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	Be an MFM Contributor Message to Mac Pros How to Support MFM RSS Feed Help Buying and Getting Started with Your New Mac MAC LINK OF THE DAY ARCHIVE Mac, Apple and Tech related links of interest from around the web. Most Recent Links iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder Learn how to move your iTunes Media folder to a different location on your Mac. -Apple.com iCalShare relaunched with even more calendars iCalShare lets you create an account and subscribe to any of the calendars generated by its users Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet Okay, yeah, this will work. This will definitely work. -the Onion Finer Things in Mac Interesting blog bring to light many of the refinements you might have missed while using your Mac. -Finer Things in Mac 16 Useful Mac Cheat Sheets These cheat Sheets also covers some of the useful keyboard shortcuts and things which you will be using in MAC daily. Mac security: what you can ignore Viruses, worms, and botnets? Still not a threat to the Mac. -Macworld Thoughts on what an Apple tablet should be – or not What follows is just the sum total of my best guesswork about the Rumored Apple Tablet -Andy Ihnatko Opening a Window on the Mac I’ve put together a quick and dirty guide for new Apple users that explains some of the ways the Mac operating system differs from Windows. -D\|All Things Digital (WSJ) MagicPrefs 1.33 MagicPrefs is a free menubar application which aims to improve the functionality and configuration options of the Apple Magic Mouse. -Apple.com Some tips when visiting the Genius Bar Be patient, be aware, come prepared -- do those things and your unfortunate trip to the Genius Bar may not be in vain. -TUAW Older Links April 2010 iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder March 2010 iCalShare relaunched with even more calendars January 2010 Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet Finer Things in Mac 16 Useful Mac Cheat Sheets Mac security: what you can ignore Thoughts on what an Apple tablet should be – or not December 2009 Opening a Window on the Mac MagicPrefs 1.33 Some tips when visiting the Genius Bar Master 5 OS X Utilities in 5 Minutes October 2009 Spinning Beachballs Prune your contacts September 2009 Solutions for synchronizing folders Even More Hidden Refinements in Snow Leopard Quick Mac troubleshooting list The seven most underused Mail features Making the most of Preview.app for image editing Five unexpected uses for the spacebar Snow Leopard and Exchange: it just works August 2009 Snow Leopard: Complete Coverage Ten free tools for getting work done on your Mac Tips for Making the Switch to Apple Why Apple Is More Valuable Than Google The Case Against Apple Is Just As Much A Case For Apple Stacks' hierarchical view The prospects of Microsoft Word in the wiki-based world July 2009 Take Back the Beep Campaign Barnes & Noble makes Wi-Fi free via AT&T 7 tips for using Faces in iPhoto ’09 Apple's Secret Weapon: Your Mom Create stronger passwords As industry recovers, Mac growth beating PCs June 2009 Mac 101: Getting the most out of Dictionary.app Why We Need Steve Jobs It's Official: Steve Jobs Already Back at Work A year later: Is MobileMe finally worth $99? 30 Must-Have Tweaks For Your Mac Apple rolls out One to One changes First look: Hulu Desktop May 2009 How to Reformat a New External Hard Disk Make the most of the Genius Bar UC Davis seeing more students and faculty choosing Macs Revealed: The secrets behind OS X Quick Look Mac OS X Pro Tip: Really Empty the Trash April 2009 Five Tips for Reading Mac Security Stories Which is better for your business, a Mac or a PC? 17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should Revisiting the Mac mini media center Evidence suggests first zombie Mac botnet is active Enhance Your Music Life with iTunes Adding Music Using iPod/iTunes What’s So Wrong With $975 Of Mac Software For $39? March 2009 NeoOffice 3 available for download The five most underused Finder tools Macs more expensive? Not if you consider TCO 43f Screencast: Merlin's First Desktop Tour 50 Things Every Mac Geek Should Know Parallels Desktop for Mac vs. VMware Fusion Ars Reviews iLife '09: making the cut with iMovie and iPhoto Cloning A Mac Hard Drive February 2009 First Look: Safari 4 Beta Get a Free, Non-Expiring Mac.com Address for iChat How to get the most out of tabs in Safari Troubleshooting OS X start-ups Sharing large files with iDisk Together in harmony: Mac and PC MobileMe phishing scam making the rounds once again A Consumer’s Guide to Apple Rumors DVD ripping FAQ January 2009 Alternatives to MobileMe Create unique iChat status messages Growl Offers System-Wide Notifications Apple to release iLife ‘09 on January 27 Technology's White House of Horrors Quick fixes for 10 common Mac problems Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Getting naked with DRM-free iTunes upgrades: the details Keynote Summary: Software, MacBook Pro updates star in final Apple keynote December 2008 Why I'd Buy Apple Today Your first day with a new Mac: the get-started guide for Windows users FileChute to the rescue for sending large files Politics Not Pancreas the Reason for Jobs' Macworld Exit Macs beats all comers on reliability, support Mac Apps that Stand Out from the Crowd Apple Analyst Loses 'Conviction' Helping Your Data Decamp to a Mac Widemail makes Mail.app widescreen friendly Terminal Tip: Change Time Machine backup interval November 2008 How to set up a cross-platform network TUAW Tip: use the Help menu to search Safari bookmarks and history 15 reasons Macs are still better than Windows PCs The book of MacBook How to email pictures directly from iPhoto using your Gmail account October 2008 Apple’s new MacBook is a stealth business notebook 6 easy steps to migrate your Mac using Time Machine 25 Useful Shortcuts for Safari Tips for Using Quick Look in Finder The Phone Company How to Improve Your iTunes Experience (Part 1) Top 10 things you didn't know about the new MacBook Answers about the new buttonless MacBook trackpad Use Gmail to fight spam 6 Best Ways To Delete Applications On Your Mac What's Keeping Me? 1.3 The significance of Apple’s product placement September 2008 Mac 101: Drag-n-Drop your way to a new Mail message iPhone + Remote app = houseful of music How-To: Enable and control missing features in iTunes 8 Free Alternatives to 10 Popular Commercial Mac Applications Apple gaining North American notebook share Terminal Tips: Add recent applications as a Stack on Dock Mac 101: Using your Windows keyboard Get Leopard and Windows to play nice Hands-on: iTunes 8 rethinks features and rocks new ones How students can save on Microsoft software 3 great uses for your screen shot app August 2008 Even without an enterprise strategy, Apple quadruples share iPhone + Skype + IM+ for Skype = Dirt Cheap Unlimited Calls Mac 101: Enable Right Click on Macs Comparing Apple's MobileMe Contrition with Google and Netflix Are Macs More Expensive? Let’s Do the Math Once and For All Top Ten iPhoto Tips Getting Word Suggestions as You Type Launchpad Chicken: MobileMe and Sync Trouble Backing up Photos While Traveling Free Custom iPhone Ringtones using only iTunes How sound is Consumer Reports’ Safari advice? Social-Networking Software Becomes Neighborly Control QuickTime Player playback via the keyboard Macsimum Migration Kit: password management software Searchin’ Safari July 2008 Apple: MobileMe e-mail issues are behind us Exclude your Time Machine disk from Spotlight indexing Apple Weighs In on the MobileMe Mess Growl works great for system notifications Mac 101: Get info The Portable Office: Work Anywhere Why I became a Gmail convert Opening old Word files with Word 2008 MobileMe free trial accounts not free after all? TUAW Review: MobileMe Apple delays iDisk File Sharing feature of new MobileMe service How to boilerplate frequent email replies Time Machine Can Now Backup to a Shared Hard Drive 55 Free High Quality Icon Sets Some General Tips For Switch to Mac From Windows Mac 101: Finder window preferences June 2008 Take a free online business seminar from Apple Print Finder Windows. How Hard Can It Be? 20 Useful OS X Tips One way to help remember keyboard shortcuts Mac Basics: an introduction to Growl How to turn off the startup sound on your Mac I bought a new MacBook ... to run Windows. Why? So, you just bought a second hand Macintosh Getting Better Spotlight Search Results Power Tweak Your Mac's Stacks MobileMe Introduction Making Stickies stay above all windows Downloading torrents Mac’s Web footprint growing at Windows' expense Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines Use iWeb To Share Your Family Photos May 2008 10 Things We Miss From OS 9 The Essential Apple—from spillage to support Review: Roxio Toast 9 Titanium Name Mangler Bulk Renames Files From Windows to Mac, stuff that may trip you up Microsoft Entourage vs Apple Mail, Address Book & iCal Best of both worlds Fill out web forms in Safari automatically Top 10 Things You Forgot Your Mac Can Do How to let Safari pretend it's IE The new rules for buying a Mac Mozy 1.0 Online Storage Prune Your Time Machine Backups Selectively Switching to Mac takes the right mindset April 2008 7 Confessions Of An Apple Macintosh Specialist Apple updates iMac with faster processor, graphics Mac Browser Test & Reviews Why ‘no Macs’ is no longer a defensible IT strategy Watch the Sunset From Google Earth 4.3 Mac vs. PC: The Ultimate Lab Test for New Desktops & Laptops Special Birthday Sale on 1Password Time Machine via AirPort Disk Is Unsupported, Apple Says 25 “little-known” Leopard features that are “too good to miss” Fill out web forms in Safari automatically March 2008 Tame Your Tabs With Key Commands Mac sales rising in a falling market Must-Have Mac Apps for the new Mac Switcher! Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software? How to Become a Gmail Jedi Master Finder and Quick Look Tips Tip: Assigning apps to Spaces Make the Most of Quick Look Stream your iTunes library MacBook Air aflutter: demand stays strong, sold out often February 2008 Optimize a Fresh Mac OS X Installation Print to Mac-connected printers from Windows Kids don't like CDs: iTunes Store now #2 music retailer File sharing in Leopard 50 Reasons to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X Watch DVDs on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc. with HandBrake MacBook Air: Rambling First Impressions Is Time Machine all you need? How To Track Your Family Roots On Your Mac 10.5.2 update shows Apple listens to users Mac 101: Make your own keyboard shortcut Making your Macintosh play as many video formats as possible Is .Mac Worth Buying? A Mac Ad You'll Never See January 2008 "Find Out How" on Apple's Website Apple could shock the naysayers MacBook Pro Review from a Switchers Perspective How to Change Your Mac's Icons The Passion of Steve Jobs Macworld Expo Prelude Macworld Software Highlights: Better Leopard, New Office, HD iTunes 10 ways to get the most out of Quick Look CES: iTornado helps simplify PC to Mac switch Find Out How Mac Video Tutorials December 2007 Must-Have Mac Apps for the new Mac Switcher! iTunes tutorials are here, just in time for Christmas Mac Automation: Automator for Leopard The 23 Best iTunes Add-ons The 23rd Annual Editors' Choice Awards Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps Word Searching in Safari Why do Apple customers care so much? Visit the West 14th Street Apple store gallery Rumor: $1,500 Mac subnotebook & 3G iPhone Expose, Mail, and other 10.5 tips Quick Tip of the Week: Creating Zip files Mac OS X Leopard: A perfect 10 November 2007 Google Gadgets for the Mac The Beginner’s Guide to Filling your iPod Guide To RAM For Macs Get Office 2004 for Mac on Friday, November 23rd and receive a $100 mail-in rebate Appletell's Top 15 Leopard Hints How-to: Proper Gmail IMAP for iPhone & Apple Mail Here’s a Mac FAQ if You’re Looking to Buy a Computer Zoom the Screen Mac's New Database App Is iTunes for Control Freaks Stacks Overlays Once and for all, proof that Macs are cheaper than PCs Leopard's first tweaks Shelve Leopard's Dock shelf October 2007 Leopard: Upgrade or not? Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review What's Leopard really worth More Goodies in Apple’s New Operating System Apple Offers New Goodies in Leopard System Everything’s Coming Up Milhouse As Apple Gains PC Market Share, Jobs Talks of a Decade of Upgrades Hack Attack: A guide for switching to a Mac Super OS X Menubar Items Leopard's 300+ New Features I didn’t want an Apple TV 1-800-GOOG-411 Apple goes to the office: a review of iWork '08 Top 100 best open source mac software Browsing iCal more quickly! Menu Bar Show and Tell Why iMovie ‘08 Matters Perfect Pastes Every Time Merge Address Book Records September 2007 Turning Your Mac into an Airport Base Station iMovie ‘08 makes custom slideshow production easy Leaving a File Right Where It Is When Adding to iTunes The Best Way To Backup A Mac? Send In The Clones Mac 101: Three Dock tips 40 Ways Your Mac Can Improve Your Life Delete Language Files and Save Hard Drive Space Hands-on with iWork '08 The Newb's Guide To Apple Free 30 days of One-to-One Support with New iPhone Purchase What’s In Your Wallet? Fix The Mess With A Mac. "Mac or PC" Rap Music Video 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps I hate Cover Flow Free Video Seminars from Apple Reference for EVERY Character Key on a Mac Flex TextEdit's powers August 2007 Create a DVD of an iPhoto Slideshow Network Magic: Simplify Mac and PC networking Sending Photos From iPhoto to Mail Doing More with Less (iMovie '08) Walmart Photos QuickUpload for Safari 10 Awesome Hi-Resolution Desktop Wallpapers Reclaim Your Mac’s Hard-Drive Space in 5 Easy Steps 30 Apps to Run your Business By Mac vs. PC cost analysis revisited Turn On Spell Checking in Safari How to Automatically Open Applications Windows on the Mac: The New iLife: We Test Upgrade Of Apple Suite First Look: iPhoto '08 Managing Your Digital Photos Aluminum and glass: A review of the new iMac Ready to try iWork ’08? The New iLife '08 Bootpicker 1.3 makes Mac/XP choice easier Eight Financial Reasons Why You Should Use Mac OS Fusion Is Latest Way For Macs to Operate Windows, PC Software 5 Ideal Programs for Multiple Mac Users Moving Your iPhoto Library to an External Drive July 2007 DreamcoreUseThis Magnetosphere: the Coolest thing we've seen in a while Safari's Reset Button Dumping Microsoft Office for an alternative suite What Apple Copied from Microsoft Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance 15 ways to master your inbox and eliminate spam Playlists Demystified Apple Quick Tip of the Week Put DVDs on the iPhone - the super simple way Happy Birthday, iCal Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 are Mac-bound Getting my PC Files over to my Mac Ten useful Apple Dashboard widgets Resale Value Makes Macs Better Investments Google Office Overview iPhone: The Musical Saving YouTube Videos to Your Mac The Tao Of Apple Fanaticism 3 Top Mac Utilities To Maintain OS X I Take the iPhone Home June 2007 OS X Dock Tutorial Screencast Smarten Up Safari Do More With Dashboard Mac 101: Spring-loaded Folders 10 Days With The Mac’s Best Spam Filter 20 Minute Tour of the iPhone Microsoft Surface Parody Leopard preview: What's new in OS X 10.5 11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac's Performance Are Apple UI designers learning from Pixar? How to Make Your Own Icon Installing Mac Applications Launching Applications From a Dock Folder I'm Steve Jobs - WWDC 07 Intro Clip Apple Shows New Features in Leopard Mac vs. PC cost analysis: How does it all add up? Lessons from Apple Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at D5 Apple MacBook Pro 15" with Intel Santa Rosa Review Apple Posts iPhone Ads Online May 2007 iPhoto Library Manager Makes Multiple iPhoto Libraries a Whiz Search My First Mac Most Popular Articles How Do I Network My Mac and PC? How Do I Change My Screenshot Format and Saved Location? Hey, What Happened to My Print Screen Key and How Do I Take a Screenshot on My New Mac? How Do I Change My POP3 Email to IMAP in Mail.app? A Survivor’s Story: File and Printer Sharing with Mac OS X and Windows 7 Subscribe to MfM's newsletter of helpful articles and links! 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