Tutorials
Fun with iPhone 4s and Siri
The iPhone 4s came out a couple of weeks ago. One of the best things it has to offer is Siri, an intelligent voice attendant. You can ask it to do all kinds of things from having it set appointments for you, asking about the weather, or googling something for you. But, a great past…
Read MoreWhere did my iPhone emoticons go?
Question I had this program installed on my iPhone called emoji. It allowed me to have these cool emoticons for texting. Now that I’ve upgraded to iOS 5, they are gone and a microphone icon is in its place. I like the mic, but, how do I install emoji again? Answer Good news. With the…
Read MoreWhat is the difference between Fetch and Push?
Question I am now syncing my phone and computers so that my calendars, emails will all have the same information. But, when I go to my settings I see options for “Fetch” and “Push”. What is the difference? Which one do I want to use? Answer Fetch and Push are items that tell your devices…
Read MorePassword Protect Your Macintosh
Question How do I password protect my computer when I first turn it on? I have it password protected when it’s been on and goes into hibernation. I want to have to put in a password when the computer is first turned on. Thought it was but discovered it wasn’t. Don’t want any eyes in…
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 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 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…
Read MoreMy iPhone Won't Sync!
Question Whenever I try to sync my iPhone I get this error “The iPhone cannot be synced. An unknown error occurred (13019). How do I fix this? Answer There are several things you can try to fix this. They range from “easy and might work” to “more work but should fix your problem”. USB Make…
Read MoreGmail: I can't undo from my Mail app with IMAP. HELP!
Question I am using gmail for my mail and have set up my mail using IMAP. Used to, when I deleted a message I could “undo” (command-Z) and get the message back. Well, after switching to IMAP it doesn’t work anymore. Unfortunately, I use this feature a lot. Anyway I can get it to work…
Read MoreHow do I make an email an active link in WordPress?
Question Hi Lena, Happy New Year. I hope you are well. A quick question in relation to our Wordpress website. I put some email addresses on the first page when you open the site, and they are not linked. You can see the old ones are. In other words, when you click on them, nothing happens. What to do?…
Read MoreHow to send an Eblast
Create a New eblast Campaign If you already have an account with me and want a quick tutorial on how to send an eblast, this is the post for you. If you do not have an eblast account, but are curious how it works and how easy it is, this is a great video to…
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