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Five reasons to partition a disk
Apple's Disk Utility makes it easy to split a hard drive up into multiple parts called partitions. But why would you ever bother? Joe Kissell shows you five things partitioning a disk allows you to do.
What Mac users need to know about Wi-Fi Direct
It’s that time of year when travelers brace themselves to suffer the many small indignities of the road. Next year, a new networking standard, Wi-Fi Direct, will make it easier. Here's how.
Six ways to get online from anywhere
Can't find a hotspot? Don't worry: There are other ways to get online when you're on the road. Glenn Fleishman explains what they are and how to set them up.
Macworld Buying Guide: Mice
We’re in the Golden Age of Rodents. It’s time to look at the mice you’re missing. However, the wealth of choices can be daunting. We have a few tips to help you.
Macworld Buying Guide: Keyboards
The keyboard you choose is based on a personal decision, but there are some features and terms you should understand so you make the proper buying decision. And that’s what this guide is here to do. Here are our tips to buying a new keyboard.
Five unexpected uses for Copy and Paste
Did you know you can copy and paste a whole lot more than just text and graphics? When you start in the Finder, you can use the Copy command to lift all sorts of information from a selected Finder item. Here are some of Sharon Zardetto's favorite tricks.
Macworld's complete Mac buying guide
In this buying guide, we'll cover all the Macintosh models available, tell you how they've changed over the previous model, and how well they did in our benchmark tests.
Add, remove, and replace PDF pages
Pariah Burke walks you through the process of adding, removing, and replacing pages in complex Acrobat Pro PDF files.
Extracting content from PDF files
Contrary to popular belief, it's really easy to retrieve content from finished PDF documents.
A practical approach to protecting trade secrets
When you think about security, you probably think about computer viruses and worms. But what about your trade secrets? Here how your company's IT department and lawyers can work together.
Google's free airport Wi-Fi: Five ways to protect yourself
Planning on taking advantage of free Wi-Fi at the airport during your holiday travels? Make sure you follow these tips for securing your wireless computing.
Four ways to access files from afar
If you work in lots of locations, you may find yourself wishing you could access your files from everywhere. Here are four ways to do just that.
Six ways to botch your backups
Shocked that a company as prominent as Danger, Inc. could lose T-Mobile's Sidekick customers' data? Protect your business backups by avoiding these six mistakes.
Five unexpected uses for the Control key
Sure, you’ve nearly worn out your Mac’s Control key using it to open contextual menus. But did you know you can also add Control to common key combinations to access different commands? Here are five of Sharon Zardetto's favorite Control key tricks.
Switchers Guide: Moving from Windows to the Mac
More and more people are switching from Windows PCs to the Mac. Harry McCracken explains what's involved in the move.
Keep track of changes in Pages
Apple's Pages not only tracks changes and comments in your documents, but also lets you share those changes, even with Microsoft Word users.
Google Voice makes small businesses sound bigger
Why is Google Voice worth a look? The free service gives small companies an opportunity to use advanced call management features typically reserved for big budget businesses.
Five unexpected uses for the Esc key
The Esc key has long been the “get me outta here” panacea for many things: canceling a dialog box, getting rid of a button-less splash screen, you name it. (Esc is, after all, short for "escape.") Here’s a handful of less-than-obvious solutions the Esc key provides.
Avoiding death by e-mail
Do you love your e-mail? Come on, it's just the two of us. Do you really? If you feel imprisoned by your inbox (and like you never get any work done as a result) check out one company's idea for breaking out.
Add notes to events and contacts created with data detectors
Data detectors in Mail in 10.5 and 10.6 can help you create new contacts and events from dates, addresses, and phone numbers. Learn how to automatically associate notes with these new entries.
Bugs & Fixes: Font duplicate misadventures
After upgrading to Snow Leopard, Ted Landau was surprised to find 16 duplicate font warnings. And it took some effort to resolve the matter.
When to use Twitter instead of e-mail
Twitter versus e-mail? From evading junk mail filters to serving as a quick group messaging service, sometimes Twitter works best.
Protect your privacy on Facebook and Twitter
Sure, you've heard the horror stories about people getting fired because of something they said on Facebook and Twitter. But do you know how to make sure that doesn't happen to you?
Better collaboration with Word’s Track Changes
Need to work with others to create a document? Microsoft Word's powerful features for tracking changes can make the job easier.
Create Mail accounts manually in Snow Leopard
Learn how to bypass Snow Leopard's automatic Mail account setup feature.
Four reasons to switch to IMAP
You may know that your e-mail client uses either the Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) standard to retrieve your messages. But do you know why you should care? Joe Kissell shows how you can reduce e-mail aggravations by changing the way you receive your messages.
Find and merge address book duplicates
Whether you use Apple's Address Book or Microsoft Entourage's built-in contact manager, duplicate contacts can make it harder to find information you seek. Here's how to clean up the mess.
Prune your contacts
If you no longer recognize half of the names in your address book, it might be time to clean house. Here's how to get rid of the clutter in Mail, Address Book, and Entourage.
Bugs & Fixes: Font problems in Snow Leopard
Did the spacing between characters of certain fonts in some of your documents change after you upgraded to Snow Leopard? If so, you're not alone.
Five reasons to watch Google Wave
Looking for a service that combines e-mail, instant messaging, blogging, document sharing, wikis, and multimedia content? Google thinks you should be. Here are five reasons the company might be right.