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  • Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac easily using Image Capture

    Another easy way to transfer images from your iPhone to your Mac is with a built in app called Image Capture

    1 Plug your iPhone to your Mac using the USB cable

    2 Start Image Capture, a free app that comes with your Mac

    3 You should see your iPhone selected and image previews.

    image capture

    You can select individual images or import all at once. At the bottom you can select where the images are copied to.

    On the left side you can also select to delete images after import, and also a default program to run when you connect the iPhone.

    Also an easy way to transfer images is with Preview

  • Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac easily using Preview

    What’s the fastest and easiest way to transfer photos from your iPhone to your computer?

    Using the Mac there are 2 very easy ways, the first is using the built in Mac app called Preview.

    An interesting note, you don’t have to unlock the phone to transfer images using these methods. A convenience in one respect but also somewhat of a security flaw to keep in mind.

    1 Plug your iPhone to your Mac using the USB cable

    2 Start Preview, a free app that comes with your Mac.

    preview_icon

    3 Select Import from your iPhone from the File menu,

    import to preview

    At this point you can select all the pictures or choose individual images,

    Preview selects iPhone

    4 Choose a destination for the image, and your finished.

     

    After your image is copied to the destination it also opens in Preview.

    Another great way to transfer images is with Image Capture

  • Why is my iCloud storage almost full?

    You get an email from Apple saying,

    Your iCloud storage is almost full

    To ensure your iCloud services continue without interruption, you can buy more storage or free up space by following the steps below:

    What should you do? Buy more space? Not necessarily…

  • iBooks Author is live in the App Store

    Apple just released iBooks2 and the accompanying iBooks Author is live and free on the App Store. Upon launch it has the feel of Pages and Keynote with a template screen to get you going right away.

    iBooks Author template

    After choosing a template you are given a pre filled content of a Chapter 1, Section 1, and Page 1 to guide you. In the fantastic standard of Apple, all elements are movable with X and Y coordinates as you drag.

    iBooks Author_XY

    But even more exciting is the iPad Preview button, that when clicked prompts you to select an iPad. This seems like a very simple way to sample your design.

    Publishing is also built right into the software along with multiple ways to share work in progress by email, PDF and export as a text document.

    iBooks Author_email

    Apple seems to have built a wonderful way to design not just text books but any type of interactive document with advanced HTML and rich media functions. Get it now in the Mac App Store for free.

  • CES 2012

    CES is in Vegas again and you can read all about the new gadgets and trends that are being announced all over the web. Unfortunately many sources are already reporting disappointing news.

    Let’s look at a few of them.

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