We have already written about how to add Facebook chat in iChat on Mac, and now we are going to tell you how to add Facebook chat to Firefox and in this way it became possible for users to be in touch with their Facebook friends all the time while they are working over internet without opening a separate Facebook web page.
This option works for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Some time you need to capture screenshot in Mac and want to save in specific file format. On Mac OS X the default file format for screen shot is PNG but if you want that your Mac must save screen shots in any other file format for example as JPG, GIF or PDF then just apply the following method to do so.
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Although you may use the default calculator on Mac but for quick calculations Spotlight also includes calculator feature where users can directly enter math quires to get faster calculated results. Follow the simple instructions written below to know that how Spotlight works as calculator.
You can use Spotlight on Mac to find something fast and quickly but if you want to restrict Spotlight from searching to some specific location or folders because of any personal reason or to make your Mac secure while others are using it then follow the method written below to do so.
This method will limit the search activity of Spotlight but it does not mean that Spotlight stop working.
On Mac if you want to delete the files from Trash then just Cmd + click on it and select the option Empty Trash and it asks to confirm either you want to Empty Trash or not.
The process to empty the Trash is simple and you think that in this way your Trash is securely empty but actually those deleted files still exist on Mac hard disk until these will be overwritten by any other deleted files. It means the files which are deleted from Trash could be recovered through any recovery tool.
So, if you want to permanently and quickly delete your files from Mac OS X and do not want to send them in Trash then there is an option available Empty Trash Securely. The tip to do that is very simple and could be used in two different ways which are written in follows.
We have also written how to add Facebook Chat in Firefox, and you may use iChat on Mac to send messages to your Facebook friends instead of signing in to Facebook web page. Here we are writing the method to let you know that how you can integrate your Facebook vanity URL with iChat.
When you create partition on Intel based Mac through BootCamp to install Windows OS then this newly installed operating system became the default OS and then whenever you start Mac it boots from Windows OS. But if you want to make the Mac OS X as default on your Mac system then just follow the instructions written below.
Sometimes your Nexus One may freezes or doesn’t respond, if this happening continuously than you need to reset your phone to the factory settings called hard reset. To hard reset Google Nexus One mobile phone you need to do the following steps.
Buzz is a new service by the internet giant Google. Using Google Buzz you can Share updates, photos, videos, and more and start conversations about the things you find interesting. Some users don’t want to show up Buzz in gmail and want to turn it off. You can disable Google Buzz from gmail, lets see how to disable it.
If you want to run Windows operating system on your Mac besides Mac OS X then Boot Camp application makes this task easy for you. Boot Camp application is included in Mac OS X and helps to create a partition to install Windows operating system on Intel based Mac systems.
Here we tell you the method that how you can use Boot Camp to create/delete partition on Mac to install Windows operating system.
If you want to burn .DMG, .ISO or any other files to optical medium then Disk Utility, the built-in utility of Mac OS X could be used to do that and in this way there is no need to put extra effort to install any other third party application to burn ISO or DMG files.
See also
Burn ISO Files in Windows 7 with Built-in Application
Mount ISO Image Files without Burning on CD/DVD
Open and Use Bin, Cue or ISO Files
If you have some items purchased in your iPhone or iPod Touch, and you want to transfer these items from iPhone or iPod Touch to iTunes. You can transfer these items to any iTunes/computer that is authorized by iTunes Store user name and password.
The purpose to enable this option is to view the contents of folders quickly without opening them. You can View multipages Microsoft Office documents and PDF files, watch videos, view pictures slideshow and more with Quick look option. On Mac OS X it is very easy to enable Quicklook.
Microsoft Word gives us option to create automatic table of contents for our documents or books. Here you can see how to create table of contents in Microsoft Word 2007 / 2010.
Full header information of an email is more helpful for system administrators than an ordinary person. Full headers information of an email contains delivery route and other information. By default different email service providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. shows little information in the headers in normal view, but you can see the full headers information. So to view full headers of Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail emails follow the given steps below
Some time people use their Mac computer for specific purpose and they want some required applications to run and ready at start-up automatically or even you don’t use Mac for specific work you may need to run some programs on start-up like Mail, Chat, Music and more… so Mac OS X gives you an option to specify applications to run at start-up.
So you have some beautiful pictures in your iPhone and you want those iPhone pictures transfer to your computer. Transfering pictures to your computer from iPhone is very easy.
Another great iPhone and iPod touch app that can turn your iPhone or iPod touch to a wireless keyboard and trackpad. You can use your iPhone or iPod touch with your PC or Mac as keyboard and mouse. See how Touch Mouse appication turn your iPhone or iPod touch to wireless mouse and keyboard.
If you have some application in your iPhone or iPod touch that you don’t need any more you can delete those apps from iPhone or iPod touch easily. Follow this guide to delete apps from iPhone or iPod Touch.
To remember passwords is quite a challenging and some times difficult task, so Mac has an embedded utility called Keychain Access. Keychain Access can store all almost all passwords that are used in Mac.
For example, when you login to your web browser and click on option to remember my password then that password stored in Keychain Access. In case if you forget password then you may recover that just by accessing through Keychain Access so in this way you will get access and recover all stored passwords on your Mac.
See how you can open and recover the stored passwords on Mac OS X Keychain Access.
Root user in Mac OS X is special user, different than administrator and has high privileges and rights to make any type of change to the system. If you forgot the password of Root user, see how to recover Root password using different methods in Mac OS X.
See also:
How to Enable/Disable Root User on Mac
When you are working in silent office environment or in a study room then you may want to turn off startup sound of Mac. So, here we are writing the process which you may follow to control or completely turn off startup sound.
To quit a stuck application you may use Force Quit option on Mac but sometimes the stuck application does not accept Force Quit. So, in that case you may kill the application by using commands on Terminal.
In case you stuck with an application in Mac OS X then definitely you want to get release from it as soon as possible without wasting your time. So, Mac OS X gives Force Quit option which allows to quit any running application quickly.
Their are different methods to apply Force Quit for an application which are mentioned below.
If you want to take screenshots of any movie or application with a specific time interval on Mac OS X then manually it is a little bit difficult task to manage. So, here we are writing a simple method which let you allow to take unlimited screenshots automatically and you may also set time interval between the screenshots according to your requirement.