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Windows Live Mesh 2011: Getting Started
The most powerful free program included into Windows Live Essentials 2011 is Windows Live Mesh. This lets you easily sync your documents, photos, videos, music and other files with up to 30 computers – including Macs. Note: You’ll need to install Live Mesh on each computer you want to sync your data with. First download [...]
OS X Lion 10.7.2 Includes iCloud Support: Here’s How To Update
The most anticipated feature in iOS 5 is support for iCloud. This week Apple released an update for OS X Lion – version 10.7.2 — which includes support for iCloud too. You’ll need to update OS X Lion first. Here’s how. Click the Apple icon on the menu bar at the upper left corner of [...]
OS X Lion: Tweet from Any Native OS X App
One of the cool new features in OS X Lion is the ability to tweet from any Native OS X program. Here’s how to set it up. First launch the Mac App Store from the Dock – included in OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 and up. Type: twitter in the search box, hit Enter and [...]
Apple OS X: How To Find Your Router’s IP Address
If you’re having local area network problems or need to configure port forwarding, you’ve got to log into your router to remedy things. To that, you need to be able to find your router’s IP address. Here’s how to do it in Apple’s OS X. First, launch System Preferences from the Dock. The System Preferences [...]
OS X Lion: How to Merge RSS Feeds with Mail
If you’re a Mac user, there’s no reason to constantly switch back and forth between your RSS reader of choice and your Mail. What a pain. Combine them. Here’s how to do it in Apple OS X Lion. First, launch Mail then select Mail >> Preferences. The Preferences screen comes up. Click on the RSS [...]
Apple OS X: Run Chrome OS on Parallels VM
Google recently started selling Chromebooks, which are efficient netbook style computers developed specifically for small business and education institutions. If you’re interested in getting a new Google Chromebook, test it out before you buy. Here’s how to install and run the Chrome OS on any Mac capable of running Parallels 6. First, make sure you [...]
Chrometa for Mac Released–Hassle-free Time Tracking
Back in January, we were invited to review the beta release of Chrometa. As a quick recap, Chrometa is a web-based time tracking software that was originally geared towards professionals who bill by the hour (e.g. lawyers, designers, guardian angels). Chrometa has since reinvented itself as a full-featured time management app that keeps tabs on [...]
KatMouse is a Simple App That Brings the OS X Scroll-Wheel Style to Windows
One of the things that I really like about Apple’s OS X is that regardless of which window you have selected, the one you are hovering over will scroll up or down. Unfortunately, in Windows it doesn’t work quite the same. You have to first select the window that you want to scroll in, otherwise [...]
How to Fix YouTube Lag in Chrome 10
Hi groovyMac users–if you’re like me, then you’ve noticed that starting this month, YouTube has been experiencing some pretty harsh lag. This seems to be confined to Google Chrome users, and, if I’m not mistaken, seems to be more prevalent for OS X and Macbook users as well. Essentially, the YouTube slowdown is pronounced in [...]
How to Sync your iTunes Playlists to SugarSync [OS X]
I was originally going to write a post called “the 250 GB iPhone” in tribute to the 250 GB in free space I’ve received in SugarSync referrals*. My plan: Upload my entire iTunes library to my SugarSync account and use SugarSync’s iPhone app to listen to my jamz from my 50+ GB collection no matter [...]
How to Create Multi-Page PDF Files in MAC OS X with Automator
Guest post: Isaac Philbrook, a long-time groovyReader turned contributor who loves to find solutions for annoying problems! groovyPost has always had a big fat hole in our archives when it comes to groovyPosts for the MAC so I hope we will see more from Isaac in the future! Recently, I ran into trouble when [...]
How To Share Files and Folders between OS X and Windows 7
In my household, Macs and PCs live in harmony. And thanks to built-in SMB sharing in OS X, sharing files and folders between Windows and OS X isn’t nearly as challenging as it has been in the past. You can get your Windows 7 PC and your Mac OS X computer reading and writing to [...]