By now, every iPhone 4S user has to know about the raise to speak feature that activates Siri. You simply raise your iPhone 4S to your ear, wait for the two tones and start talking. Ask Siri a silly or serious question and it...Use Raise To Speak On iPhone 4S For Text Entry Via Dictation [iOS Tips]
By now, every iPhone 4S user has to know about the raise to speak feature that activates Siri. You simply raise your iPhone 4S to your ear, wait for the two tones and start talking. Ask Siri a silly or serious question and it...Easily Backup Your Address Book Contacts To External Media & Maintain A Historical Archive [OS X Tips]
I ran into someone the other day and he told me that he had over 700 contacts in the Address Book app on his Mac. He expressed concern about losing those contacts and I asked him” Are you performing backups on your Mac? ” He...Zoom Features That Help When You Lose Your Reading Glasses Or Are Vision Impaired [iOS Tips]
I recall the time I met someone who was not only vision impaired, but nearly blind. However, their loss of vision didn’t prevent them from enjoying computers. Although we were both able to get a lot done, they wouldn’t have been able to get...Get The Most Out Of The Notification Center’s Weather Widget [iOS Tips]
The Notification Center that ships with iOS 5 is nice. By default, it displays a stock ticker, weather, mail, and calendar entries. It all looks great, but behind the eye candy are some useful secrets. Today, we’ll take a look at the weather widget....Use TrueCrypt For Multi-Platform Encryption Support [OS X Tips]
Yesterday, I wrote a tip about using FileVault 2 encryption in Mac OS X Lion to encrypt a variety of external devices and SD cards. Although I like FileVault 2, I mentioned that it had some caveats. The most glaring caveat is that media...Get The Most Out Of The Notification Center Stock Ticker [iOS Tips]
The Notification Center that ships with iOS 5 is nice and by default it displays a stock ticker, weather, mail, and calendar entries. It all looks great and the eye candy it provides actually hides some very useful tricks you can use to reach...Encrypt Your USB Flash Drives, External USB Drives Or SD Cards [OS X Tips]
Mac OS X Lion introduced the world to FileVault 2 Apple’s solution to full disk encryption. It is one of my favorite features in Lion and it is definitely a welcome addition to Mac OS X. Just about anyone can use it to encrypt...Clear Notifications In The iOS 5 Notification Center [iOS Tips]
My Notification Center tends to get a bit busy. It shows me my favorite stocks, weather, five of my most recent emails and upcoming calendar appointments. Now and then I’d like to clear these items from the Notification Center. Here is an easy way...Quickly Access Your Reading Lists in Safari 5 [OS X Tips]
Earlier this summer, Apple introduced the new Reading List feature in Safari 5 as part of Mac OS X Lion’s widescale release. This new feature lets you save web pages until you have time to read them later. It is a handy feature that...Apple Initiates Replacement Program for First-Gen iPod nano
Apple has initiated a replacement program for the first-generation iPod nano due to an overheating issue with the battery inside of the device. The problem was recognized by Apple several years ago and they offered replacements to customers on a case-by-case basis....![Reverse Direction In The Task Switcher With This Keyboard Tip [OS X Tips]](http://www.seriouslymac.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/a2.img "Reverse Direction In The Task Switcher With This Keyboard Tip [OS X Tips]"){kind=small}
Reverse Direction In The Task Switcher With This Keyboard Tip [OS X Tips]
You know the Task Switcher, right? It’s the keyboard command you use to switch between apps on your Mac. The list of apps in the Task Switcher grows or shrinks as you open and close apps. Sometimes that list can grow pretty large....Show Downloads In Safari With This Quick Keyboard Tip [OS X Tips]
I’m beginning to like using the keyboard a lot more these days and the tip today shows how useful a keyboard can be. I use Safari a great deal and I download a lot of content from the internet using it. Every so often...
