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Creating a Lion Installer Disk
Having upgraded to Lion on the day it was released, I was struck with just how easy it was to download it from the Mac App Store. All in all, it has to be the easiest upgrade I have ever done .What...
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It seems that as one threat comes and goes, another pops up and shows it’s head. There seems to be a new virus, in the form of a Trojan Horse that is ready to infect unsuspecting Macs all over the...
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What is iCloud?
Having used iCloud for the weekend, I thought it would be a good time to share with you my thoughts about it. Being a long time user of the MobileMe world, I was used to my calendars and address books...
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Wallpaper to download – another gift!
I’ve recently been brushing up on my Photoshop skills, and as a result managed to produce a wallpaper that I really quite like (based on the Elder Scrolls for those of you who were wondering). Along...
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Migration Assistant – Lesson Learned
Today, a very good friend of mine told me a little story that I thought might be worth repeating here on Macstarter. He’s due to move to the other side of the world in a few weeks, and has sold his...
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Re-downloading from the Mac App Store
I love the Mac App Store. I do with there were more big names there, but the fact that I can buy a new computer and re-download all my Apps from one convenient place is a winner. There’s just nothing...
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Restore Windows in Lion
One of the features in Lion that can get me a little hot under the collar is the Restore Windows feature. You’ll see this happening with certain programs (such as Preview). Now, let’s say you’ve...
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Mac Users Toolkit pt I
In the recent months, it seems that there has been a huge number of my friends and family who have rushed out and bought a Mac of some variety. This has meant that I have been called upon much more...
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Mac Users Toolkit pt II
In the last article we talked about preparing yourself for setting up a new Mac. Actually, if you are taking care of your files and disk images, you will always be ready to set up a new Mac. It might...
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Mountain Lion
Since the release of Lion, I’ve loved using my Mac even more than normal. When OS X arrived just over a decade ago, I remember that feeling of using something new. Not shiny new, but radical new. A...
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Buying a new Cat soon?
Earlier this week, Apple announced their new operating system called Lion. I’ve been using Macs for just over a decade, and started on OS 9. For those old timers out there, you may fondly remember OS 9...
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The Lion wakes today?
Many websites are reporting that today should mark the arrival of the Mac’s new operating system – Lion. While this hasn’t been confirmed 100%, at Macstarter we thought we would prepare for it’s...
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Where is Lion?
There seems to be a sideline of Mac punditry specifically related to the release of Lion. The date of the 14th July was reliably stated as the day that Lion would be released. If you check your...
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Lion – autosaving
One of the features that has me hooked already in Lion is the built in autosave. This shouldn’t be confused with the normal autosaves that programs like Word already do. So, for example, when you open...
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Lion – was it worth it?
I’ve been using Lion for a couple of weeks now, and I have to say it’s not been like my previous OS X upgrades. Rather like buying a new car, getting used to LIon has been tougher than I thought,...
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Assigning an App to a Desktop
Being a hardcore spaces fan, Lions new Desktops has had me feeling a little uneasy. Spaces was arranged in a nice 4×4 grid (or more if you wanted), and navigating between them using ctrl + arrows was a...
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Lion – Recovery Disk
With Lion being a download only upgrade, the ability to reinstall Lion, let alone rescue your data is quite daunting. With previous OS X’s you simply popped in the CD or DVD and could perform a number...
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Instant Folders in Lion
From time to time, I have to go into “organisational mode”. This entails me trawling through hundreds (if not thousands) of files, arranging them into folders, and sub folders. Normally, I would go...
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Keyboard Shortcut of the Week – cmd + shift + O
If you find yourself going to your Documents folder quite often, this is the shortcut for you. A simple cmd + shift + O will take you to your Documents folder in an instant. Remember though, for this...
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Keyboard Shortcut of the Week – cmd + alt + T
This shortcut works on most iterations of OS X, but is especially for the all the Lions and Lionesses out there. For some reason, when opening a finder window, my copy of lion insists on opening them...
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