Renny Willins

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Taking screen shots

It occurred to me the other day whilst doing  – what seemed like – my thousandth article, that I use a lot of screen captures and that maybe this is a process that I should share. The Mac has always had a very clean and simple way of capturing a screen to be pasted to …

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Yes you can install it more than once

We’ve all be brought up to believe and expect that most applications – and certainly operating systems – can only be installed once per purchase per machine. It’s confusing, I know,  and counterintuitive but Apple really does allow you to install Mountain Lion on more than one Mac after only one purchase. Once you have …

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Fix up your Address Book before its too late

All too often people rely on the Mail application remembering who they email. They get used to just typing in the first few letters of someones name and it appearing in the TO field. This is great until there is a disaster and years of accumulated email addresses can be lost. It is a much better …

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If you have just purchased Mountain Lion you need to do this

If you have just purchased and downloaded Mountain Lion I am sure you will recall  – along with a rolling of the eyes – how long it took to download the update. If you are unfortunate enough to ever need to reinstall Mountain Lion you will have to go through this all over again. That …

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If you are around kids and you have an iPhone…

Kids love iPhones, iPads and iPods and they can be a great way to keep the kids occupied. Unfortunately while they are amusing themselves with your iPhone there is every possibility that they might delete Apps or maybe even purchase a few. You know kids – they are amazingly clever when it comes to stuff like …

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