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Photoshop: Image Resize vs. Canvas Resize

contributed by Chris Luongo on July 13, 2011 under Graphics

An area of major confusion affecting Photoshop beginners is knowing the difference between resizing the canvas and resizing an image. This tech-recipe compares the two and describes how to perform each function.

How to Enable Automatic Downloads of Music, Apps, and/or Books

contributed by Rob Rogers on June 19, 2011 under Apple iPhone, Music

If you make purchases on different iOS devices, you can set your iPhone or iPad to automatically download Music, Apps, and/or Books that were purchased from a different device. (Requires iOS 4.3.3 or iOS 5 beta)

iTunes: How to View and Download Previously Purchased Music, Apps, and Books

contributed by Rob Rogers on June 14, 2011 under Music

With the introduction of iTunes in the Cloud, you can easily download previously purchased music, apps, and/or books to your computer. This is especially great when you want to listen to a previously purchased album on your computer that you bought on your iOS device.

iTunes 10.3: How to Enable Automatic Downloads

contributed by Rob Rogers on June 13, 2011 under Apple Mac, Music, Windows

iTunes allows you to automatically download purchases of Apps, Books, and/or Music to your computer(s) when you purchase them from our iOS device. This feature isn’t enabled by default.

Google Music: How to Change the Album Art

contributed by Rob Rogers on June 8, 2011 under Google, Music

Nothing makes your music collection look more boring than to have missing or poor quality album art. Like most music players, Google Music allows you to easily change the album art for your songs.

Google Music Beta: Modify Bandwidth and Upload Speed

contributed by Jimmy Selix on June 6, 2011 under Google, Music

Google Music Beta is a new cloud music streaming service that Google is offering in beta. Upon installing the Music Manager on your PC or Mac, it will need to upload your library into Google Music cloud. Lets take a look at how to change the amount of bandwidth thats used to do this upload.

City of Heroes: Disable Annoying Help Pop-ups

contributed by Aaron St. Clair on May 29, 2011 under Games

Every time you make a new toon in City of Heroes you’re spammed with pop-up after pop-up that assume you have never played the game. Though these pop-ups are good for new players, seasoned veterans do not need them. They will not go away until you’ve received one of every pop-up, and there are hundreds, if not thousands of them.

Empire Avenue: Setup Custom Email Notifications on Alerts and Activity

contributed by Jimmy Selix on May 2, 2011 under Entertainment

Empireavenue.com is a new site/game that lets users trade themselves as stock and to gain value based on social media interactions. This tech-recipe is for those users who would like to setup custom email notifications to avoid getting overwhelmed with emails and alerts.

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