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Facebook is a social networking website that was launched in the fall of 2006.  Over the past four years, it has quickly become the most popular and fun of all networking tools.  But just as in real life, there are people on Facebook who do not understand the concept of proper social networking etiquette.  Do not become the one all of your Facebook friends hate to chat with.  Learn how to behave yourself and follow proper Facebook etiquette. While on the Subject of Photos Never under any circumstances... Read→

Mac OS X Leopard: File name Fix THE DOUBLE-CLICK FILENAME FIX If you’re working in a window set to Column view, you’re going to run into this all the time—when a file’s name is longer than the width of the column, the middle part of the filename is replaced with dots to make it shorter. That’s not usually a problem, but if you have one fi le named “Grandma Ford Final Portrait” and another named “Grandma Ford Un-retouched Portrait,” then  everything between “Grandma Ford”... Read→

TELL YOUR ICONS WHERE TO GO, TEMPORARILY AT LEAST If you have selected Icon view for your desktop or a folder, you have several options for keeping your icons arranged neatly. To make all the icons line up on an invisible grid, Control-click anywhere inside the window and select Clean Up from the contextual menu. If you select Arrange By from the contextual menu, not only can you force the icons to line up, but you can also tell them in what order to line up. That’ll show ‘em! If you only want... Read→

Mac OSX Leopard: GO WITH THE FLOW (ALL THE COOL PEOPLE DO) Apple’s System 1 introduced the world to viewing folders as icons. System 7 gave us List view. When OS X added the option to view your fi les in Column view, the geeks couldn’t have been more ecstatic (unless they actually got a date with a real, live female who wasn’t a sister, cousin, or prom queen who lost a bet). Well, Leopard has added Cover Flow view. You’ve seen it in iTunes, Front Row, Apple TV, your iPod—basically on everything... Read→

HOW TO SEE IF YOU CAN WRITE TO A FOLDER Mac OS X has various levels of security to control who has permission to mess with certain folders or fi les. If a network administrator set up your Mac, chances are pretty good that you’re locked out of some folders. When you try to drop a fi le into one of these locked folders, you get a “Just who do you think you are, Jack?” message. (If you listen closely, you can sometimes hear the network overlord snickering.) To avoid the humiliation of being... Read→

HIDE THE BARS If you’re one of those people who likes to work without a toolbar and sidebar (kind of like working without a net, but not quite as dangerous), just click the button in the topright corner of any Finder window and they will disappear. If you decide you want them back, just click the button again. But here’s another neat thing: if you open a folder located inside a “bar-less” window, it will open the same way.  Read More →

TEMPORARILY OVERRIDE THE OPEN FOLDERS PREFERENCE Whether you prefer the “everything opens in the same window” or the “give me a new window” scheme, occasionally you may want to get crazy and open a new window the other way. You can override the preference you’ve set by pressing the Command key when you double-click on a folder. If you want to get really crazy, Optiondouble- click on a folder or document, and the folder (or document) will open and the old window will close automatically. ... Read→

Address Book: HIDING YOUR PRIVATES In Mac OSX Leopard If you’re sending someone your vCard, depending on who they are, you might want to limit how much info you give them. For example, if this contact is a business contact, you might not want them to have your private email address, or your home phone number (if you still have a land line phone), or your credit card number. Well, luckily, you can decide which fi elds are saved as your vCard, and which are kept private, by going to the Address Book... Read→

Lost connections Remember that if you’re disconnected in the middle of a game, you won’t be able to rejoin it again. Playing again Even if you resign in an internet game, you still have the opportunity to play the same opponent again. Minesweeper It’s tricky yet addictive and you’ll be glad to know that everyone’s favourite old game, Minesweeper, is still available in Windows XP. Different options By selecting Options in some of the games featured in Windows XP, you’ll be able to change... Read→

Symbols If you need to type a specialist symbol that’s not on your keyboard (for example, many keyboards don’t feature the symbol for the Euro, which is essential for most business documents today), try accessing the Character Map, which is found under the System Tools menu. There’s a large selection of useful characters located here. Image slideshow If you save all of your images and photos in the My Pictures folder, you’ll have the handy option of being able to preview them all as a slideshow. Offline... Read→