How to Run Windows on Your Mac with VMware Fusion
What You Need
- An Intel-based Mac
- Mac OS 10.4 or later
- VMware Fusion (Free to try, $80 to buy)
- Microsoft Windows XP or Vista (Starting at $200)
How to Change Your Mac's Icons
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.5
- CandyBar ($29, Panic) or LiteIcon (Free)
- Mac Icons (Free, The Iconfactory)
How to Get Rid of Favorite Styles in TextEdit
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.2 or later
- TextEdit
We've used TextEdit since it was first released for all of our word processing and find it does almost everything we need. Recently, we decided it was time to modify or delete some of the early Favorite Styles we no longer needed or wanted to re-title to something more descriptive.
How to Import MiniDV Tapes with Broken Timecodes
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.4 or later
- A MiniDV Video Camera
- Final Cut Express ($299)
- iMovie (iLife '06, discontinued)
How to Add Email Accounts to Apple's Mail
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.2 or later.
- Apple's Mail.app (Free)
How to Back Up Forgotten Items
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.2 or later.
We're pretty good when it comes to backing up important files and folders, but like most people, there are items we forget to save from time to time. This tutorial will show you how to find those commonly used items and back them up for future reference.
How to Automatically Open Applications
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.2 or later.
Did you know that you can set applications to automatically start when you turn on your Mac? It's an extremely useful feature that can save you a couple minutes every day, especially if there are certain applications you use all the time.
Here's how to do it:
- From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.
How to Publish iCal Calendars to the Web
What You Need
- Mac OS 10.3 or later.
- iLife '06 or later ($79)
- .Mac account (Optional, $99)