Headline Hints 13,091 hints in the system
| Hint Title | Date | Viewed | Cmnts |
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Convert .dmg files to .iso files for burning elsewhere
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Thu Jan 29 2004 |
672,581 | 34 |
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How to burn ISO disc images
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Thu Jun 22 2006 |
603,132 | 39 |
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Configure Mail for Gmail POP access
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Fri Nov 12 2004 |
431,061 | 16 |
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Easily download YouTube movies via Safari
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Mon Apr 23 2007 |
414,972 | 43 |
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All macosxhints Panther hints [431 total!]
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Sat Oct 25 2003 |
410,208 | 28 |
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A 'perfect' iTunes equalizer setting
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Thu Sep 02 2004 |
344,043 | 77 |
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Enable the Safari debug menu
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Fri Jan 10 2003 |
333,805 | 36 |
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Install an Ogg Vorbis iTunes plugin (revisited)
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Sun Nov 03 2002 |
306,901 | 45 |
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Use a D-Link DWL-G122 USB WiFi Dongle
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Wed Feb 02 2005 |
290,955 | 52 |
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Record and playback high definition TV signals
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Wed Apr 28 2004 |
282,449 | 71 |
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Recover a dead hard drive using dd
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Fri Mar 04 2005 |
276,650 | 62 |
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How to clean the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball
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Thu Feb 16 2006 |
274,980 | 90 |
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Twenty steps to help diagnose and fix system issues
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Mon Jan 12 2004 |
272,588 | 17 |
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Create HFS+ and FAT32 partitions on one external drive.
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Tue Jun 17 2003 |
246,102 | 67 |
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10.4: Detach widgets from the Dashboard
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Fri Apr 29 2005 |
242,477 | 55 |
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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
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Wed Jul 02 2003 |
239,486 | 51 |
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A Mac to PC USB webcam video chat solution
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Wed Jul 13 2005 |
238,611 | 33 |
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Eject a stuck CD/DVD from a MacBook Pro SuperDrive
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Wed Aug 16 2006 |
225,510 | 42 |
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10.4: Talk to Yahoo and MSN IM users within iChat
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Sun May 15 2005 |
217,142 | 19 |
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Use a Linux box as an iTunes music server
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Mon Jul 28 2003 |
204,424 | 89 |
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10.4: An overview of NTFS support in Tiger
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Thu Aug 04 2005 |
203,916 | 19 |
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Share an internet connection with a Bluetooth device
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Sun Nov 03 2002 |
196,604 | 59 |
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How to share a wireless connection with a Nintendo DS
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Tue Nov 29 2005 |
192,260 | 36 |
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Play any DivX file using QuickTime Player
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Tue Aug 26 2003 |
173,157 | 19 |
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Import Outlook Express (PC) emails into Mail
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Wed Mar 31 2004 |
173,056 | 18 |
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Convert Real Audio files to MP3s
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Tue Feb 01 2005 |
171,713 | 41 |
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10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer
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Mon Feb 16 2004 |
171,153 | 55 |
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Printing to Windows shared printers in 10.2
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Thu Oct 17 2002 |
170,720 | 64 |
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10.4: How to disable (and enable) Dashboard
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Fri Jul 29 2005 |
170,633 | 29 |
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Easily boot from USB 2.0 drives on PowerPC Macs
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Tue Oct 24 2006 |
162,427 | 42 |
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Boot PowerPC Macs via USB 2.0 drives
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Tue Mar 07 2006 |
162,332 | 25 |
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CUPS printing hints on Jaguar
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Sat Aug 24 2002 |
161,305 | 73 |
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Record any video stream to disk using VLC
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Fri Nov 05 2004 |
152,960 | 20 |
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Publish iCal calendars with local WebDAV server
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Thu Sep 12 2002 |
151,322 | 87 |
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10.4: Completely disable Spotlight
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Fri May 13 2005 |
149,537 | 48 |
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10.4: Backup, restore, resize, and convert Boot Camp partitions
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Wed Nov 01 2006 |
148,273 | 11 |
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Set up Hotmail on the iPhone via Gmail
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Fri Dec 28 2007 |
148,179 | 17 |
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Use AIM Express with Safari
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Fri Jul 30 2004 |
147,806 | 13 |
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Enabling the root password (three ways)
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Sat Mar 24 2001 |
143,782 | 23 |
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Automount SAMBA (Windows) share points at boot
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Fri Oct 24 2003 |
142,286 | 18 |
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Convert Real audio and video into MP3 and AVI files
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Fri Sep 08 2006 |
142,205 | 30 |
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Add right-click to XP on MacBook and MacBook Pro
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Wed May 31 2006 |
141,431 | 14 |
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Automatically add lyrics to the entire iTunes Library
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Fri Sep 23 2005 |
141,375 | 23 |
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Change Safari's default search engine - revisited
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Fri May 16 2003 |
138,315 | 43 |
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Prevent .DS_Store file creation on network volumes
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Wed Jul 13 2005 |
136,704 | 46 |
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Get free iTunes songs for an iPod
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Tue Apr 12 2005 |
136,112 | 21 |
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Speed internet browsing via a local domain name server
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Wed May 04 2005 |
135,962 | 70 |
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10.4: Share an iPhoto library among multiple users
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Fri Sep 09 2005 |
135,431 | 46 |
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Sync iCal with Google Calendar and see Google contacts
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Mon Mar 12 2007 |
129,988 | 14 |
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10.3: Enable the floating Exposé blob
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Sat Oct 25 2003 |
128,890 | 38 |
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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
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Mon Jan 05 2004 |
127,674 | 39 |
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Using the 'cron' scheduler
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Wed Feb 07 2001 |
124,308 | 5 |
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10.4: Add Nokia 9300 iSync support
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Fri Apr 29 2005 |
124,066 | 109 |
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How to run Classic (pre OS X) apps on Intel Macs
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Tue May 16 2006 |
123,747 | 30 |
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Print to Mac-connected DeskJet 970 from Windows
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Fri Nov 01 2002 |
122,156 | 107 |
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10.5: Banish the 3D dock from 10.5
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Wed Oct 24 2007 |
121,434 | 52 |
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Extend a Linksys WRT54G network via AirPort Express
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Mon Jun 12 2006 |
120,921 | 14 |
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Install and run OS X on an iPod
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Fri Apr 01 2005 |
119,618 | 55 |
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More on printing to a Win XP shared printer
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Mon Dec 30 2002 |
118,154 | 21 |
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10.4: Disable Safe Sleep for faster sleep on lid close
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Tue Mar 06 2007 |
116,986 | 24 |
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Search a list of standard Mac error codes for more info
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Thu Jun 05 2003 |
116,652 | 16 |
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An AppleScript to quickly show or hide hidden files
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Thu Apr 10 2003 |
116,494 | 50 |
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10.5: Set up Time Machine on a NAS in three easy steps
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Fri Apr 25 2008 |
116,360 | 25 |
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How to transfer a full iTunes library between machines
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Thu Feb 01 2007 |
115,783 | 10 |
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Recovering a lost root password
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Sun Dec 17 2000 |
113,692 | 16 |
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10.3: Create bootable ISO Image CDs using Disk Utility
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Mon Feb 23 2004 |
113,280 | 18 |
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Take iSight snapshots during invalid login attempts
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Tue Dec 12 2006 |
110,050 | 69 |
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Use higher resolution MPEG4s on the iPod Video
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Wed Nov 02 2005 |
109,824 | 30 |
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Make iTunes 6 accept non-native video formats
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Mon Oct 17 2005 |
109,782 | 29 |
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A brief tutorial on symbolic links
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Tue Nov 06 2001 |
109,516 | 9 |
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10.4: Use MacFuse to read and write to NTFS volumes
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Fri Feb 23 2007 |
108,960 | 19 |
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10.5: Repair Time Machine after logic board changes
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Fri Feb 01 2008 |
108,855 | 101 |
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How to securely control another Mac over the internet
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Mon May 09 2005 |
108,372 | 60 |
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10.3: Change Ethernet MAC address from the Terminal
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Fri Nov 07 2003 |
108,321 | 40 |
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Create a hard-drive based OS X installer
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Wed Jan 04 2006 |
107,911 | 27 |
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10.5: Flush DNS cache
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Mon Nov 05 2007 |
107,369 | 6 |
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Access HFS+ volumes in Vista and Windows
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Fri May 04 2007 |
106,295 | 11 |
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Import mailboxes from Thunderbird into Mail.app
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Tue Apr 05 2005 |
106,256 | 25 |
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Disable Office v.X network serial number check
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Sat Apr 06 2002 |
106,202 | 33 |
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Bypass firewall restrictions via an HTTPS proxy
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Fri Aug 12 2005 |
106,176 | 38 |
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Remove PDF password restrictions using ColorSync
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Thu Dec 29 2005 |
103,920 | 39 |
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Use Windows XP from Virtual PC with Boot Camp
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Wed May 31 2006 |
103,089 | 68 |
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An overview of laptop battery technology
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Fri Mar 21 2003 |
102,319 | 21 |
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10.5: Set the Time Machine backup interval
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Mon Oct 29 2007 |
100,786 | 13 |
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Import Address Book records into to Thunderbird
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Tue Sep 07 2004 |
99,740 | 27 |
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Increase Safari's page loading speed
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Wed May 19 2004 |
99,042 | 19 |
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Enter console mode from login screen
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Mon Mar 18 2002 |
98,005 | 21 |
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Install and use Apple's free dual-screen VNC server
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Fri Oct 15 2004 |
97,801 | 31 |
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Move an iTunes library to a new machine
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Wed Jan 14 2004 |
97,652 | 18 |
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Set Windows Server 2003 to allow Mac connections
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Tue Mar 08 2005 |
97,403 | 22 |
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10.3: Create a system install DVD
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Sat Dec 27 2003 |
96,219 | 74 |
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A how-to guide to transcode DVD to Divx
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Tue Feb 10 2004 |
95,901 | 32 |
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Record OS X screen activity to a Flash movie
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Fri Oct 01 2004 |
95,771 | 10 |
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A simple but effective Mac speed-up tip
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Wed Nov 23 2005 |
95,718 | 47 |
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10.4: Add Motorola V710 Bluetooth support to iSync
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Sun May 15 2005 |
95,440 | 121 |
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Convert Windows Outlook mail to Mail.app
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Thu Oct 03 2002 |
95,029 | 19 |
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Use iTunes to create MP3 ringtones for cellphones
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Tue May 25 2004 |
92,512 | 18 |
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Install a LaserJet 1000 printer driver
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Thu Jun 17 2004 |
91,769 | 29 |
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Map Gmail IMAP Folders to Mail.app Default Folders
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Wed Oct 24 2007 |
91,715 | 32 |
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Install an iSync plugin for K800 support
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Tue Aug 22 2006 |
91,705 | 31 |
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