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Getting Started: Learn How to Extend AirPort Networks (WDS)

Matt — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:53:05 +0000

Whether you have a large house, apartment, or office, you may have found that your AirPort network doesn’t reach into the far corners of your property. Of course, it always seems as though those corners are perfect for your Macs, and consequently, you need some way to extend your wireless network to those areas. Luckily, [...]

An Update on the State of MacGuruLounge

Matt — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:15:39 +0000

Whether you are a first-time reader or have been here since the beginning, you may have noticed that it has been a very long time since I posted a substantial article on MacGuruLounge. Above all, I want you to know that I have not abandoned you or this site, and I continue to respond to [...]

Mailbag 3: iPhoto, Remote Boot, Entourage

Matt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:13:22 +0000

It’s time again for some answers to your questions. If you have a comment or question about these specific issues, be sure to post it in the comments section for all of us to look at. From Bobby: Hi, I hope you can help me. I am just trying to back up my photos on a dvd [...]

Mailbag #2: More Questions Answered

Matt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:13 +0000

From Michelle: I’ve got quite a few dups in my itunes library right now and can find plenty of information as to how to fix that problem; however, I am wondering how they ever get there to begin with? The dups I have in my account seem so random – some are from cd’s I have [...]

Mailbag #1: Your Questions Answered

Matt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:04:44 +0000

This is the first in (what I hope to be) a long running series of articles where I finally get around to answering your questions. I have many to sort through, so please keep them coming. My goal with this series is to answer the questions that will be most useful for a large audience. [...]

How to Listen to Large Podcasts over 3G on the iPhone

Matt — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:45:39 +0000

I don’t normally cover iPhone tips on this site, but I thought I’d share one with you as it relates to podcasts. Until I got my 2G iPhone, I listened to a lot of music on my iPod. Here in Portland, I nearly always take the bus, Max, ride my bike, or walk to my [...]

Fix Mac OS X’s Text-to-Speech Pronunciation Errors

Matt — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:40:21 +0000

For many of us, Mac OS X’s text-to-speech technology is a novelty: we use it every once in a while just to hear its mechanical voice read a line or two of text. The reality, though, is that many people depend on the technology to read pages of text or pronounce VoiceOver commands on a [...]

How to Choose Your Perfect Mac

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:35:05 +0000

Over the past few months, many people have written in asking for advice on how to buy a Mac. To be honest, most people are looking for me to help them convince themselves on an “up-sell.” For example, there are plenty of people who want to know why they should purchase a MacBook Air instead [...]

Save Any File or Screen As a PDF in Mac OS X

Matt — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:54:27 +0000

If you have been using a Mac since the first days of Mac OS X, you likely know that Apple hid one of the most useful tools in the “Print” window: the ability to save any document or any screen as a PDF! As long as you can print what you’re looking at, you can [...]

Share Your iTunes Library with All Users on Your Computer

Matt — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:18:20 +0000

I’ve had several people ask me over the past few months how they can share or synchronize their iTunes libraries across all the user accounts on their home computers. This is a complicated affair, and there are different ways to accomplish these goals, depending on what the user ultimately wants. At this point, I don’t [...]