Macintosh How To

Here is a web site that is dedicated to how to do articles for the Mac. It is written by Wayne Connor. There is a page that has a list of articles that are categorized and linked to the article. The numbers next to the articles refer to the number of comments.

For example:

* Advanced
o How do I speed up my webpage? (11)
o How to compress speech
o How to create a disk image of a DVD or CD
o How to do a live webcast (1)
o How to find the fastest DNS
o How to fix a loose hinge on an Aluminium Powerbook (23)
o How to Fix an ipod (9)

* Audio
o How to compress speech
o How to import spoken word into itunes (1)
o How to record speech (4)
….

* Beginners
o Does my Mac need a bigger Hard Disk? (1)
o Does my mac need more memory? (42)
o Getting Started: The Apple Key
o How to copy a font (4)
o How to find out how much memory your Mac has.
o How to get started programming on a Mac (6)
o …

* CD/DVD
o How to backup a DVD
o How to convert a DVD to quicktime. (11)
o How to copy a DVD.
o How to create a disk image of a DVD or CD
o How to rip a DVD (5)
o How to skip straight to the feature on a DVD (1)

* Deals
o A great password manager (1)
o Personal ad – my Mac Pro for sale

* Entertainment
o How to fly a model helicopter from your iphone. (1)
o How to watch and record TV on your mac (2)

* Getting Started
o Getting Started: The Apple Key

* GTD
o How to use Notational Velocity with Simplenote (7)
o Shovebox review – a new notetaking app. (9)

* Category: hardware
o Does my mac need more memory? (42)
o How to buy a cheap iMac or macbook
o How to find the fastest macintosh
o How to fix a loose hinge on an Aluminium Powerbook (23)
o …

* Category: internet
o How do I speed up my webpage? (11)
o How to add a counter to your iWeb site (8)
o How to get a Bigpond NextG USB modem working. (1)
o How to get your website to appear in a google search
o How to make a podcast (4)
o How to stop spam
o …

* Category: iphone
o Dr Who ringtone (3)
o How to buy an iphone for under $300 on $49 cap plan. (1)
o How to fix up broken address book sync
o How to get a good bible app for your iPhone (5)
o How to sync your Address book across computers and iphone (2)
o …

* iPod
o How to Fix an ipod (9)
o How to get a good bible app for your iPhone (5)
o How to get your ipod shuffle to show up in itunes
o How to imod a 4th Gen iPod photo (6)
o …

* Category: iTunes
o How to convert an iTunes song to MP3 (2)
o How to find cover art for itunes (1)
o …

* Leopard
o How to get your Canon LIDE 60 scanner working in Leopard (21)
o How to merge pdf files with preview in Leopard (180)
* Category: mail
o How to create envelope labels from a numbers.app file (1)

* Movies
o How to create a disk image of a DVD or CD
o How to install Front Row
o How to make a good slideshow to view on a projector. (4)
o How to make a movie trailer
o How to make a Video CD
o How to make a video of what’s on your screen
o How to Play a windows AVI movie smoothly
o How to play any kind of movie on a mac including AVI files (10)
o How to save a youtube video (3)
o How to watch WMV files on your mac
o The best settings for movies for phones (2)

* Networking
o How to a connect a bigpond wireless modem with Snow Leopard. (3)
o How to get a good range on your wireless network (3)
o How to share a printer from OS X to Windows XP (1)

* New to Mac
o How to back up your computer (12)
o How to get the Best Free OS X software (11)
o Switching to OS X (3)

* OSX
o How to back up your computer (12)
o How to clean up your ‘Open With’ Menu (2)
o How to control Christmas lights
o How to free up some Hard disk space. (6)
o How to get the Best Free OS X software (11)
o How to take a picture of part of your screen. (1)
o Switching to OS X (3)

* Other
o 1 million links! (1)
o Visitor Stats! (1)

* Phone
o How to get VOIP working well
o How to get your Optus D736 USB working in OSX (6)
o How to make a cheap conference call in Australia using normal phones. (6)
o How to modify the settings on your D900i Samsung mobile (16)
o How to sync ical to iphone and other ical users (4)
o How to sync your Samsung SGH D900i mobile phone to Macintosh OSX (83)
o How to write your own mobile phone drivers for OSX
o Mounting Samsung D900i as USB drive in OSX (70)
o The best settings for movies for phones (2)

* Podcasting
o How to compress speech
o How to import spoken word into itunes (1)
o How to make a podcast (4)

* Presentations
o Best presentation controller for keynote or powerpoint (2)
o How to make a Family Feud game in Keynote (30)
o How to make a good slideshow to view on a projector. (4)

* Problems
o How to fix up broken address book sync
o How to reset the OS X Installer (3)
o How to stop iTunes from playing while watching TV
o Search problems in Mail application

* Productivity
o How to get your address book contacts into your mobile phone (4)
o How to sync between your Macintosh computer and iphone
o How to use Notational Velocity with Simplenote (7)

* Publishing
o How to print a PDF booklet. (5)

* Reviews
o How to fly a model helicopter from your iphone. (1)
o How to get a good bible app for your iPhone (5)
o How to use Notational Velocity with Simplenote (7)
o Macspeech Dictate – Old Review (1)
o Review: Notelife released today! (5)
o The best place to buy RAM for your macbook or imac. (1)

* Software
o A great password manager (1)
o Best presentation controller for keynote or powerpoint (2)
o Dragon Dictate – Dragon Naturally Speaking v11 on the Mac (25)
o Dragon Naturally Speaking arrives on the Macintosh! (42)
o How to a connect a bigpond wireless modem with Snow Leopard. (3)
o How to add items to your menubar
o How to add spellchecking to your web browser (5)
o How to autosave a Pages document (3)
o How to buy Accordance (5)
o How to buy Macspeech Dictate in Australia
o How to dictate to your Macintosh with good accuracy (10)
o How to download flash video in OSX (5)
o How to fix the new itunes 7 if it crashes
o How to fix the scroll wheel on your Apple mighty mouse (7)
o How to get a free iTunes account without a credit card
o …

* Speech recognition
o Dragon Dictate – Dragon Naturally Speaking v11 on the Mac (25)
o Dragon Dictate Released!
o Dragon Naturally Speaking arrives on the Macintosh! (42)

* Sync
o How to get your address book contacts into your mobile phone (4)
o How to sync between your Macintosh computer and iphone
o How to sync your calendar across computers and iphone (2)

* Terminal
o How to back up your web server via the terminal

Where I used the … there are more articles in that category. Some of the articles are dated, since they refer to PowerPC Macs, but some of us still use those, so they can be beneficial to some. You should check them out at: http://macintoshhowto.com/allposts

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