A friend of mine dropped me an instant message asking the question below. It got me to think about the iPod ads and I realized one thing that really help make it work is the soundtrack. The people who created the ads really chose great music.
Q: Do you know the title and the artists featured in the iPod commercials?
A: Macsupport, a Canadian based Mac and iPod site has an entry listing most if not all the songs that were used in iPod commercials. Among the songs used are Vertigo (U2), Technologic (Daft Punk), Feel Good Inc (Gorillaz), Walkie Talkie Man …read more

Q: How do you print screen on Mac OS X? – Carine
A: Well Carine, it’s quite simple actually. Press Shift+Apple Key+3 and that will capture your screen and save it on your desktop. The default filename is Picture 1.
There’s another command, Shift+Apple Key+4 this will turn the mouse pointer into a cross hair and you can use this to select the portion of the screen that you want to capture. It will save it the same way with the full screen capture stated above.
I hope this helps.

Q: Hi. I am a new owner of a macbook and I love it. The only thing I really miss is Microsoft Paint. I would use to do some really basic stuff and I haven’t been able to find a comparable program on my macbook. I realize I have iPhoto, but it doesn’t do what I want. Can I download Microsoft Paint for free or is there a Mac program out there that is just like Paint? – Adina
A: Well, there are many paint/graphics program for the Mac. Let me list down several software that might fit your needs. Starting …read more

Q: How do I save my iChat Transcripts?
A: This is something that has saved me time and time again. There have been times that I’ve forgotten to jot down or save important details of a conversation that I had. Luckily there’s the iChat log. I can search the conversation that I had and get the info from there.

Here’s how to do it. In iChat, go to Preferences. Then select the Messages icon. There’s a check box at the bottom, Automatically save chat transcripts. Make sure that this is selected. There’s an Open Folder button beside it. You can use …read more

Q: How do you email a web page you’re viewing in Safari to someone? What’s the shortcut key for it?

A: Emailing a web page to someone is easy in Safari. On the menu bar select File -> Mail Contents of This Page. Safari will send the contents of the web page to Mail. Opening up a new mail message with the page contents inside.
The shortcut to this is cmd + I.
Thanks to my friend Arel. This was the question he asked me the other day that prompted me to think about starting this Q&A portion.
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I’ve been thinking of new ways to improve the blog and make it more interactive. So with the new blog template I’d like to add what I call “Q&A Posts”. It’s nothing new or revoluntionary. It’s pretty simple actually. You send me a question related to Apple and Macs and I’ll try my best to answer it or find out the answer for you.
I can’t guarantee I’ll find the answer but I’ll be sure to try my best to find out what it is. This will be good both for you the reader as well as me. I think it …read more