap the 'X' in the upper-left corner of the app, then click 'Delete' to confirm that you want to delete the app.
Press the 'Home' button just beneath the iPhone screen to to stop the apps from wiggling and finalize your changes.
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How to Eject My Memory Stick on My Apple Mac

Access the desktop. To eject a memory stick on a Mac, you have to get to the desktop. Close or minimize all windows by either clicking on the red 'X' in the top left or by double-clicking on the top of the window to minimize it.
Hold down the 'Control' key and click on the memory stick's icon on the desktop. This is the equivalent of a 'right-click' on a Mac. A drop-down menu should appear. Click on the option that says 'Eject XXXX,' where 'XXXX' is the name of your memory stick. You can also click and hold on the drive, and drag it to the trash bin to eject it.
Wait for the drive to disappear and then pull the memory stick out of the USB slot.
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How to Kill Multiple Apps on iPad (5 Steps)

Double-click the iPad's 'Home' button. The iPad's recently used apps are displayed in a bar at the bottom of the screen. Apps are displayed in reverse chronological order, with the most recently used app displayed on the left.
Touch and hold the first app in the multitasking bar for about a second until the icons in the bar start to shake, indicating the bar is in editing mode.
Tap the red '-' button that appears in the corner of the first app's icon. This immediately kills the app and deletes it from the bar. The next app moves to the left to take its place.
Tap the red '-' button in the next app on the left to remove it. Repeat this process until you have killed three or four apps, or until you have killed the apps you have used since last turning on the iPad.
Press the 'Home' button to stop the bar's editing mode. Press it again to close the multitasking bar and return to the iPad's home screen.
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How to Make Folders on My iPhone (6 Steps)

Update your iPhone to iOS 4 or greater. Connect it to iTunes using the USB cable, and select your iPhone in the left column under 'Devices.' Look in the center of the iTunes screen for the Software Version. If it is not up-to-date, you must select the 'Update' button and proceed to update the operating system on your iPhone to the latest available version.
Press and hold your finger on any app on your iPhone touch screen. You will see the apps on your device all start to shimmer and a small circle with an 'x' will appear in the upper left corner of the apps you have installed on the device.
Press and hold your finger over any app on your screen. While holding your finger on the screen, drag the app icon over the icon of another app. You will see that the two apps are now enclosed within a folder.
Rename the folder from the generic name that the iPhone provided. You will see a line where you can edit the name of the folder. Tapping on any folder while you are in editing mode will open and show the contents, including the name of the folder. Touching anywhere on the line with the name will allow you to edit it with the virtual keyboard.
Remove an item from a folder by simply touching and dragging it out of the folder while you are in editing mode, when the app icons are all wiggling.
Press the home button on the bottom of your phone to exit out of the home screen edit mode. Once the app icons stop wiggling, you will know that you are out of edit mode.
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How to Eject a CD That Doesn't Show Up on the Desktop on a Mac

Restart the Mac. Hold down the left-click mouse button. Wait for the CD to eject itself from the Mac. Remove the CD. Press and hold the power button until the Mac shuts itself off.
Launch the Disk Utility program by double-clicking its icon from the “Utilities” folder inside “Applications” folder. Click once on the icon of the CD that has appeared in the left column of the Disk Utility program’s main screen. Click on the “Eject” button at the top of the Disk Utility program’s main screen. Remove the CD from the disk slot. Quit the Disk Utility program.
Launch the Terminal program by double-clicking its icon from the “Utilities” folder in the “Applications” folder. Enter “drutil tray eject” in the window that appears. Press “Return.” Remove the CD. Quit the Terminal program.
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How to Increase Memory in a Macbook (5 Steps)

Turn the computer over so that you can see the screws around the perimeter of the bottom of the computer. Remove them using the phillips-head screwdriver, then place them to the side. There are two different length screws, so make sure you keep them separate and note which ones go where.
Lift the bottom of the case off of the laptop at the vents near the back of the case, which will also release the two clips which hold it in place. Set the bottom of the case to the side.
Locate the ram in the computer. This is on the left side, just below a fan, and is about two to three inches wide. Push the tabs on either side of the ram away from the ram chip itself, which will pop up the ram. Pull the ram straight out of the socket. If you're installing two ram chips, repeat the process for the second layer of ram just underneath the first.
Push the replacement ram into the socket and push the clips onto the sides of the ram. Repeat this process with the additional piece of ram if you are installing it as well.
Place the bottom cover back onto the computer and reinstall the screws using the phillips-head screwdriver. Turn on the computer. If the ram is not installed correctly, you will get an error message right off the bat, so go back in and double check to make sure that it's installed firmly in the socket.
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How to Reset SMC (7 Steps)

Shut down the computer and unplug the computer's Magsafe adapter (or power cord, if it's a desktop unit).
Take the battery out if the unit is a laptop computer with a removable battery.
Press down the power button and hold it for 5 seconds, then release. Replace the battery if necessary and plug the computer back in. Turn on the computer and test functionality.
Take different steps for those laptops with a battery that should not be removed. This includes the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro units from 2009.
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How to Save a Picture on the MacBook

Navigate to the website containing the picture you want to save.
Move your track pad arrow so that it is resting on the picture.
Press and hold the 'Control' key on your keyboard, then click the picture. A drop-down menu will appear. Release the 'Control' key.
Select 'Save Image As...' from the drop-down menu. The Save Image dialogue will open. Rename the picture in the 'Save As' field. Choose where you want to save the picture to in the 'Where' field.
Click the 'Save' button.
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How to Screenshot on the iPad

Open up the screen where you want to take a screenshot.
Press and hold the circular 'Home' button at the bottom of your iPad.
Press the 'Sleep/Wake' button quickly while holding the 'Home' button. Your screen flashes and makes a shutter sound. The image is sent to your 'Photos' application.
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How to Change the Root Password in OS X

Insert the OS X install disk into the drive. Double-click on the 'Install Mac OS' icon in the disk window and click on the 'Restart' icon. Alternatively, insert the Mac OS X install disk into the drive, select 'Restart' from the Apple menu and hold down the 'C' key until you hear the start-up chimes.
Select your preferred language when prompted.
Locate the 'Utilities' menu from the menu bar and choose 'Password Reset' from the Utilities menu if you are installing Mac OS X v10.6 or later. Alternatively, choose 'Reset Password' from the 'Utilities' menu if you are installing Mac OS X v10.5 or v10.4 or 'Reset Password' from the 'Installer' menu if you are installing Mac OS X v10.3.
Click to highlight the hard drive for which you will be changing the password.
Select 'System Administrator,' which is the root user account. Change the password, then click 'Quit' from the 'Installer' menu.
Restart your Mac.
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