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Exploring all the features of Dictation on a Mac

Damien May 22, 2013 No Comments

In an earlier post I explained how to enable and use dictation, in this article go over some simple tips and tricks as well as some other features that really bring out the functionality of dictation on a Mac. For those of you who don’t know what dictation is, it is a tool built into your Mac that automatically transcribes your speech into words.

In fact, everything you are reading right now has been “written” with dictation.

“Writing” this post with dictation could go either way, it could be fun and useful or just an outright pain, I’ll let you know how it goes at the end.

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How to Organize iCloud Contacts into Groups

Damien May 19, 2013 No Comments

So I received an email asking how to organize contacts into groups. My first thought was, “Oh, this will be simple”. So before I started up a response I picked up my iPad, opened the contacts app fully expecting that Apple would have made this easy to do. A couple of minutes later, I realized that you can’t sort contacts into a group on an iOS device.

This was confusing at first because you are able to view grouped contacts on an iOS device, even able to hide and view the groups. It would seem that Apple hasn’t given us the ability to group contacts on either an iPad, iPhone or iPod. If you do want to organize your contacts into groups then you’ll need to have a use the icloud.com website, the Contacts app on a Mac or use a different browser on your iPad.

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Understanding and Using Newsstand on an iOS Device

Damien May 15, 2013 No Comments

Newsstand is an app made by Apple that is installed on all iPads, iPhones and iPods with iOS 5 and later.

Basically it’s a hub for all your magazine and newspaper subscriptions.

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Should a Mac use an Anti-Virus or Anti-Malware App

Damien May 11, 2013 No Comments

There are some that say that there is absolutely no need to use any means of an Anti-Virus or Anti-Malware solution on a Mac. Well, it’s a difficult topic to cover because it’s a yes and no situation. Compared to Windows there is only a fraction of known virus that can affect Mac OS X… but that does mean that there are viruses and malware out there that can affect Macs.

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How to Speed Up iTunes Sync on an iPhone, iPod and iPad

Damien May 1, 2013 No Comments

Ever wanted to quickly sync up that new song to your iOS device 2 minutes before you leave for work? I have, and in most cases I have to cancel the sync because… well instead of quickly just syncing my one song, iTunes decides that I should also have my genius results synced for all my 4000 songs. In this guide I’ll go through some tips and methods to speed up the way iTunes syncs.

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How to Use Game Center on an iOS Device and on a Mac

Damien April 20, 2013 No Comments

Game Center is an app made by Apple that comes pre-installed on all new iPads, iPhones, iPod as well as Macs with Mountain Lion or higher.

As the name would imply, it’s a center place for all your games.

Game Center brings a social aspect to the way you play games and keep track of achievements as well as the leaderboards.

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How to Change your App Store and iTunes Store Location

Damien April 6, 2013 2 Comments

Have you ever gotten a message from the Apple iTunes Store saying:

The item you’ve requested is not currently available in the Canadian [your location] Store, but it is available in the U.S. Store [or whichever location].

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