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OS X: How to Factory Reset (or Wipe) a BlackBerry

Before selling or giving away your BlackBerry, you should reset it to its factory-fresh state. This tutorial will show how to remove your personal information from your BlackBerry device in OS X. Wipe it clean.

Prevent Windows 7 from Appending “Shortcut” to New Shortcuts

When a shortcut is created, typically Microsoft Windows 7 will append the “shortcut” suffix to the icon’s text. This tech-recipe describes how to prevent Windows from adding that suffix when a shortcut is created.

Use Dropbox to Easily Import Files into iPad Applications

If you are using a computer that isn’t running iTunes, or if your iPad isn’t associated with iTunes on that computer, you can still get your files onto your iPad using Dropbox. You can import PDF files into iBooks, Word documents into Pages, Excel spreadsheets into Numbers, etc.

Windows 7 Media Center and iTunes: How to automatically convert and import recorded TV Shows into iTunes and stream to iTV / other iTunes

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This recipe is a much more advanced one.  We will outline how to take your recorded TV shows from Windows 7 Media Center (.wtv files), convert them to an iTunes compatible MP4, re-tag the IDTAGS for iTunes and then have iTunes import the shows automatically.  This recipe requires intermediate command line knowledge and 2 free utilities.  In the end, we should have a solution that will let us convert our tv we record in Win7 MCE and then watch it on our iPod/iPad/iPhone AND stream it via iTunes to iTV 🙂

Gmail: How to Use Priority Inbox Features on Mobile Phones Now

The new Priority Inbox feature in Gmail is great; however, it is not available officially for mobile phones yet. In this tutorial, I describe two unofficial methods for accessing Google’s Priority Inbox feature on mobile devices now.

iPhone: Disable Red Squiggle Underlines

Some of our apple contacts have said that several people have contacted them on how to turn off the red squiggles under misspelled words. As awful as my spelling is, I could not do without this feature; however, if you want to turn off the spelling checks, this tutorial is for you.

iPhone iOS 4.1: Send HD Video to YouTube

The cameras of many mobile phones have been able to upload high resolution video to YouTube for a while now. With iOS 4.1 Apple brings the uploading of HD video to YouTube to the iPhone party.

iPhone iOS 4.1: Disable Typing Auto-Correction

You try to text “going to be late, smh” and hit Send. Unfortunately for your relationship, the iPhone corrects “smh” to “Amy.” Oh, boy. When texting, using the iPhone can be annoying as it tries to guess what is being typed. The corrections slow me down more than they help. If you find yourself in this situation, turn off the auto-correction feature. Here is how to do it:

iPhone iOS 4.1: Enable HDR Feature in Photos

Many people are excited about the HDR (high dynamic range) feature in the new version of iPhone iOS 4.1. This tech-recipe will show how to turn on and use the HDR setting.

Disable Google Instant Search to Return to Old Google Search

I am a big fan of google’s new instant search. However, a lot of people do not like the change. This tutorial shows how to return to the old google search either temporarily or permanently. By turning Google’s instant search off, your old google search is safe and intact.

Windows 7: How Do I Rename Multiple Files at Once?

When you have many files in a folder, renaming these files individually can take a lot of time. You do not have to rename files one-by-one. Following these directions will show you how to rename multiple files at once.

Windows 7: How to Pin Hard Drives to the Taskbar

If you work directly on your hard drive frequently, this tech-recipe will help you. Placing a shortcut to each of your hard drives makes this process very easy. This tutorial demonstrates how you can pin your hard drives to taskbar so you can access them with ease.

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