IOS: Plug the iPhone into the Mac using USB. This will charge it while the phone offers tethered service. (Bluetooth should also work but will drain the battery quickly). Turn on Personal Hotspot On the Mac System Preferences>Sharing>Internet Sharing Share your connection from : iPhone USB To Computers Using: Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Options … Provide a network Name: “My Tethered Network” Select a Channel: something unique such as 36 is better than default 11 Security: WPA2 Personal Password: something 13 characters […]
Mail >Preferences > Fonts & Colors: Set Fixed-width font: to something you can see such as Helvetica 18 Select Use fixed-width font for plain text messages In Composing: Message Format: Plain Text Now every email you compose will default to Plain Text Helvetica 18 which my old tired eyes can see. The recipient of the email will see it in their default plain text font not in the mega size you see.
After 16 great years with our wonderful friend and family member we had to say good-bye to Willow – our Burmese cat on March 25, 2013. Willy had little time or patience for dogs so we put off including a dog in the family. With his passing – a new chapter in our lives begins and we have decided to include a dog and a new Burmese cat this summer. After some research (and with my past experience with a […]
Command+Tab switches between applications. However, if like me you have minimized the application by hitting the yellow button then the application switcher does not re-open the window. Add Option to the keys re-opens the minimized window.
One of the problems with judging an image on the monitor is that most monitors are set too bright. This is especially critical if you want to print the image based on what you see on the monitor. When the monitor is too bright, it makes the images look brighter and more contrasty then they really are. When printed, these images viewed on an overly bright monitor tend to look dark or dull and washed out. To fix this […]
chflags nohidden ~/Library My thanks to: http://macperformanceguide.com/SettingUp-UnhideLibrary.html
I want to use a iPhone 5 as a wifi hotspot. I turn on hotspot on the iPhone, everything works fine till the device using the hotspot stops using it (close the cover on my iPad for example). When I open the cover of the iPad again, the connection is lost and does not restart automatically. I called Apple, they said the iPhone stops broadcasting the wifi signal after 90 seconds idle time. To prevent this use settings General > […]
To turn this on in IOS6: Settings > About > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking Be aware the default is “off”.
Obtaining a Nano Sim for Apple iPhone with Rogers. So, by happenstance I was one of the lucky people to successfully place an order and get the phone queued for delivery on Sept 21. Great – but wait what about the sim card? It turns out Rogers now carry the Nano Sims for iPhone. They are $10 and can be obtained at Rogers Stores. The Nano Sim is LTE compatible and works with slower speeds as well. Follow the progress […]