When you rip a DVD to your Mac you end up with a VIDEO_TS folder, which can be dragged to DVD player icon to play the DVD (you might find some stubborn DVDs will only play in VLC though). As the DVD media is a folder, obviously you can't...
Topics: Finder, General

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Mac OS X Tips has teamed up with SimpleLeap Software to give away 3 free copies of Cram , their software for studying with flash cards and multiple choice tests. See the bottom of this post for details on how to enter the competition. Cram is an...
Topics: None

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It's really convenient that you get get all the updates for the Apple software on your Mac by going to the Apple menu and choosing "Software Update...". However, occasionally you might want to skip an update, and you don't want...
Topics: General

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Here’s a trick that I just learnt. You can quickly remove preference panes from System Preferences by right-clicking (or Control-clicking) on them and choosing remove preference pane. Of course this only works on the preference panes that you have.
Topics: System Prefs.

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Inspector windows are small windows that allow you to change settings for whatever happens to be the currently selected object. They are the ones that have a thinner title bar, they always hover above other windows and they disappear when you change to..
Topics: iWork

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