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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Capture and Attach Screenshots

A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Capture and Attach Screenshots

Make your life and your IT department’s life a lot easier by taking and attaching screenshots of error messages you receive when sites or services are down, or when your Internet connection or email client are acting up.

How to Lock and Password Protect a Folder on Your Mac

How to Lock and Password Protect a Folder on Your Mac

Do you use a shared computer, maybe your Mac at home that you use for personal and community work but that your significant other or little ones use for games, news, etc? It’s easy to protect certain…

App Junkies: How to Create App Folders on Your iPhone 4 and iOS 4

App Junkies: How to Create App Folders on Your iPhone 4 and iOS 4

So, the new OS upgrade came to the iPhone 3GS this week and the new iPhone is being shipped now! Hooray! If you have already upgraded your OS to the new iOS 4, you might want to…

How to Add BCC to my Email on my Mac

How to Add BCC to my Email on my Mac

Someone asked how to add BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) to their Mac using the Apple Mail client. This is easy.
Just go to your email and compose a new message. You will see it has a “To” line, and a…

Glossary: What Does FTP Mean?

Glossary: What Does FTP Mean?

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is one of the most common methods of sending files between two computers. You can use FTP to exchange files between computer accounts, transfer files between an account and a…

The Correct Way to Clean Your Flat Screen (LCD) Monitor

The Correct Way to Clean Your Flat Screen (LCD) Monitor

Computer equipment will last a heck of a lot longer if you take care of your components the correct way, not just using whatever is handy and/or available. Follow these quick tips and you and your monitor…

There IS a Caps Lock on Your iPhone – Just Don’t Go Crazy With It…

There IS a Caps Lock on Your iPhone – Just Don’t Go Crazy With It…

Yes, we realize CAPS LOCK sounds like you are yelling at someone. But sometimes you need Caps Lock enabled for many things. The iPhone does have a caps lock mode built in, but it’s disabled by default.…

How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone or iPod Touch

How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone or iPod Touch

In yesterday’s TechByte, someone asked how I took the screenshot on my iPhone for the post. It’s actually very easy. To capture the screen image or take a screenshot using iPhone 2.0, iPhone 3G(s), and iPod Touch…

Because when in France, you spell it “Café” – iPhone Tip

Because when in France, you spell it “Café” – iPhone Tip

Now you probably have mastered how to use the QWERTY keys on your iPhone for spelling and punctuation, but did you know there are even more special keys? Especially if you are looking for non-English punctuation marks?…

Mac Screenshot Shortcut

Want to take a screenshot of just one part of your screen? From any application, use the keyboard shortcut of Cmd + Shift + 4 to get a crosshairs icon. Click and drag a box around the area you want…

Who’s Coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass? Tickets on Sale Now!

Who’s Coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass? Tickets on Sale Now!

POSTPONED – will have new date soon!
Who’s coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass 2010?
Registration is now open for Boot Camp on May 22nd at Bristol Community College in Fall River, MA, from 8am-6pm.
If you…