A Stuck CD in a MacBook (4 Steps)

Press and release 'Command' and 'Q' to exit out of any currently open applications.
Hold down the 'F12' or 'Eject' key to force the CD out of the optical drive. If the disc remains stuck, proceed to the following step.
Press the MacBook's power button and click 'Restart.'
Hold down the laptop's trackpad while the MacBook restarts to force the CD to eject.
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How to Access Administrator in a Macbook

Click the 'Apple' icon in the upper-left corner of the screen and select 'System Preferences.' Click the 'Accounts' icon.
Look at the list of accounts on the left side of the window. Under the name of an account is the privilege level of the account. These can be 'Admin,' 'Standard' or 'Sharing Only.' If 'My Account' is listed as an 'Admin' account, you are currently logged in as an administrator. If it is not, proceed to the next step.
Click the 'Apple' icon and select 'Log Out.' Confirm that you want to quit all applications and log out in the pop-up window. Once logout is complete, the login window displays on the screen.
Click on a user account with administrator privileges and enter the password. Press return to access the administrator account.
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How to reverse audio in Garageband (6 Steps)

Select the audio region you want to reverse by clicking on it in the Garageband mix window.
Open the edit menu. Choose 'Add To Loop Library.' Enter a unique name for the region so you can easily find it in your loops folder. Click on 'Create.'
Open the folder 'Library> Audio> Apple Loops> User Loops> Single Files'. In that folder is an .aif file of the audio you selected to export for reverse processing. Select that file and choose 'open with> Audacity'. The file will open in the Audacity audio editor window.
Press 'Apple A' to select the entire file (in Audacity). In the Effect menu, choose 'reverse.' Press the space bar to play back the reversed audio file. In the File menu, choose 'Export as .wav file,' and save the file with a new name onto your desktop.
Switch back to the Garageband application and simply drag and drop the reversed file onto the mix window. The file will now appear on a new track, ready for playback.
Align the imported reversed audio file with your original file. Play back the audio and adjust the start point of the reversed audio file as needed to fit into your musical arrangement.
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How to Install an Isight Driver in Windows XP

Open your Web browser.
Download the Windows XP iSight driver. Save the .ZIP archive file that these drivers come in to a directory on your hard drive that you have easy access to, such as your desktop.
Right click on the .ZIP archive file you just downloaded and click 'Extract.' This will extract the contents of the .ZIP archive file to a new folder in the same directory called 'iSight.'
Open the folder called 'iSight.'
Copy the files in the folder called 'iSight' to your computer's 'C:/Windows/System32' directory. This will successfully install the iSight driver on your Windows XP computer.
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How to Change the Size of a Slide on Keynote

Open a new or existing Keynote presentation.
Click on the blue 'Inspector' button in the toolbar. Click the 'Document' pane then click the 'Document' button.
Click the 'Slide size' pull-down menu at the bottom of the window. Select the desired slide size from the pre-sets or click 'Custom Slide Size' to enter the desired width and height in pixels. Click 'OK' to confirm the size.
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How to Reset a Logic Board

Power off and unplug the computer.
Remove the side cover of the computer case.
Locate the jumper on the logic board to clear the CMOS NVRAM. Refer to the motherboard manual for details.
Move the jumper to the 'clear' position. Typically, the jumper resides on two of three pins. By moving the jumper to include the missing pin, the CMOS NVRAM is reset.
Move the jumper back to the original position.
Replace the computer's side cover and power on the computer. The logic board has been reset.
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How to Transfer Videos From a DVR to an iPod

Turn on your DVR and scroll through the video you would like to record. Connect the RCA cables from the DVR output to your computer. Make sure that you are going from the highest output of your DVR to the input of your computer.
Start your computer's capture software (see Resources section). Make sure that the capture software is picking up the video signal properly and that there are no glitches in the picture.
Start recording on your capture software. Start the video that you would like to record from your DVR and look for it on your computer. Wait until it has finished.
Stop the recording software after the program has concluded. Save the file to the desktop on your computer for future reference.
Open your video editing software (see Resources section) and wait for it to load. Click on the 'File' menu and then 'Open.' Open the file that you just recorded and let it upload to your editing software.
Click on the 'Convert' tab in your editing software and transcribe the video format to MPEG-4 format. If you do not put the video into MPEG-4 format, your iPod will not be able to read it. Wait for the video to encode.
Plug your iPod into the USB port of your computer. Open iTunes and wait for the iPod icon to mount on the left side of the iTunes window.
Go back to your editing software and save the file to your desktop with a new name, like 'Final Video.' Drag the video from the desktop to iTunes and wait for it to upload to the video folder.
Drag the video from the video folder of iTunes to the video folder of your iPod. Wait for it to transfer over.
Eject your iPod from your computer and scroll through to make sure the video transferred successfully.
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