iOS Mail: Archive or Delete Individual Emails

8:25 AM, May. 22nd, 2013 · Melissa Holt · Tips

Getting frustrated with that red "archive" button when you try to delete a message on your iOS device? Melissa Holt is here to report that there's a trick to select whether you want to archive or delete each message, and you can also turn off the archiving feature entirely. Hooray! She also reports that she likes pie, which is somewhat less relevant.

How to Assign Custom Icons to Desktop Files & Folders in OS X

10:30 AM, May. 18th, 2013 · Sandro Cuccia · Tips

Cookie Monster cartoon character.

OS X looks great, but sometimes you need to give your Mac a little personality, or maybe you just need some quick visual cues for your folders files. Sandro Cuccia shows you how to engage in a fun, but Apple-sanctioned method for customizing your Mac desktop icons.

Apple TV: Hiding Unused Icons from the Main Screen

1:10 PM, May. 17th, 2013 · Jared Apperson · Tips

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Love your Apple TV, but don't love all of the applications that come pre-installed? Then hide the ones you don't want, and enjoy a cleaner user interface! All you need is your Apple remote and a couple minutes of your time.

iTunes 11.0.3: New MiniPlayer Features

8:31 AM, May. 17th, 2013 · Melissa Holt · Tips

In this tip, we're going to dive into the new options available for the MiniPlayer under the just-released version of iTunes, including the lovely new album art view. Melissa Holt informs us that she listened to a lot of Pink Floyd while writing this tip, so it may turn out to be her grooviest yet, man.

OS X: How to Kill Stubborn Apps & Hidden Processes

11:19 AM, May. 15th, 2013 · Jim Tanous · Tips

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Mac Geek Gab listener Stephen is trying to update an app on his Mac, but the app's installer won't work because the app, or its processes, are still running. We show him how to quit those pesky apps and kill their hidden processes so that he can safely update or remove the app from his system.

Pages: Using Paragraph Styles

8:35 AM, May. 15th, 2013 · Melissa Holt · Tips

If you've used InDesign, you may be familiar with styles, those handy-dandy formatting tools that can help you change the look of your documents pretty much instantly. In this tip, Melissa Holt will cover how to use paragraph styles in Apple's Pages program, and if you've never used them before, you may find them to be the official Best Thing Ever™ for formatting text.

The iPhone’s Hidden Image Editor

10:39 AM, May. 13th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Tips

Your iPhone or iPod touch makes for a handy camera, and both can take nice images. That doesn't, however, mean you won't need to make some quick adjustments on the go. You can turn to a long list of apps designed to help with that, including Apple's own iPhoto, but if you only need to make some minor adjustments, the Photos app has a nearly-hidden editor just waiting to help out.

How to Have Preview Sign Your PDFs in OS X

10:30 AM, May. 11th, 2013 · Sandro Cuccia · Tips

A woman's hand stamping her signature onto paper with a traditional rubber stamp.

Sandro Cuccia revisits Preview in OS X. He shows you how to have the latest Mountain Lion version of this versatile app easily scan and store one or more signatures for later insertion into any PDF document.