Mac Tip Podcast – #025 – Disabling Caps Lock

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Disabling Caps Lock

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I’m a terrible typist and once in a blue moon hit the Caps Lock key while aiming for something else. And on those extremely rare occasions where I actually want a run of Upper Case letters I seldom think to use Caps Lock, preferring to keep my finger on the Shift key instead.
But we all hate those people who JUST LOVE TO USE THE CAPS LOCK ALL THE TIME DO WE NOT?
I don’t and hate to be accused of being one, Well my next tip is about disabling the caps lock key altogether
In the depths of System Preferences lies a easily but overlooked option; to change what happens when you press a modifier key. Open System Preferences.

Go to the “Keyboard and Mouse” Preference Pane.
Make sure you’re on the “Keyboard” tab.
Click the “Modifier Keys” button. A window will appear where you can change what happens when you press the various modifier keys.
From the drop-down menu beside the Caps Lock key choose “No Action”.
Click OK. And the new setting is saved.
If you wish, close the System Preferences window.

Now when you type the “Caps Lock” key nothing happens. It’s dead as a door nail.

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Mac Tip Podcast – #024 – Disable The File Extension Warning

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Disable The File Extension Warning

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If you often find yourself changing file extensions, As I do, you might be tired of the annoying “Are you sure you want to change the extension” dialog box. I often end up changing the extensions of text files from .txt to .html or .php which I find that I do quite often.

Luckily, you can disable this warning quite easily. Just go to your Finder’s Preferences or Press “Command + ,” and click on the Advanced tab. Un-check the option labeled “Show warning before changing an extension”

Now when you attempt to change a file extension, Leopard will no longer nag you by inquiring if you’re really sure that’s what you wish to do.

Keep in mind that if you add the wrong extension to a document you may not be able to open the file until you change it back. Changing an extension does not convert a document into a different format.

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Mac Tip Podcast – #023 – Moving and Sizing the Dock with your mouse

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Moving and Sizing the Dock with your mouse

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Okay, so you’re working in a program which takes up every vertical inch of the screen, like Final Cut Pro or iMovie, and when you go to adjust something near the bottom, the Dock keeps popping up. Oh sure, you could move the Dock to where it’s anchored on the left or right side of the screen, but most people dont like the look or feel of having the dock on the sides of the screen. But what if you could move it temporarily to the left or right, and then put it back on the bottom when your done?, and do this with one click and one key?

Here’s how: Hold the Shift key, click on your Dock’s divider line (the one to the far right side of the Dock), and drag the Dock to the left or right side of your screen. Then, once you quit with the program, just Shift/click on that divider line and place it back on the bottom.

You can even shrink or enlarge the dock by clicking on the divider and move your mouse up to enlarge or move you mouse down to shrink the dock, man I can even see the dock
isnt that cool or what?

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Mac Tip Podcast – #022 – Where did I download that file from?

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If you download a file from the web, you can usually find out exactly where that downloaded file came from, including the exact web address including down to the subfolders.
Select the file you downloaded and press “Command+I” or right click on the file and select “Get Info”.

Once the info dialog appears, click on the right-facing arrow beside “More Info” to expand that panel and it will display a “Where” from header, and to the right of that it will show the exact web address from which the file was originally downloaded.

Unfortunately the likes of Firefox and Opera do not have this feature built in, Firefox does have a plugin called Met.a thats in the beta stages and works quite well on a Mac, so if you want to go the way of out of the box this tip only works with Safari, Hey Apple knows whats good for its users Thanks Apple!

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Mac Tip Podcast – #021 – Auto-Tune yourself in GarageBand

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Auto-Tune yourself in GarageBand

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Even though Auto-tune – that funky robot effect that rules the radio – has been declared d e a d dead by none either than rap superstar than Jay-Z, people still went nuts over T-Pain’s Auto-tune app for the iPhone.
Weather you don’t have to have an iPhone or cant afford to pay hundreds of dollars for official Auto-tune software you can still get that great T-Pain sound. In fact, you can do it with an app that comes preloaded with almost every Mac, Garageband.

Open up Garageband and select “New Project”
Add a new track by hitting “Alt+Command+N” and choose “Real Instrument.” This is where you’ll be recording your vocals or importing previous recorded audio.
If you’re going to auto-tune yourself or a recording, you need a key to be in tune with. If you’re not sure, give the default Tempo of a C-major a try, and adjust up or down from there.
You can adjust the tempo by using the the options with in the LCD If you dont know how to enable the this option press “Ctrl+Command+F” and this will show the tempo with in the LCD

Click the scissors icon or “Command+E” to open up the editing palette. Select “No Effect” and slide the “Enhance Tuning” setting all the way to max. Also, check “Limit to Key,” or you might end up with some seriously terrible-sounding results.

Finally, hit record and start singing. It’s important to note that this is the LAST step. You can’t apply the auto-tune effect after the fact, so tweak all your settings, and then give it a shot. Make T-Pain proud!

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Mac Tip Podcast – #020 – Downgrade iTunes

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Downgrade iTunes

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When you have an older version of the mac like a power pc you tend to get left behind when it comes to new versions of software. The newest version of iTunes requires the latest version of safari that that requires you to update to a newer version of the Mac Operating system, So what do you do when you update itunes and find all this information out? Well downgrade.

What you need to do first is Uninstall iTunes by Opening your Applications folder, and drag iTunes to the trash.
Restart your Mac and empty the trash to ensure that iTunesHelper is not running and not installed.

Go to your Music directory and open up the iTunes folder.
Move iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml to your desktop
Note: iTunes Library.itl may not be named .itl if it isnt copy the file named iTunes Library

Install the version of iTunes want to install.
If you dont know where to download a old version of itunes a like will be in the show notes
Download Old Versions Here

Open up iTunes and check the version to insure it is the version you intended to install,
While iTunes is open and go to File > Library > Import
Choose the iTunes Music Library.xml you moved to your desktop
This should rebuild your library/playlists

You can now delete those library files on the desktop
And you should be good to go

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