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Google, Apple and MobileMe
Many, many, many people rely on Google not only for Gmail, but also for contact management, Gcal and Google Docs. Both Gcal and Gmail contacts sync very well with iPhones, iCal and Mac OS X’s Address Book. Gcal also offers … Continue reading
Time Bandits
If you’re running the Pomodoro – Concentrate suggestion, you shouldn’t have too much trouble dodging the email time bandit. But, macsparky is running a series on dealing with the e-mail intrusion and how to handle it. In the first part, … Continue reading
3 Reasons to Join MILO
MILO is the Google Groups forum “Macs In Law Offices.” Recently, there have been three really great posts by users on that forum. You can tether an iPhone to your Mac for internet access over the 3G network without hacking … Continue reading
TextExpander and Signatures
MacSparky posted a slick little trick on how to use TextExpander to insert just the link (no http:\www.blahblah.com) in the signature line. Another nice trick with TextExpander is to use it to insert a signature, literally, into Pages, Word or … Continue reading
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Spotlight – The Advanced Course
Spotlight quickly finds folders, launches applications, jumps to contacts in address book all with a command-space keystroke and the first few letters of what you want to find/access. But, Spotlight can go deeper too – filtering folders down to anything … Continue reading
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A Gripe and A Fix.
Part of the Apple experience comes from aesthetics. The hardware to the software all look so good and make interfacing with a computer a more human experience, less geeky and, I believe, makes work more enjoyable… of course a stable … Continue reading
Return from the Wild.
MacLitigator is back… early no less. No, it wasn’t the lack of internet or the inability to watch reality t.v. (ugh) that prompted an early return. Rather, the program which drew me into the wild just didn’t make a good … Continue reading
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Format A USB Drive
Mac OS X, despite being one of the most intuitive and user friendly OSes on the planet, adopts a very obtuse procedure when it comes to formatting a USB drive. Every single time you get a new USB drive it … Continue reading
Save a PDF as Black and White
Not so long ago, the federal court clerk refused an efiling and requested it be refiled… the problem? The pleading had a scanned signature on it which showed up in nice blue ink and the federal efiling system required black … Continue reading
Jury Selection Spread Sheet.
The Mac Lawyer has a guest post article by G. Ware Cornell Jr about his jury selection spread sheet using iWork ’08′s Numbers program. While it might not precisely fit your practice, just seeing the template created by Mr. Cornell … Continue reading