Adding US Holidays to iCal

In previous versions of iCal, you had to subscribe to any extra calendars you anted, like US holidays. Now, it’s an easy click.

1. In iCal, click on the Calendar menu
2. Click on Preferences
3. Click on the General icon
4. Put a check mark to show US Holidays
5. If you enter people’s birthdays in your Contacts and also want them to appear in your calendars, click Birthdays also

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iCal–Where’s the Weekly View?

iOS 7 gives you choices for year, month and day, but how do you see an entire week?
Turn your iPhone or iPad sideways!

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Moving a Document from iCloud Back to Your Mac

If you use Pages, Numbers or Keynote, Apple assumes you want to save your documents to iCloud, which is why the SAVE box defaults to iCloud. If you’re not paying attention, it’s easy to accidentally save something there.

To move a document from iCloud to your Mac:

1. Open Pages (or Numbers or Keynote, whichever applies)
2. Click on iCloud
3. You should see the document
4. Open it
5. From the file menu, choose MOVE TO
6. Click on Where and click on Desktop
7. Save

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Yet Another iOS 7.1 Has Fixes and Features

Last week Apple released a new version for iPad and iPhone users. iOS 7. In addition to fixing bugs, iOS7 has a few improvements that are actually worth the upgrade.

For those of us who wished for a darker keyboard, Apple listened. Now, in Settings, in Accessibility, if you choose Bold Text, it will also replace the current keyboard with one that has thicker, darker letters.

Also in iOS7, the monthly calendar view has a new icon – a rectangle with two horizontal lines under it. Tap it to see that familiar list of an individual day’s events.

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Zooming in iPhoto

The ZOOM slider in the bottom left of iPhoto does two different things, depending on what screen you are in.

When you are browsing your Library of Photos (as photos, events, Faces) moving the slider will affect the size of the thumbnails and how many pictures you can see at a time.

When you are editing a photo or have double-clicked the photo to be bigger, the ZOOM slider can be used to zoom in on an area of the photo. This is especially helpful if you are using the Retouch tool for fine editing.

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Two Ways to Delete Photos

There is no quick way to delete a lot of photos on your iPad or iPhone. You have to select them individually, then choose to put them in the trash.

Tap Photos
Tap the Albums
Find where the pictures are that you want to delete
Tap Select in the top right corner
Tap as many photos as you want at a time
Tap the Trash icon, top left

If you are wanting to delete all of your photos, connect your mobile device to your Mac and follow the online prompts in iPhoto to delete all.

Be sure you have transferred all of the photos to your Mac first if you want to keep them.

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Customize Your Screen Saver

When your computer is idle for a period of time, you can choose to have your favorite photos appear on the screen.

To set your Screen Saver:

1. From the Apple menu choose System Preferences
2. Click on the Desktop & Screen Saver icon
3. Click on the Screen Saver tab
4. In the left column, choose one of the styles. It will show a preview of what it will do
5. Click next to Source to choose the most recently added photos or, to access a specific album or event in iPhoto, choose Photo Library
6. Click on the desired album or Event
7. choose shen it should start

BONUS TIP:

If you don’t want to wait for the Screen Saver to activate, set a Hot Corner
In the Screen Saver set up, click on Hot Corners in the bottom right
It shows the four corners of a screen
Choose the corner you use least often, probably the bottom left or right
To try it, move your mose/cursor all the way into that chosen corner, off the screen. let go and wait a moment while the screen saver begins!

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Change Your Wallpaper

As fun as it is to have a favorite photo on your iPhone and iPad lock screen, it’s quite refreshing to change the images every once in a while.

1. Tap Settings
2. Tap Wallpapers and Brightness
3. Know whether you are changing the lock screen on the home screen (you might choose a less busy image for the home screen so you can still read the screen)
4. Navigate to find the photo is that you want to use
5. If you choose one of Apple’s wallpapers, know that Dynamic will use more battery power than Still
6. Choose the photo, choose which screen to apply it to
7. Enjoy!