Posts by Lena Shore
How to Create an Alias on your Macintosh
Question Can you tell me how to create a short cut to a folder? Answer “Short Cuts” are called an “Alias” on a Mac. You can make one by using any of the techniques below: Select the original folder and hold down Command + Option and drag it to a new location. Then you can…
Read MoreHow to purchase the right size stock photography for your designer
So, you’ve discovered the stock photography companies. You like the control of having your own account and purchasing your own photos. Picking out photos, sorting through hundreds of photos and finding just the right ones takes a lot of time and effort. The last thing you want to do is buy the wrong size for…
Read MoreTips I Learned From My Clients This Month
I love learning new things. I enjoy understanding other people’s workflows to see if there is something I can use for my own purposes. Here are a few things I learned this month from my clients that might help you. Keywords from PDFs This tip came from Linda Harvey (Linda Harvey Group). Did you know…
Read MoreHow do I block people that aren't my friends on Facebook?
Question When I comment on a facebook friend’s post I can see their friends’ comments even if they are not one of mine. Normally, this doesn’t bother me. But… there is a particular person I find offensive. Is there a way to hide or block their posts so I can’t see them? Answer Friends Most…
Read MoreI Thought Macintosh Computers Don’t Get Viruses?
No. Macintosh computers don’t get viruses. A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself to infect a computer without any action required by the computer user. By this definition, there are no viruses on Macintoshes. But, that isn’t really the information you want. The word “Virus” has become commonly used to describe…
Read MoreIdeas to Make Your Website Work Harder for You
“What can I do to make my Web site better?” I get this question a lot. In many cases, the short answer is “plenty”. Here is a checklist of items I use to help clients determine what items would be helpful to them to improve their website. (We’ll call the following, “the long answer”.) Content…
Read MoreThe Don’ts and REALLY Don’ts of Mailing Lists and Email Marketing
Building an email list takes time and care. You collect emails from clients, your own web site, sales reps, contests, and interested emailers. You send your offerings, deleting bounce backs and abandoned addresses, removing the opt-outs, watching the inbox placements and the click through rates, pruning here and adding there, tailoring and growing a list…
Read MoreMerge iCal Calendars
Question Over the years and with syncing my iCal calendars I have too many different calendars. I would like to simplify them. For instance, right now I have: Work Home Home Chores Meetings How would I merge Work and Meetings and Home and Home Chores? So I have only these: Work Home I know I…
Read MoreCreate multiple Vcards from Address Book at Once
Question Is there a way to create multiple and separate vCards from my Address Book on my Mac? I know I can grab a group or “All Contacts” onto the desktop and it will make a single vCard with all of the contacts inside of it. But, what if I wanted to make a separate…
Read MoreHow can I make a voice recording on my mac?
Question I need to make a quick voice recording on my computer. Is there a built in way to do this? How can I make a voice recording on my mac? Answer Your easy answer is QuickTime Player. It comes installed on your computer. Launch the program Go to File –> New Audio Recording Click…
Read MoreClean Up Your Gmail folders in Your Mail
Gmail is great. It works great with IMAP as well as your personal accounts and at handling your domain mail. However, it doesn’t always play nice with the Mail.app. It works, but the default settings insist on making a new menu section on the left hand side of your screen. I don’t know about you,…
Read MoreGmail is saving multiple drafts. How to stop it.
Question Why does my Mail program save a draft of every email I begin to write and in some cases save several drafts as I write the email? Answer Disable storing drafts on the server by going to the Mail.app’s Account Preferences –> [choose the account you are working with] –> Mailbox Behaviors. Gmail will…
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