“How To” collection
Simplify your digital life with comprehensive step-by-step tutorials and instructional guides for modern technology. Learn how to optimize your software configurations, manage cloud services, and master new devices with these easy-to-follow technical walkthroughs.
iOS 5 Tip: How to Enable the “Smiley” Emoticon or
Here is another great (and fun) feature that is buried deep within iOS 5 for the iPhone and iPad. And, when I showed this to my daughters, they were SO…
How To Easily Remove, Replace & Install an Apple iPhone
I have done quite a few installs and hardware replacements in my time, but never have I found an easier project than to replace the battery of an iPhone 4.…
How to Get Hostnames to Resolve over a Mac OS
Yesterday I ran into a little issue. I tried to use my Cisco VPN client on my Mac after having upgraded to Lion. For some reason, it was not working.…
VIDEO – How to Re-Download Mac OS X Lion &
Yesterday I wrote a post "How To Re-Download Mac OS X Lion & Create a Bootable Install DVD" and it seems to be helping a lot of people out there.…
How To Re-Download Mac OS X “Lion” & Create a
In my excitement yesterday about the release of the new Macintosh operating system called "Lion", I downloaded and installed the new OS without thinking about creating a bootable DVD since…
How To Use Chrome Instant Search to Test Twitter Status
Back in May, I wrote a post on "How to Pre-Populate Twitter Status Update the NEW Way via Links & Web Intents". Essentially, Twitter updated the method for creating a…
How To Get the UDID/UUID of your iOS Device –
Most iOS developers know that in order to "activate" your iOS device (e.g., iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) to use the latest beta of iOS 5, you need to have your…
How to Pre-Populate Twitter Status Updates the NEW Way via
About a year and a half ago, I posted a "How To" article to teach people on how to tweet out messages from your website via a URL or web…
How to Write & Blog Efficiently with Free Tools like
A while ago, I wrote a blog post about how I do blogging. That was over a year ago. Times have changed, tools have evolved and processes have gotten better,…
How To Fix “The Required File Cannot Be Found” Error
Every since I had to restore my iPhone 4 from a backup, I have been having a pesky error message popping up each and every time I would sync my…
