Opera stores pages in cache for a quicker display upon your next visit to the site. However, if you are concerned about privacy and would prefer to not keep this cache on your computer, Opera can clear the cache each time you exit the browser.
For a newbster, it’s tough to explain how to get an app icon to stay in the dock. The app runs, it appears in the dock. When you close the app, some icons stay and other disappear. Here is how to put an app in the dock and keep it there.
OS X’s Mail application, like many others, keeps a list of recent email recipients. When typing in a recipient in a new message, Mail will try to help you along by autocompleting based on your first few keystrokes. I’ve mistyped email addresses before (okay, all the time) and if I got at least the first few characters right, then Mail may end up reusing my mistakes. A simple action in Mail will clear a learned address.
There are times when maintaining Outlook can be an overwhelming experience. Not only do you have to manage the massive amounts of email that can accumulate in your inbox, you also have to manage Search Folders, reminders, subscriptions, outdated rules etc. You can utilize Outlook’s command-line switches to help clean things up and get things running the way you want them to.
Don’t you just hate it when you look at your list of bookmarks and some of the sites have incorrect icons next to them. It makes it more difficult to locate the bookmark you want to launch. By following these steps, you can easily remove the incorrect bookmark icons so that Opera will use the correct one the next time you visit the site.
If you really want to show off the OS X eye candy, use this shortcut to slow down the minimize animation.
In order to more easily keep an eye on what your children are accessing on your computer, it is wise to perform periodic maintenance. You should clear your reports once in a while to prevent having to constantly wade through long lists of old data. To clear the reports, follow these steps:
Here’s the scenario: you download the latest and greatest version of the Adobe Flash Player. After it finishes installing, you go to a site featuring Flash content and are greeted with a message notifying you that you need to install Flash Player, but didn’t you just do that? To properly update your Flash Player, you need to run the installation as Administrator. Follow these steps to properly install Adobe Flash Player:
A new apple user will eventually find a program that stops responding or hangs. Does OS X have a task manager? Here is how to kill a frozen program.
If you are sending an email out to a few people or a mailing list, you probably are wanting to hide the list of addresses from each recipient. You do this by using the blind carbon copy field in the message you are creating. Windows Mail has this field hidden by default, to unhide the field, follow these steps:
If you have the User Account Control turned on, you have noticed that it causes a sudden change in the desktop display everytime it prompts for elevation. This can become annoying for some users. You can disable the secure desktop when prompting for elevation while keeping the UAC turned on. Follow these steps:
Bigger iPods have a hold switch which prevents unintentional button presses. While size does matter in a portable music devices, the Shuffle’s small stature didn’t leave space for a hold button. No problem, though. This trick will show you how to lock and unlock your little shuffle.
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