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  • 06 February 2013

  • How-Tos: How to move from iPhone to Android; guide to moving from iOS to Android

    Things to consider before moving from an iPhone to an Android phone. How to transfer contacts, calender, photos, video and music from iOS to Android.

  • 05 February 2013

  • How-Tos: How to play any video format on your iPhone or iPad

    Download an inexpensive - or even free - app and you can play any video format on your iPad or iPhone. Forget all that time-consuming transcoding from one format to another. We show you how to do it.

  • 04 February 2013

  • How-Tos: How to jailbreak iOS 6.1

    With every new iOS release, a jailbreak isn't far behind. Using a new untethered jailbreaking tool, evasi0n, this is how to jailbreak your iPhone 5, iPad 4 and iPad mini, plus other models running iOS 6.x UPDATED: 4th Feb 2013

  • How-Tos: Create and edit documents with Quickoffice Pro HD on iPad

    The iPad can be a decent productivity tool with the right apps. We explain how to create and edit documents with Quickoffice Pro

  • 31 January 2013

  • How-Tos: Best things to do to keep a MacBook Pro running fast

    Here are some of our best tips on how to keep your MacBook Pro running fast.

  • How-Tos: Automatically sync iPhone and iPad videos with your computer

    Photo Stream is great, but it doesn't work with videos. Here's how to transfer and sync your iOS videos wirelessly from your device to your PC or laptop automatically.

  • 29 January 2013

  • How-Tos: How to use London tube Wi-Fi

    Here's everything you need to know about using the Wi-Fi internet at London Underground tube stations.

  • 28 January 2013

  • How-Tos: Create a group of contacts on your iPhone 5

    Creating groups of contacts isn't quite as easy as it should be on the iPhone or iPad. We explain how to do it.

  • 25 January 2013

  • How-Tos: How to set up an iPad or iPod touch for kids

    If you bought your kids an iPod touch or iPad then you’ll need to set it up so that they can’t go on an unexpected spending spree. We'll also explain how to help prevent damage and theft.

  • 16 January 2013

  • How-Tos: Remains of the Day: The boys of summer

    It may be the summer of the iPhone 5S; Apple's considering dropping into China; and an old friend of Apple's has some advice for Tim Cook. The remainders for Tuesday, January 15, 2013 love for you will still be strong.

  • How-Tos: How to sync Facebook and iPhone contacts

    If you want to sync your Facebook and iPhone contacts, here’s how to do it. We also outline the pitfalls to watch out for, and how to remove Facebook contacts from your iPhone or iPad running iOS 6.

  • 09 January 2013

  • How-Tos: How to make a Mac visible on a Windows network

    Here's where we show you how to make a Mac visible on a Windows network.

  • 03 January 2013

  • How-Tos: Notes on notifications

    If, as is the case for an increasing number of people, your first experience with an Apple product came via an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, you've likely noticed that your iOS device and your Mac offer some of the same features. This is part of Apple's "Back to the Mac" strategy, where features introduced in iOS, its mobile operating system, are then brought to the Mac OS. One such feature is Notification Center, the subject of today's lesson.

  • 02 January 2013

  • How-Tos: How to rip a DVD on a Mac

    Ripping a DVD on a Mac isn't too different to ripping a DVD on a Windows PC, the only real difference is the software you use. Here's how to rip a DVD on a Mac.

  • 30 December 2012

  • How-Tos: How to download YouTube videos to your iPhone or iPod touch

    Want to download videos from YouTube on your iPhone so you can watch them offline without an internet connection? We'll show you how to save videos to your iPhone or iPod touch.

  • 27 December 2012

  • How-Tos: The Mac's linguistic tricks

    Today we continue our march through the row of personal system preferences with a long look at the Language & Text preference. As its name implies, within it you'll find several settings for configuring the language your Mac and Mac's keyboard use, spelling options, text substitutions, and formatting based on geographical region. These features are available via four tabs. Let's make our way forward.

  • 24 November 2012

  • How-Tos: Mac 101: Seek and find

    As we meander down life's path, we tend to pick up bits of this and that. And, over time, these things pile up to the point where, if we're not organized, we lose track of them. And this often results in cries of "Honey/Mom/Dad/Jeeves, have you seen my glasses/lunchbox/dueling pistols!?" Wouldn't it be great if the answer was more helpful than, "Well, where did you last see them?"

  • How-Tos: Bugs & Fixes: Texting fails for just one person

    When writing up bug reports for this column, I prefer to have guaranteed solutions to offer. However, a few problems are so frustrating and mysterious that I'll cover them even without a known reliable fix. That's the situation today.

  • 15 November 2012

  • How-Tos: Manage passwords with Keychain Access

    In the innocent days of our computing youth, many of us had to memorize just one password—the one we used to send and retrieve our email over a glacially slow dial-up connection. User-account passwords? For geeks. Shopping-site passwords? What shopping sites? iTunes Store? App Store? Mac App Store? Didn't exist.

  • How-Tos: Mac 101: Diving into menus, part 3

    During the past two weeks, we’ve explored Mountain Lion’s Apple and Finder menus as well as its File and Edit menus. Let’s wrap it up with the last four menus in the series: View, Go, Window, and Help.

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