This is a great little trick sent in from Tim. In Mac OS X Lion you can get transparent windows by following these easy steps. It’s a fun way to jazz up your experience on this incredibly advanced OS. Thanks Tim! Send in your tricks and tips using our contact form, and we may feature you on the site. Alright, back to the cool transparent windows…       Here are the steps: Step 1: Have at least 2 windows...

It has a fancy name, because it performs a fancy function. Using Exposé on your Mac can make your computing experience easier, faster, more productive, and less cluttered. So, what is Exposé exactly? Exposé allows you to hide windows, see and use supplemental screens, bring up your dashboard, and see a snapshot of all your applications, just by moving your mouse up or down to any corner on your screen. What? Allow me to...

Can you run Windows 7 on Mac? Once again, the answer is Yes. It seems that Steve Jobs has you covered for just about everything, (using his proprietary software of course). So, in order to put Windows on your Mac, you need the Windows 7 Installation DVD and Mac OS X Installation DVD or Boot Camp 2.1 on CD/DVD.   Applications > Utilities > click Boot Camp. The Boot Camp Assistant will open. Click the Continue button. Now you...

You may have sensitive information on your Mac OS X that you’d prefer the FBI or your neighborhood thief not to know about. The Mac OS X security feature is called File Vault. File Vault can be used to encrypt your file information using a special volume for your home folder that is password protected, so nobody buy you (or your ex who you stupidly told) has access to the information. Currently, even the law cannot penetrate this...

Never forget the underdog. Google’s Android has revolutionized the smartphone marketplace. For those of us with iPhones, we’ve never really had to think about how to setup our devices to work with our Macs, but what if we have an Android? How does one sync their droid, atrix, galaxy s, etc with their Mac? Its easy, lets take a look. This article explains how to hook up your Android device (running android 2.2 froyo or later)...

The easiest and most effective way to make a complete backup of your machine the way it is, is to make a disk image. What is a disk image? A disk image is a complete 100% identical copy of your system the way it is. All your files, programs, music, pictures, everything. This means if your hard drive is currently 280 gig’s in use, your disk image will come out to be 280 gigs~. Disk images are also really easy to restore, and luckily do...