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View text in large type in the OS X calculator and more

Topher Kessler — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:43:58 PST

Sometimes you might need to see text on screen from a distance. Here are a couple of options for doing this in OS X.

Manage animations in Keynote

Topher Kessler — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:36:07 PST

While PowerPoint might be a default option people use for presentation software, Apple's Keynote has some comparable features. Here is how to create and edit object animations in Keynote.

VLC 2.0 brings Blu-ray playback, sleek new UI, more to Mac OS X

Jaymar Cabebe — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:40:54 PST

VLC, everyone's favorite Swiss-Army-like media player for Mac, is about to make the jump to version 2.0, and oh what a big jump it appears to be.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Q&A: MacFixIt Answers

Topher Kessler — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:37 PST

What happened to the bounce option in OS X Mail, and what are unexpected ACLs and .DS_Store files in OS X? Here we answer these and other questions from MacFixIt readers.

New tool cracks Apple iWork passwords

Topher Kessler — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:14:30 PST

Russian cryptography company ElcomSoft has developed a tool that makes cracking iWork document passwords easier.

Workarounds for quarantine bug in OS X Lion

Topher Kessler — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:26:53 PST

Changes to the sandboxing rules in OS X Lion appear to be flagging files as quarantined when they've been edited by sandboxed applications, with the result that scripts and other executable files no longer work.

Fix keyboard input not behaving properly in OS X

Topher Kessler — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:50:47 PST

If your keyboard is not working properly in OS X, there are a couple of things you can try to get it working again.

About the OS X ByHost preferences directory

Topher Kessler — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:44:01 PST

Most preferences in OS X are stored directly in the user's Preferences folder; however, within this folder is a directory called ByHost that contains other commonly used preferences.

Fix home button delays on iOS devices

Topher Kessler — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:56 PST

If the home button on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch is unresponsive, calibrating it could help.

EFI updates extend Lion Internet recovery to more Macs

Topher Kessler — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:44:09 PST

Apple has released new EFI firmware updates to in part bring the Lion Internet recovery option to more 2010-model Macs.