Macintosh

Email

Mac Mail: How to add addresses from Mail to your Address Book in Bulk

January 30, 2012 Read the full article →

Question I have “mail” and “contacts” on my mac. I know there are email addresses that my Mail program recognizes and will auto populate when I begin typing them that are not in my contacts. I desire to get those addresses in my contacts file or download them in some way so I can add [...]

Apple TV

Is Streaming Netflix with Your Apple TV 2 Leaving You Hanging?

January 16, 2012 Read the full article →

We love Netflix. We love being able to stream it over our iPad, iPhone, and Apple T.V. 2. However, as of late we keep running into programs and movies just hanging every few minutes on the Apple TV. This is not the joyful experience I am accustomed to. After doing some digging, we found some [...]

Macintosh

Password Protect Your Macintosh

August 29, 2011 Read the full article →

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 [...]

Beginner Basics

How to Create an Alias on your Macintosh

August 1, 2011 Read the full article →

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 [...]

Ask Lena

Merge iCal Calendars

June 13, 2011 Read the full article →

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 [...]

Address Book

Create multiple Vcards from Address Book at Once

June 6, 2011 Read the full article →

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 [...]

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How can I make a voice recording on my mac?

May 30, 2011 Read the full article →

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 [...]

Ask Lena

Ask Lena: Junk Mail on my Mac?

December 13, 2010 Read the full article →

Question A question – is there a way to set up Mail so that the stuff marked as junk go somewhere other than the main mailbox? With Entourage the junk went directly into the Junk folder but on my mail it shows up – albeit a different color and says this is junk- but I’d [...]

Macintosh

Share iTunes Playlists Across Local Network

July 12, 2010 Read the full article →

Question What is the quick, easy way to set up a local network to share playlists in iTunes? Answer Home Sharing. It’s easy to set up too! You’ll need two computers running iTunes and your iTunes login and password. Home Sharing has been around for a little while, but make sure you have the latest iTunes [...]

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