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  Locating and dispensing with old applications

  If you've had the same Mac for a long time and tend toward pack-ratness, it's possible that your Applications folder is full of items you no longer use. Chris Breen shows you how to find them.
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  Five hidden Gmail tricks for power users

  Whether you use Google's Gmail service at work or for personal purposes, you probably have a good handle on the basics: organizing your contacts, sending emails...
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  TechHive: The different types of headphones illustrated

  Whether your favorite audio device came with bad headphones (or no headphones at all) or your trusty cans have seen better days, at some point everyone is in the market for headphones.
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  Sync services gone crazy!

  If your Mac is being bogged down by syncing and you're using Microsoft's Entourage or Outlook, Chris Breen has a way to stop the bogging.
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  The expert's guide to Instapaper

  Marco Arment's Instapaper service-and-app is a great way to save Web articles for later reading on your iPad. If you haven't tried it, here's a quick guide to getting started. And if you already use it, here are some tips for getting more out of it.
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  Five steps for great action photos

  Freeze the action, but blur the background with panning--a professional technique for awesome photos.
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  Copy events, delete Mail messages

  Two quick tips--one from an OS X Hints reader for copying events from one calendaring app to another, the second from a Macworld editor for quickly deleting messages in Mail.
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  TechHive: Hands on with Bing's social search feature

  Bing is hoping to take on search giant Google by adding new social search capabilities. Joel Mathis takes the feature out for a test spin to see what social adds to search.
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  Gifting Mac App Store apps, emailing videos, and more

  Time again to flush out the old mailbag with short hits from Mac 911.
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  Inside the mysteries of Mission Control

  Mission Control provides a bird's-eye view of all your open applications and windows. Here are answers to frequently asked questions about using OS X's screen-clutter controller.
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  Ask the iTunes Guy: Syncing tips

  The iTunes Guy answers questions about syncing iOS devices with iTunes.
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  Empty the #$&@! trash already!

  You say attempts to empty your Mac's trash fail with an arcane error? Chris Breen has a solution.
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  TechHive: How to opt out of Twitter's new email digest

  Twitter plans to start sending users a weekly email digest. On TechHive, Jason Cross shows you how to opt out of receiving it.
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  Set parental controls on your Mac

  In this week's Macworld Video, we'll walk you through setting up an account with parental controls, and just what controls are available to you.
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  Quit Facebook without losing the best Facebook features

  Here are a few free and easy-to-use alternative services that can help you stay social after quitting Facebook.
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  Tricks for photographing flowers

  It's springtime. Here's how to take some beautiful snapshots of blooming flowers.
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  Automatically zoom Safari pages on launch

  Find Safari web pages too difficult to read on a high-resolution display? Chris Breen offers two solutions for making the text on those pages larger.
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  Organize videos by groups in iTunes

  By classifying all kinds of videos as TV Shows in iTunes, you can make them easier to organize.
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  How to surf safely with a VPN-for-hire

  If you regularly use public networks--such as those in airports or coffeeshops--to access the Net, you should know that your data is at risk. You should also know that private, commercial VPN services are available that will keep your data safe.
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  Mobile printing gets easier with or without AirPrint

  With the proliferation of AirPrint-compatible printers, printing from your iPhone or iPad is a snap. But even if your don't have one of those, there are other easy and free ways to print from your iOS devices.