Do you speak Afrikaans? How about Assamesse? Chances are you don’t. Well your Mac does a great job of offering these two languages and more…all at a cost of a couple hundred megabytes of space. Storage Space is Limited Whether your Mac runs on an SSD or a regular hard drive, storage space is always…Continue Reading

With the imminent launch of iOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is moving forward with its new music offering for iTunes, Match. iTunes Match stores your entire music library in iCloud (another new service from Apple debuting this fall). When you store your music in iCloud you can access it from anywhere…Continue Reading

This week I decided to use some of my own photographs from a trip to Croatia that landed me in the beautiful city of Dubrovnik. I tried selecting some of the better photos for your desktop background, so I hope you enjoy them. Here’s a guide to change your wallpaper in Windows and Mac. Dubrovnik from Afar…Continue Reading

If your life revolves around a calendar, chances are that you probably would like to keep your family and friends updated about upcoming events. This is specially helpful if you have a large extended family with a lot of events. With iCal on your Mac you have the ability to publish/share your calendars with whomever…Continue Reading

If you thought Elvis was the only thing we celebrated in August, golfers will rejoice to learn that August is also National Golf Month. In commemoration of the sport, I’ve put together a group of wallpapers showcasing some beautiful greens and some fabulous photos. Make sure to check out the images below as they all…Continue Reading

Have you ever tried to shade alternating rows in Excel to discover that selecting and shading individual rows would take a lifetime? If you have found yourself in this predicament there is a very simple solution. In this guide I will show you how to automatically shade alternating rows in Excel 2011. The simplest way…Continue Reading

If you thought that Facebook was the only social website where you can get a good dose of gaming, you’ll love to know that now Google with its Google+ Project is yet another place where you can get your game on. In order to play all you need is a Google+ account and some time…Continue Reading

In Mac OS Lion, Apple introduced Mission Control which is a mix of Spaces and Expose. In Mission Control you have the ability to create multiple desktops that allow you to group applications into different desktops. So, if you are working on a graphic design project you can have a desktop that contains photoshop, an…Continue Reading

In a recently published blog post, Google announced the introduction of Help Snippets directly into Google Spreadsheets. The Help Snippets are similar to those found in Excel where you are provided with a snippet of information regarding a formula as you enter it into a cell. This is a great step forward for users who…Continue Reading

In honor of National Relaxation Day which is celebrated on August 15, I decided to put together a series of relaxing photos to help you achieve that inner peace. All you need to do is couple it with a little Zen-like music and you should be on your way to enlightment. Also if you plan…Continue Reading

Do you download files to your computer and wonder where the heck they are saved? Don’t worry, you’re not the first. In Chrome the default download location in Windows and Mac OS is the Downloads folder under the User’s profile. However if you prefer to use another location like an external hard drive or another…Continue Reading

If you live inside a Gmail window for a greater part of the day you will find some relief when you find out about Gmail’s new Labs feature. Preview pane is a new feature that when enabled allows you to view Gmail in a split-screen view that is common with most email clients that run…Continue Reading

If your Mac OS X Lion hard drive fails and you wish to restore a Time Machine backup to a hard drive without Lion, your only chance of survival is to stop by a Genius Bar or use an external recovery disk. However, chances are that you don’t have an external recovery disk because your…Continue Reading