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Vista: Enable / Disable Hibernate Mode from the Command Line

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Instead of using the GUI (Control Panel | Power Options | Power Plan) to enable or disable Hibernate, you can do this from the command line.

BlackBerry: Set Your Device to Automatically Turn On and Off

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If you want to conserve battery power, you can set your BlackBerry to turn off and on at set times by using the Auto On/Off function. I set mine to turn off at my bedtime and turn back on right before I am to awake so that it’s ready to go.

Windows 7: Check Your System’s Power Efficiency

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By running a Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report, you can view an analysis of your system and check common energy efficiency and battery life problems as well as check for errors and warnings for your power setup and hardware.

Windows 7: Change the Start Menu Power Button Settings

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If the current setting for the Start Menu power button do not meet your needs, you can easily change it (to sleep, hibernate, or shutdown) through the following instructions.

OS X Lion: How to Set Your Apple ID

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With iCloud coming and AirDrop already here, it is very useful to set your Apple ID within Lion so that you can utilize these services.

Google+ for Android: Use a photo from Google+ as your Android wallpaper

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This tech-recipe will explain how to use any photo in your stream or any of your Circles photo albums as your Android phone’s wallpaper.  This of course only works with Android phones and requires having the Google+ app for Android installed.

OS X Lion: Prevent Mission Control from Rearranging Spaces

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By default, Lion’s Mission Control rearranges spaces based on recent use. If you have your spaces set up the way you want them and don’t want Mission Control messing this up, you can disable this and keep your spaces in their original position.

OS X Lion: How to Disable the Accents Popup

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If you press and hold a letter in Lion, a popup will appear with the various accented versions of that letter. If you don’t use this and want to get rid of the distraction, you can disable it.

OS X Lion: Add Signature to PDF Files

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Many PDF files ultimately need a real signature to complete. Often people would print out the page, sign it, rescan it, and then email it. What a waste! However, for many people trying to scan in a signature and then paste it into the file was even harder. With OS X Lion, Apple has added an extremely simple way to add signatures to PDF files. Here is the step-by-step directions to do it.

OS X Lion 10.7: Reverse Scroll Direction

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In the development versions of OS X Lion, Apple has inverted the scroll direction. This is a logical progression to a more gesture oriented system; however, for many users it is confusing and breaks old habits. It is always hard to do exactly the opposite of what was previously learned. To revert to the older scrolling direction, follow these steps.

OS X Lion: Restore the Status Bar in Finder

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By default, Lion has the Status Bar in Finder disabled. If you are used to using the Status Bar to tell you how much room is left on your drive, how many items are in a folder, etc. then you can enable it.

OS X Lion: How to Bind an App to a Space

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By using Mission Control and gestures you can easily navigate between spaces and by binding apps to spaces, you can use these gestures to switch between open apps.