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10 End-Of-The-Year Tech Related New Year Resolution Recommendations
The following list is my personal recommendations for tech related tasks—from the vitally important, backing up your computer hard drive, to the most difficult challenge of spending a whole day without getting on your computer. My list includes links to MUO articles that provide ideas for how to carry out specified tasks, but you’re also encouraged to of course research other ideas and solutions. I also welcome your recommendations for tech related tasks I didn't include in this list.
Get The Most Out Of iTunes 11 With These 10 Tips
A few of these tips are work-arounds for features Apple left out in iTunes 11, like iTunes DJ, while others point out a few new handy features you might overlook. iTunes is not a perfect media player, and it still may be a little confusing for some users, but the key to getting the most out of iTunes is to focus on the features you need and ignore the ones you don't, as I heard iTunes expert Kirk McElhearn once say.
Your Guide To The Awesome New Features Of iTunes 11
Apple recently released the 11th version of its popular media player iTunes, and its re-design and new features have gained lots of praises from critics of the older versions of iTunes who found the player bloated with features, and difficult to browse. The new version is still a cross-platform Mac and PC player, and it contains nearly all the features of the previous version of iTunes.
From ProCamera to Paprika: My Top 10 Favorite Apps for 2012
Following an annual tradition I started last year, I would like to take the opportunity to highlight the best and most useful apps from this past year. By now we all take for granted how relatively inexpensive mobile apps are, though many of them are very much a part of our daily workflow for getting things done. From a mobile pro camera app to a food recipe manager, these apps are what make my iPhone and other Apple hardware devices worth the investment.
Learn How To Sketchnote With The Penultimate App For The iPad
I recently wrote an article about sketchnoting, an approach to notetaking using both words and drawings. Though many of the examples of sketchnotes you see online are produced by skilled designers and artists, it's important to know that sketchnoting can be done by anyone. It's an approach to notetaking that should be taught in schools.
How To Visualize Ideas, Information & Data Using Sketchnoting
If you're a student or someone who takes notes a regular basis, you may be interested in a fun and even artistic movement called Sketchnoting. Sketchnoting is like notetaking, but it includes visual notes as well as words. It's a way of conceptualizing ideas, information, and other data on paper (or a digital tablet) beyond the traditional text medium of outlining. Sketchnoting, or visual notetaking, is for clustering information and capturing big ideas.
Stream Free 30 Minute Radio Shows Using BlogTalkRadio
Just as the Internet provides an opportunity for almost everyone to post a blog, a webpage, or a simple Twitter page, the ability to host your own radio show can be accomplished with a simple registration, using an online service like BlogTalkRadio. BlogTalk has become a popular audio podcasting platform for thousands of users who host shows on a wide range of topics.
Open, Write, And Send: 5 Alternative Note Apps For iOS Devices
I like clean, un-cluttered note apps that I don't have to manage with folders, and that can also be used with other applications. Well, at least five note apps (Captio, Squarespace Note, Drafts, Pastebot, and Lumen Note) in the iTunes Apps Store allow you to quickly write notes in two or less taps, and with a lot less fuss than searching for pen and paper.
Turn Your Old iPad Into A Dedicated Family Media Album Or Business Portfolio
Ever since I upgraded to the iPad Mini, I quickly realized I will never use my original 16GB iPad 1 in the same way I've used it for the last two years. But instead of selling it, I've decided to make it a dedicated family media album that can be loaded up with all my favorite family photos, videos, and even a few favorite song playlists for background music purposes.
The First Look At The iPad Mini & What It Has To Offer
Well the iPad Mini has arrived, and Dave was correct back in May about why Apple should have released a smaller iPad 3 and bigger iPod touch device. As Dave outlined, the mini addresses the needs of different users; the entry price is lower and thus affordable for many consumers, and it competes pretty well with the Nexus and Windows tablets. But now that I've had my iPad Mini for over 24 hours, I'd like to give some first hand reactions as to what is good and not so good about it.
Kindle iOS vs iBooks 3: An Intro Of Their Newest Features [iPad]
Whatever criticism is being made about the latest iPad mini, many users like myself will be using it as their main e-reading and e-book device. And two of the leading iOS e-reader apps–Kindle for the iPad and iBooks 3–both offer some updated features you should know about if you're an avid reader and use the iPad.
A Guide To Easily Managing Playlists On Your iPhone
While I think managing and playing tunes on your iPhone is not as good as doing so on the classic iPod, there are a few advantages with the iPhone and other iOS devices that you might not be aware of. The storage space on a typical iPhone is not large enough for say a 40+ GB iTunes library collection, so you definitely need to manage playlists on your iPhone.
15 Time Saving And Clutter Free Safari Features & Tips You Should Know About
If browsing the web is one of the top three things you do on your computer everyday, you owe it to yourself to become familiar with as many time saving and clutter free features as you can. While there are several features I would like to see added to Safari, it's still my default web browser of choice because of its speed and connectivity to my other Apple devices.
A Beginner's Guide to Setting Up an Ebook Library on iPads
The recently announced iPad mini, along with similar digital tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 make for nearly perfect e-reading devices. From the near paper-like reading to the easy download and archiving of eBooks, there's hardly no reason now not to build an eBook library. As this infographic points out, e-reading is on the rise and it's becoming easier to start an e-library.
How To Learn & Have Fun With Magic GarageBand [OSX]
The best way to learn music is probably to learn how to play a real instrument, but if you're like me and you don't have the time, Apple's popular song-producing application, GarageBand, can be useful for both the musically and non-musically inclined to have fun with music. I'm of the latter group - I know little of nothing about producing music. But when I find the time, I sometimes open GarageBand and play around with it.
Dropbox Offers Up To 25 GB Free Storage Space To Students And Schools [Updates]
You really have to give it Dropbox, they seem to always find a way to give users more and more free storage space—from the free 500 MB space for referral sign-ups to additional 500 MB of storage for photo uploads. And now if you're a college student anywhere in world, you qualify as part of Dropbox's Space Race Program for an extra 3 GB of Dropbox space for two years, plus up to 25 GB of space for your school for two years.
4 iPhone/iPad Apps For Brainstorming Writing Ideas, Plots, & Characters
Most writers would agree that pre-writing—e.g., brainstorming ideas, plots, characters, situations, scenes–is the best way to get the writing juices flowing, and actually get stories and novels to completed. Sometimes without a roadmap for where the stories might wound up, they may never get finished. Four iOS apps may prove to be useful tools for discovering plots, character names and traits, and keeping track of notes.
A Beginner's Guide to Digital Music Setup and Playing
If you're a music lover with boxes and shelves of music CDs, or if you have managed to burn or download digital music to your Mac or PC, this beginner's guide to digital music setup and playing is written specifically for you. While this guide is no way comprehensive, it should be useful to music lovers who haven't had the time to learn about the different music related websites, software and other resources that can be used without spending too much money.
10 New iOS 6 Settings You Should Know About
As with any operating system or software, you should eventually take some time to see what Preferences settings exist. The latest release of iOS 6 includes a number of settings that provide better control of or access to notifications, privacy settings, Bluetooth, Facebook integration, Photo Stream, VIP notifications, etc. This article will focus on the new settings for iOS 6, but as you poke around in the Settings app, you'll become familiar with older settings as well.
10 iOS 6 'How-to' Tips You Need to Know For Your iPhone, iPad, Or iPod Touch
When you install iOS 6 on your iPhone or other iOS device, you won't see any changes to the user interface, but there are a few new apps and several new features under the hood that will make your device a lot more handy to use. Apple claims over 200 new features are included in the new update. You can get an overview of them here, but let's explore some of the best tips for quickly getting up and running with iOS 6.