If you want to create a video file out of an audio file and a still image on Mac – this post is for you. Many people have audio files or MP3 files and they want to upload it to YouTube by using the MP3 file in conjunction with the still image to create a video. If you’re a Mac user, you can make use of QuickTime Pro to do so.
You need to make sure that you have QuickTime Player Pro installed as Mac comes with preinstalled QRead More...
If your Dropbox app on Mac won’t launch or experiences any of the following behavior, your Dropbox installation may be inaccessible or corrupted:
Dropbox closes as soon as it opens
Dropbox fails to open and reports an error message
The Dropbox system tray/menu bar icon is endlessly syncing (as indicated by spinning arrows on a blue icon), but not making any progress
Your syncing status (from the Dropbox menu) in your Dropbox menu says PermRead More...
Size of photos or images is increasing day by day. Cameras now-a-days support huge resolution and every new camera launch packs in more and more pixels (resolution) for the same price.
Almost all the mobile devices support a camera. What is you get is lots and lots of images and you need to deal with their ever increasing size. Though storage costs now-a-days are dirt cheap, but still file size does matter when it comes to sharing and moving fileRead More...
Watermarks are an easy way to stamp your authority on a particular document and image. Watermarks do not look good and readers or viewers like to see the original document or image rather than the one with watermark.
However, watermarks are a good way to deter unauthorized distribution and give you an opportunity to get the due recognition.
If you’re a Mac user, it is very easy to create watermarks in PDFs and images.
Bronson Watermarker ReRead More...
Do you want to compare files on Mac?
There are several Mac apps you can use for the purpose and also several websites available, which can do the file comparison. The only drawback with file comparison using websites is that you need to paste the content and many a times there is a limit on the content you can paste and compare. This makes the task tedious and time taking.
For Mac users, we’ve found an excellent app, which you can use to coRead More...
Whenever you connect your camera to your Mac, you get an annoying message from the app if you want to copy the photos. This task can be automated, thereby save time and reduce the chances of duplicating photos.
Ingestamatic is a Mac app, which automates the critical, but repetitive, tasks of copying images from a card or camera to your Mac. Unlike the Finder or Image Capture, Ingestamatic does the job safely and productively, with lots of added fRead More...
EXIF data refers to the Exchangeable image file format used for supplementing images with rich metadata, such as the camera make, orientation and exposure, color space and dimensions, location where the image was captured, and so forth.
While EXIF data adds punch to photo sharing, however, it does bring forward privacy concerns. You don’t want everyone in the world to know where you’re capturing photos, which devices you own etc.
A Read More...
Mountain Lion came with a lot of goodies: Messages, Reminders, Notes, Notification Center, Game Center etc. However, there is one app is still missing from Mountain Lion – it is iBooks.
Apple has shown no intention of releasing iBooks for Mac and probably intend to keep it for iOS devices only. I guess Apple is missing something here – you can read your favorite books on iPad, iPhone and iPod, but not on your Mac – it is not goRead More...
By default, Notifications are set up enabled for all the stock Apple apps. If you don’t use a particular app or don’t really need a notification from an app on your Mac – it is rather annoying to get alerts from them and their accompanying sounds.
You will have to spend a few minutes to tweak the settings in Notifications as per your needs. Once, you have set it up as per your convenience, you will have no annoying alerts and doRead More...
Most Wi-Fi networks use poor security which leaves you exposed to privacy breaches and identity theft. Your exposure to security risk increases when you access a public network or are traveling and need to connect to a network to do your work.
The need is to have a powerful WiFi protector, which can scan all the wi-fi networks you use for any security problems and warns you if any of them is unsecured. WiFi Protector is a simple to use but powerfRead More...
There are plenty of things you can do with your Dock, namely:
Change position of Dock
Add an Application to Dock
Remove an Application from Dock
Using Stacks
Other Dock Hacks
When you do these options – you’re essentially personalizing Dock settings and deviating from factory default. If you end up doing too much and realize that you’ve overdone and want to return back to original factory settings – you’ll be surprRead More...
Mac users got affected by a recent phishing scam, which redirects Mac users from legitimate websites to fake websites, which claim that their computer is infected with a virus. The fake websites also offers MacSecurity “anti-virus” software to solve the issue.
Unless you realized it, this “anti-virus” software is malware (i.e. malicious software). Its ultimate goal is to get the user’s credit card information which may be usRead More...
The Dock is the bar of icons of applications that sit at the bottom or side of your screen. It provides easy access to some of the applications on your Mac (such as Mail, Safari, Address Book, and QuickTime Player), displays which applications are currently running, and holds windows in their minimized state. For your convenience, you can add your own applications, files, and folders to the Dock too.
You can also add or remove applications from Read More...
Congratulations! You gave into all the positive news around OS X Mountain Lion and got yourself one. Readers of this website suggest that Messages is one of the most sought after feature of OS X Mountain Lion.
Messages or iMessage lets you can send messages to anyone who has an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5 or later, or a Mac with Mountain Lion. Nice feature, but it doesn’t work as smartly as you believed it would. You will have toRead More...
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