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Use the Keychain to find passwords

Oct 21st, 2011
by rgray.
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We all forget passwords or they momentarily elude memory.  To find a password  open Keychain Access.app in the Utilitiesfolder nested in the Applications folder. Once there, scroll through the list of keys until you find the one that you’re looking for. Double click on it and check the box that says, “Show Password.”

You will have to authenticate with your user credentials, your forgotten password will be displayed in the text box.

ref. Mac 101: Retrieve your Keychain passwords, TUAW Sep 25th 2008

Posted in: Macology.

Locked file error in Mac OS X Lion?

Oct 20th, 2011
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New Lion user’s quickly discover an odd aspect of the Lion versioning system that means that files that haven’t been recently edited require an extra step before work can be done on them. The fix is fairly simple. (more…)

Posted in: Lion, Macology.

Mac Training at St Lawrence College Fall 2011 commences Oct 1

Sep 5th, 2011
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Once again the series of Mac training sessions is on at St Lawrence College in Brockville, ON. in the Encore programme.

Course Descriptions

Fall 2011 Term Schedule (more…)

Posted in: Training.

Mastering the iPad keyboard

Jun 3rd, 2011
by rgray.
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A recent Cult of Mac article (Michael Steeber (May. 29, 2011)) entitled Unlock The Potential Of Your iPad’s Keyboard [Video How-To] illustrates a number of very useful keyboard shortcuts for the iPad virtual keyboard. (more…)

Posted in: iPad.

Customising Mail.app

May 16th, 2011
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So-called “Plug-ins” can be used to add and adjust features onto the basic Mail.app installation. Deciding which ones actually address a real/perceived need can be a bit of a trick and is important because not all plug-ins play well together. I currently use the services of three plug-ins which do not interfere with each other. (more…)

Posted in: Macology.

iPad Troubleshooting (iOS device)

May 16th, 2011
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In particular, this May. 06, 2011 Cult of Mac (D.W.Martin) article addresses recovering from bad update experiences, but it is useful in sorting out aberrant iOS behaviour whenever it occurs. ‘Force quitting” apps, hard and network resets are discussed. This is the equivalent of understanding the concept of a “clean” install. Refreshing the system can cure a lot of minor niggling ills and is worth doing it once in a while.

Posted in: iPad.

iPad “Tab” key in Pages app

May 16th, 2011
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This is another one of those iPad tips that seems to be something of a weird kind of secret…… (more…)

Posted in: iPad.

Mac Training at St Lawrence College Spring commences May 7

Apr 14th, 2011
by rgray.
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Once again the series of Mac training sessions is on at St Lawrence College in Brockville, ON. in the Encore programme.

A new module has been added, namely Mac 4. Music and Mobiles: iTunes, iPods, iPads, iPhones

Course Descriptions

Spring Term Schedule (more…)

Posted in: Macology, Training.

Setting up a Mac

Apr 1st, 2011
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This Macworld article offers some useful setup suggestions. (more…)

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iPhoto & Trackpad: two finger crop and rotate

Mar 18th, 2011
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In iPhoto “you can drag two fingers on your MacBook’s touchpad (or your Magic Trackpad) to control the various edits with better precision than just dragging around a mouse. (TUAW, 11-02-241)
(more…)

Posted in: Macology.

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