Organizing Bookmarks

In Safari, Bookmarks are favorite website that you go to often. If a long unrelated list of all of your saved bookmarks is overwhelming you, here are some tips to organize them:

1. From the Bookmarks menu, choose Show All Bookmarks

2. In the left column click on either the Bookmarks Bar or Bookmarks menu, whichever one you want to work with

3. To Add a Folder, click the “+” sign at the bottom of the list of websites

4. Title it

5. Now drag related bookmarks on top of the folder to put it in it

To rename a bookmark, click once on it to select it. Click on the words to turn them the highlighted color Type and press Return when done

To delete a bookmark, click once on the icon of it, press the Delete key

To rearrange the bookmarks, just drag them up or down the list to where you want them

To move a Bookmark from the Bar to the Menu, click on the place where it is and drag it on top of where you want it

iPad and iPhone Tip of the Week

Foldify

FOLDIFY
I usually only promote free apps but this one for iPad looks SO FUN!Draw, create, print and fold amazing 3D figures with Foldify. You don’t need drawing skills – Foldify has tons of free content to create amazing, high quality figures!

Additionally – what if we told you that your fun doesn’t need to be limited just to device? You can print figures from the app, then it’s just as easy as cutting it out and folding. Foldify offers 10 different templates for different types of figures. Even without drawing skills you can still create quality figures with a large selection of ready to use elements.

Foldify allows you:

print your figures directly from the application using AirPrint or send the PDF via email

view real-time 3D figure’s preview – any action you take is previewed in 3D without any delays or extra steps

zoom, rotate and draw on templates

use stamps like eyes, mouths, eyeglasses and many others

upload your creations to Foldify server and browse other users’ figures which you can print and rate

share your figures on Facebook, Twitter and e-mail

Get Foldify from the App Store on your iPad for $1.99 (50% off for a limited time)

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See What Fonts Look Like

You can change the fonts of text in Mail as well as most other Apple programs by highlighting the text and then clicking on the desired font from the Font pulldown menu. But you don’t know what the font will actually look like until you do it.

Another way to experiment with fonts in email is to choose Show Fonts from the Format menu.

The Fonts window shows a list of grouped fonts (Collections), the family of typefaces, the possible styles of each typeface and a size to choose.

To see what the font actually looks like, you can reveal the Font Preview Pane.

1. Click on the barely noticeable circle that is below the word “Fonts” and above the “T” tool. Your mouse becomes a tool with arrows.

2. Drag the tool down to reveal the Font Preview Pane.

You can make the entire window bigger by dragging on any corner of the window.

 

 

iPad and iPhone Tip of the Week

Managing Photos

Thanks to Brian Lawler of the San Luis Obispo Mac Users Group for sharing this tip:

Deleting photos on the iPad and iPhone can be tedious–you have to either delete them all or you have to tap Edit, then tap each photo you want to remove.

Another option is to use your Mac to help speed up the process.

1. Open Preview on your Mac

2. Plug in your iPhone or iPad

3. From the File menu, choose Import from Phone

4. When you see the thumbnails you can select which photos you want to delete from the device

5. To select a series of photos in a row, click on the first one, hold down the Shift key, click on the last one

6. To randomly select photos, click on one, hold down the Command key while clicking on others

7. Then, to delete, click on the little red button in the lower left corner and all of the selected images will be deleted on your device

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A Fast and Fun Way to Email Photos

You probably know how easy it is to email pictures from iPhoto. But with iPhoto ’11 you have a choice about how those photos appear.

You can choose to have them just be attachments right in the email. Or, try this:

1. In iPhoto, under the iPhoto menu, choose Preferences

2. Click on the General icon

3. Next to “Email Photos Using, choose iPhoto

4. Close Preferences

Next:

1. Choose some pictures you’d like to send (Click one photo, hold down the Command key and select others)

2. Click the right facing Share arrow in the bottom toolbar

3. Choose Email

4. In the right column you now have several themes to choose from

5. Each theme will suggest how many photos work best

6. Add text in the designated spaces7

7. Be sure to check the box next to Attach Photos to Message so that the recipient can download the photos.

iPad and iPhone Tip of the Week

Christmas Songs, Music and Carols – with Lyrics

Enjoy 80 of the best Christmas classics, includes YouTube videos and full color music visualizer.

Hanukkah Dreidel
Spin the dreidel, win the pot.Play with friends and family.

Gingerbread House Maker
No fuss, no bake just good old fashioned fun.

Snowman Maker PRO
Build a snowman, dress him up, choose background and share with friends.

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Mac Tip of the Week

Question: Sometimes when I receive an e-mail and open it, I get a box with a blue ? in it. How do I handle this?

If a person has forwarded the message and the settings in their email do not include the graphics in the attachment, then you have no access to them.

If it is an email directly from someone, you can check your own settings. In Mail, under the Mail menu, choose Preferences. Click on the Viewing icon. Be sure there is a check mark next to “Display remote images in HTML messages”

Question: I would like to change the size of the font in my iCloud email. How do I go about doing that?

You can change the font size and the font for your emails in Mail under the Preferences menu. Click on Fonts and Colors. Next to Message font, click on Select, choose your desired font.

iPad and iPhone Tip of the Week

Q & A

Question: I would like to change the size of the font in my iCloud email. How do I go about doing that?

While you can’t change the font on your iPhone and iPad, you CAN change the size of the font.

1. Tap Settings
2. Tap General
3. Scroll down and tap Accessibility
4. Tap Large Text
5. Choose a size
6. When done, tap Accessibility in the top left, tap General in the top left, Tap Settings in the top left to return to the main Settings screen

This larger font choice will apply in Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Messages and Notes