Instead of deleting an event and recreating it on the correct day:

Hold down the Option key and drag the event to the desired day.

iPAD and iPHONE TIP OF THE WEEK

Moving Apps From One Screen to Another

It’s handy to have your most frequently used Apps in the first page. And it’s pretty easy to move your Apps around.

First, press and hold on the App you want to move. They’ll all start wiggling. Now drag the App to the edge of the current page and it should move to the next page.

If it doesn’t seem to work, here’s a faster way:

Once you have everything wiggling, drag the App onto the bottom dock of favorite Apps. Switch to the page you want to move it to, then drag it from the dock onto that page.

Yes, you can add and rearrange the Apps in that Favorites dock this way too.

When you’re done rearranging, press the Home button to stop the wiggling.

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The Difference Between the APP store and the iTunes Store

The APP STORE, found in the Dock and under the Apple menu on your computer, is where you can now go to purchase applications for your Mac. Instead of going to a store and purchasing a DVD, you can now download hundreds of programs and games that work on your Mac.

To find APPS to use on your iPhone or iPad, you don’t use the APP store. Instead, open iTunes and click on the iTunes Store.   

To quickly find APPS for your Device, try the POWER SEARCH feature.  

On the right side of the iTunes Store Home screen is a list of Quick Links.

1. Click on Power Search

2. Click on All Results and change to Apps

3. Under Device Compatibility, choose your Device

4. You can search by title, category, even choose to only look for Free Apps.

iPAD and iPHONE APP OF THE MONTH

Clients Share Their Favorite Apps

With the thousands of Apps available, it’s hard to know which ones to try. So each month I’ll share some of my clients’ favorite apps.

The easiest way to find a particular APP:
On your iPhone or iPad:

1. Click on App Store icon

2. Click the Search icon at the bottom

Or, if you purchase through iTunes on your Mac,use the Power Search feature:

1. In iTunes, click on iTunes Store

2. In the far right column under Quick Links, Click on Power Search

3. Change “All Results” to APPS

4. Enter words in the Keywords

5. You can also limit to just iPad or just iPhone

This month’s recommended apps, available for iPhone and iPad, are all about relaxing. And they’re all FREE so try them!

Buddhist Meditation (Lite): A free collection of five soul-stirring Buddhist melodies.

Relax Melodies: Rain, gong, piano, birds, thunder, xylophone, wind–you can combine your favorites sounds to achieve deep relaxation and meditation.

iZen Garden2 Lite: All the peace and tranquility of a Japanese Zen garden without the sandy mess.

YogaFree: 250 yoga poses with instructions and photos and more.

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Emails Print Too Small to Read

Several clients have asked why their emails print in such a tiny font that they can’t read them.

In the print window, there are several choices.

If you don’t see them, first click the triangle next to the name of your printer.
Or, in Lion, click Show Details.

To have emails print so that you can read them, be sure that
Keep the same apparent font size is the selected option.

 iPAD and iPHONE TIP OF THE WEEK

Charging the Batteries

The fastest way to charge your iPhone and iPad is with the USB power adapter.

They will also charge, though slower, when connected to your computer. But if your computer is turned off or in sleep mode, the batteries will NOT charge but, instead, will continue to drain.

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Emailing Pics with iPhoto ’11

The newest version of iPhoto gives you two choices for emailing photos. By default, a new, fancier email is sent that allows you to choose different styles, like a corkboard or snapshot or collage.

While these are really fun, the recipient cannot download the pictures because they are embedded in the email and are not attachments.

To send photos as attachments, you need to change a preference.

1. In iPhoto click on the iPhoto menu and choose Preferences
2. Click on the General button
3. Next to the choice, Email photos using, click on iPhoto
4. Change it to Mail
5. Close the Preferences and now choose some photos to send.

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iPAD and iPHONE TIP OF THE WEEK 

Taking a Screen Shot

Sometimes you have something on your screen that you want to share with someone in an email.

To take a snapshot of your screen:

Press and HOLD the Home button and also press the Sleep/Wake button at the same time. The screen will flash and you’ll hear a click, indicating that a photo has been taken.

Your screen shots are saved automatically in your Photos gallery where you can view and then email them.

To save ink, consider printing some of your documents in Black Only. It’s called Printing in Grayscale.

Every printer will address this differently, but here are the basic steps to help you find what you’re looking for with your particular printer.

1. From the File menu, choose Print

2. Next to the current choice under the number of pages to print (it may say Layout, or the name of the current program), click to reveal a menu of choices

3. Choose Quality and Media

4. At the bottom of the window, put a check mark next to Grayscale

Forwarding an Email Without All of the Forward Garbage with Apple Mail

When you Forward an email to someone, it includes the previous recipient information. You could highlight it all and then delete it, or,

1. Click on the email

2. From the Message menu, choose Send Again

A new email is created, ready to address, without any of the extraneous information.

If the original email was previously forwarded, it may still contain some of that unwanted text, so be sure to delete it before sending it.

The Missing Keys for Navigation

One of the hardest adjustments former PC users have to make is getting used to the Mac’s keyboard.

Today’s tip addresses the missing navigation keys on Apple’s wireless keyboard.

The Missing Keys for Navigation

The Apple Wireless Keyboard is sleek, compact and feels great on your fingers. But it’s missing the numeric keypad and a few other keys that some people are lost without.

Today’s tip is especially for all of you recently converted PC users who miss those special navigational keys.

Use the FN key (bottom left of your keyboard) with the following keys:

PAGE UP = FN + up arrow
PAGE DOWN= FN + down arrow
HOME = FN + left arrow
END = FN + right arrow
FORWARD DELETE = FN + delete

How much time do you waste opening up a document just to see if it’s the one you’re looking for?

Here’s a fast and easy trick:

1. Instead of double-clicking to open the document, click once on it to select it.
2. Press the space bar.
3. A window will appear, showing you a QUICK LOOK at the contents of the document.
4. Press the space bar again to close it.

This works with jpgs, too. If you need to scroll through a list of photos to find the one you’re looking for:

1. Click on the first photo.
2. Press the space bar to see what it is.
3. Press the DOWN arrow on the keyboard to move to the next one.
4. Continue pressing the DOWN arrow to see all the photos.
5. Press the space bar when you’re done.

Saving These Tips (Or any email that contains formatting)

Many of my clients ask me how they can save these tips for future reference. So today, I’m sharing not one but TWO ways to do it.

The easiest way to save any email is:

1. Select the email
2. From the File menu, choose Save As
3. Title it with a name that describes what it is so you can find it later
4. Navigate to the folder in your Documents folder where you want to keep it

(maybe you have already created a folder for Mac to School Tips. If not, in the bottom left of this window, click on New Folder and create one)

5. Click Save.

The only problem with this method is that it converts the email to Plain Text, which means all of the letters and words are there, but you lose all of the formatting: the bold, the pretty boxes, the easy-to-read appearance.

To save an email with all of its formatting, save it as a PDF.

Here’s how:

1. Select the email
2. From the File menu, Choose Print
3. Do not click the Print button. Instead, in the bottom left of the window, click PDF
4. Choose SAVE AS PDF
5. Title it with a name that describes what it is so you can find it later
6. Navigate to the folder in your Documents folder where you want to keep it
7. Click Save.

Now, when you open the saved tip, it will look exactly like it did when you received it in your email.

Seeing More Printing Options

Sometimes you don’t even know you’re missing choices until you see them.

Today’s tip addresses a question many of my clients ask me: Where are all of my printing options?

If you don’t see choices for printing, like how many copies and which pages to print, just click the triangle next to the name of your printer to reveal all of your options

Change What You Look At Everyday:

The beginning of the year is a great time to look at things with a fresh perspective.

In my creativity classes I encourage my students to change their visual environments becausewhen you see different things, you begin to see things differently.

Today’s tip offers ways to do this with your computer.

- Try typing in a new font
- Move your Dock to the left or right side of the screen
- Rearrange the things you look at on and around your working space
- Change your profile picture on Facebook
- Rearrange the icons on your Dock
- Change your desktop picture

Click here to watch a free video on how to change your desktop picture

Click here to watch a free video on how to change your Dock

Backing Up:

If something happens to your computer (loss, theft, crash, dead hard drive), you could lose everything on it: your addresses, your documents, your photos—EVERYTHING.

So why not be safe instead of sorry and start backing up your computer regularly.

I believe there are three levels of backing up, depending on what kind of user you are.

Click here to download my free HOW AND WHY TO BACK UP instruction sheet to determine which user you are and how to start backing up all of your important information.

The downloaded document “backingup.pdf” will open automatically in Preview. To save it, click on the File menu, chose Save As, and navigate to the folder you’d like to save it into.

iChat is Apple’s FREE video chatting software. You can use it to talk and video chat with anyone who has a Mac. (Use Skype to talk with PC users.) All you have to do is create a free identity and you’re ready to go!

When you open iChat for the first time it will ask you to put in your account name. If you have a MobileMe account, click on the word AIM and change it to “MobileMe” then type in your information, along with your password and click Done.

If you don’t have a MobileMe account, click on the word AIM and change it to “mac.com” and then click Get an iChat Identity.

Fill in all of the boxes, accept the agreement, click Done and you’re set up to iChat.

Now you just need to add the Identities of the people you want to chat with.

If you’d like to try it out, Add me to your Buddy List by clicking the PLUS sign at the bottom of the Buddy List window. My iChat identity is moc.camnull@loohcsotcam

The next time you see me online, click on my name and we can chat!

Getting the Most Life Out of Your Batteries