Description : What's the background image on your computer right now?
Last Answer : A Jonathan Crombie collage
Description : What's the best application to make a table into a PDF on a Mac?
Last Answer : Safari will if you print as PDF. You just need to mark it up in html. *Note: use inline CSS, it won’t work with external stylesheets. Here is Fluther
Description : Anyone know of a desktop mac application that combines social networks and mail? Similar to the not-yet-released Mozilla Raindrop or Windows only Inbox2?
Last Answer : Try Flock (http://flock.com/). Although it’s not mainly an e-mail app, it can check if you have new mail and display a notification.
Description : Is there any application to better manage the Mac OS X top menu "real estate"?
Last Answer : Well I don't know if there are any apps like that out there but I would recommend making some of your system icons a little smaller, like changing the fast user switching icon, changing the battery icon ... think the only solution for you is to change the size of the icons you can and remove some.
Description : is there a shortcut application similar to quicksilver (mac) for windows?
Last Answer : Yeah its called Launchy. There are other ones but Launchy seems to be the best. Lifehacker did a comparison of all the quicksilver alternatives and found Launchy to be the best
Description : How do you uninstall an application on a mac?
Last Answer : You need to access the application folder. There should be an icon specifically for uninstalling, otherwise you’ll have to right click the application and access “show contents” and that will give you access to an uninstall icon. What mac do you have and what application is it?
Description : If I download an application on a mac. Will the other users on mac be able to use application?
Last Answer : Yes, unless you put it in Macintosh HD >Users > [YourUsername] > Applications instead of Macintosh HD > Applications.
Description : Why when I somtimes download an application online it sometimes stores application and all files in download file and not in application folder?
Last Answer : is it ok to just move applcstion folder tmfrom download folder to application folder and leave all the other text documents and other folders in download folder?
Description : Anyone use Onyx application?
Last Answer : I use it. I have for 5 years. Never had trouble. I use it on automation as well.
Description : Mac OS X application that performs a specified action when a specified disk is connected?
Last Answer : hmm, maybe it’s an automator script? i’ll help look
Description : Free application to shrink PDFs?
Last Answer : answer:Preview will do it to a certain extent. If you go to: save as>quartz filter> Reduce file size. this is with Preview V 4.1
Description : IChat in Leopard: Incoming messages launch application?
Last Answer : I havnt ever seen this before… Then again I’m only an occasional Mac user. I’m sure a huge Mac guy on ask-public could help you much better than I can. :-/ it might be a new update released in preparation for the new mobile me stuff later this fall… Idk… Just my 2 cents.
Description : Besides iPhoto, is there any close substitute for Picasa application on Mac?
Last Answer : Picasa is an “iPhoto clone” according to David Pogue. Why not use iPhoto?
Description : Uninstall application on mac?
Last Answer : answer:what do you mean completely ? well, throw the app in the trash, then throw the pref file in the trash, tadaa the pref file can be found in \library\preferences and then it should be called “org.m0k.transmission.plist” but…why are you getting rid of it ? it’s the best app in my opinion
Description : Netflix play now for macs?
Last Answer : http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/02/netflix_opens_web_movie_streams_to_most_mac_users.html
Description : Are mac users left bran users or right brain users?
Last Answer : Most neuroscientists would contest the idea that people can be categorized as left-brain people or right-brain people. The left hemisphere is used for speech and spatial reasoning but very little else can be attributed specifically to one hemisphere.
Description : How many pc viruses and mac viruses are there? (Not together like whats the pc's amount, then whats macs amount)
Last Answer : Mac= 0 PC= too many to count
Description : What's wrong with my webcam?
Last Answer : CONGRATULATIONS!!! sorry I don’t know about Yahoo chatting.
Description : IPhone/Touch users, what's your favorite App Store aid?
Last Answer : Can you use the appbeacon.com from the iPhone?
Description : What's the equivalent of Microsoft Outlook on the Mac? MS Entourage or Apple Mail?
Last Answer : Entourage, like Outlook, is a Microsoft product for email and it can connect to a Microsoft Exchange server directly using Microsoft's proprietary API, too. However, Entourage can not do ... functionality (usually in a corporate environment), then look at shelling out the money for Entourage.
Description : Whats the coolest mac tricks you know?
Last Answer : what do you mean by tricks?
Description : Is there a program for Mac that tells me whats eating my memory?
Last Answer : Do you mean RAM or hard disk space? For Disk space i would try Disk Inventory X
Description : What's so great about Quıcĸsıɩⅴεʀ?
Last Answer : Nothing. I hate it just as much as the mac. Trash your toy and buy a real computer…......
Description : What's so special about a Mac?
Last Answer : @eambos Dude you made me feel stupid…
Description : What's a podcast?
Last Answer : here's the definition on wikipedia:
Description : What's the best way to scan pages of typewritten text to use in Word (Mac)?
Last Answer : Many scanners come with OCR software. I would look for a scanner in your price range and read some reviews on the included software.
Description : What's the best way to run the OnyX app for mac?
Last Answer : Could you clarify your question?
Description : What's going on when my mac's rainbow disc keeps spinning?
Last Answer : answer:Basically, from what I understand it’s when the computer’s internal calculator isn’t able to calculate when a process will be done. Mostly a clog of digital traffic, or your RAM has been maxed out and it’s reassigning memory. Or, and application has completely crashed. Rare though.
Description : My new iMac sometimes gets stuck and I get the spinning beachball making me force quick. What's up?
Last Answer : What are you talking about? Macs don’t ever have problems.
Description : What's best: CCC or SuperDuper for bootable backups on Leopard?
Last Answer : answer:CarbonCopyCloner is free. SuperDuper is $27.95 for full functionality. I would tend to assume that any slowness perceived would be a function of how much data was in the incremental change, as ... than just the software. Under the covers, many of those are very similar in how they operate.
Description : What's the best email client?
Last Answer : Gmail or bust, IMO.
Description : What's the best way to set up wi fi at your house?
Last Answer : get a wireless router, they even sell them at walmart and directions are on the box, but I did this for my laptop I’m not sure if its the same for desk tops
Description : What's in your dock?
Last Answer : From left to right: Finder, Mail, Safari, iChat, iCal, Preview, iTunes, iPhoto, iWeb, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, FM Pro, Trash
Description : What's the most graphics intensive game that you have seen run on a MacBook Pro?
Last Answer : I was able to run Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on my 17” Macbook Pro with the 512MB card, it ran smooth as a baby’s bottom. I ran in under Windows, using bootcamp. You shouldn’t have any problems.
Description : What's the hotkey for print screen on a mac?
Last Answer : Command-shift-3 for full screen, Command-shift-4 to select an area to grab and Command-shift-4 then spacebar to grab a window or toolbar.
Description : What's the best antivirus for Mac?
Last Answer : I have heard that you really don’t need antivirus for Mac, but I come from Windows so I have a hard time believing it. That said, I use something called Yasu, which cleans up the system and hopefully prevents viruses on my Macbook lol
Description : How do you write a long letter to print out on iMac's Safari?
Last Answer : When you have a tab open in Safari, click on File on the top bar, at the bottom is Print. Click on that, it will open a Print dialog box for you to select print characteristics. When ready, click the box that says Print.
Description : How do I add a printer to a mac that has a greyed out screen on the "add printer" screen?
Last Answer : It’s probably not compatible, that’s why it’s greyed out.
Description : Help logging out of mail app in mac?
Last Answer : Open Mail. In the file menu, choose Preferences. Choose the accounts tab. You should see your cousin’s eMail account listed on the left. Click it once to highlight it and click the - (minus) button in the bottom-left. This will delete her eMail account along with any mail the was hers.
Description : How and/or where do I go to find out how to use iphoto on my mac?
Last Answer : http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto/tutorial/ is the first link when did a google search on "iphoto tutorial"
Description : Is there a shortcut to fill cells for excel for mac? I can't figure it out.
Last Answer : answer:In Excel 2004 it’s the same—I checked it out on my machine. I don’t have access to Office 2008, but I’m guessing it’s the same. Bonus: control-d is fill down and control-r is fill right.
Description : In simple terms how does one make a second Face time account?
Last Answer : I'm not sure, so I'll be interested to see the answers. One option she might like to have WhatsApp on the phone if there are people she meets who she wants to stay in touch with. Most people ... Face Time uses your phone number does it charge minutes to the phone number if you are out of country?
Description : Can a Macbook Air work without battery?
Last Answer : Never tried it but a quick search on the apple forums says yes only the processor will be running at half speed. I’d repeat the search with your exact model.
Description : Mac OS Yosemite: downgrade a new-to-me machine to Mavericks?
Last Answer : http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/22/downgrade-os-x-yosemite-to-mavericks/
Description : The iPhone's M7 processor (specifically its step counting): any way at all to calibrate it?
Last Answer : I can't answer this, but if it were me I'd ask the question on the London Hackspace mailing list here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/london-hack-space . They've got a festival ... answers for the next week and a half, but certainly someone will have some decent input during normal times.
Description : What are some high-quality free audio chat softwares?
Last Answer : answer:The Facetime audio chat in OS X is high quality and you can use QuickTime to record the audio. The problem here is Windows. If the person on Windows has access to a iOS device that would work. Maybe there is a Windows client that does facetime.
Description : My macbook pro 2011 will not read SD card?
Last Answer : Not sure but it can be due to dust presence inside the SD card slot. Clean the dust inside the slot for detecting. Also try deleting cache. Go to library>cache>scroll all the way down and delete ... . You can contact Apple Macbook Pro USA Technical support care number: (800-275-2273) for any help.
Description : High quality conversion from epub to pdf? Either online or Mac software.
Last Answer : (docspal.com, by the way, is the least-bad of the online converters I’ve found, but even that does some weird stuff like inserting page breaks where they shouldn’t be and putting in meaningless hard-coded “page x” indications every few pages)
Description : Why can't I order anything with a size from amazon?
Last Answer : Windows7 on a sony laptop, no problem with bing. Let me try google. That worked too, no problem with either one.
Description : Can I use a Perixx mouse ("Windows only") on Mac?
Last Answer : Supposedly USBOverdrive will get all non-primary buttons to work, (you can assign any button to do what you want). I hear it works fine handling regular applications but if you are thinking of using it ... ; when, I have no clue. You might have to check regularly with Cnet, Gizmoto, or something.