It seems so simple, yet Apple still has not addressed exporting contacts from it’s address book. I thought by the 5th update of OSX they would respond to a simple task, but alas no response.
If you consider you can’t copy and paste with the iPhone this should not be surprising.
I found a great application [...]

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Do you do voice overs? Every wished you had one microphone that could do voice and Skype? I recently bought the Blue Snowball and up to that point I had been more than disappointed with the USB microphones I’ve used.
I really like tools that do their job well and don’t try to be [...]

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Do you have a web page you need to to check back in on?
I had something shipped via UPS and I don’t want to find the email, click on the link and then see if the package is on time or has been delivered. With web clips I can take a snap shot of [...]

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So you got your Mac and now you want to make it rock and roll.  Lifehacker created a top 20 must have application list for the mac.  Definately worth checking out for you new mac users and the seasoned users who know their Mac will do more.

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How do you evaluate your backup system? How do you know if it will work when you need it?
I reccomend this checklist:
1. Is your backup automated?
If you need to take action to ensure your backup runs, chances are it won’t happen
2. Is the backup off site?
I live in San Francisco and earthquakes happen. Think up [...]

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I was watching a movie on my projector with my external speakers plugged in to my Macbook and as the movie ended I pulled the speaker cable out of my headphone jack to plug it back into my Air port express.
I’ve done this before with no problem.
This time the phone jack had a [...]

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I needed to print an invoice from my Parallels Windows XP virtual machine running on my Macbook Pro. I found a blog Post that said I should print through Bonjour.
Sounds easy right?
After installing bonjour I could see the printer, but it would disappear 5 seconds after It was detected, and give me an error [...]

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My friend has a Macbook Pro which is his primary tool, and he uses a few different backup systems. His laptop was stolen and the external drives, iDisk, email accounts and every other place data was stored instantly became important.
This story begs a few questions.Have you actually attempted to restore your data?
Do you know [...]

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