Stop Spellcheck from Annoying you with Custom Dictionaries

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How annoying is it when you type up a document and the spellcheck flags almost every other word because it thinks that a brand name, person’s name, medical, technical or slang term is misspelled? At least all of the spellcheck programs allow you to add words to their dictionaries, but only one word at a time. Its not easy when you have a few hundred medical or technical terms to enter in. Fortunately, you can add many words into the custom spellcheck dictionaries of all the major word processors at once.

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Battle of the Backups: SuperDuper! vs Time Machine

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You know you should back up your system, but what should you use? Apple created Time Machine to make backups pretty easy. However, in almost every backup related discussion, there’s someone who swears SuperDuper! is all you need. While both are great applications, they each have strengths and weaknesses.

Let’s put the two against each other and figure out which backup solution is right for you.

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Create a DVD slideshow with iPhoto and iDVD

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LCD Monitors displaying slideshows in businesses and schools are all over the place. Ever wonder how they made these slideshows? Ever want to make one of your own?

You can easily create video slideshow DVDs of your vacation, holidays or birthday parties. All you need is iPhoto, iDVD, a blank DVD and the following tutorial.

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Eight Great Built-in OS X Features That Aren’t in Windows

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OS X spoils it’s users a little. You get used to built-in features that are taken for granted. It’s not until you sit down at a Windows machine that you realize what these functions are. Sure, there are tons of workarounds in Windows for these features called utilities. It’s nice to know that you don’t have to install anything for the following eight features and can just get down to business with OS X.

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