Category Archives: Mavericks

How To Turn A Mac On/Off and Definitions

Posted on 06/30/2014 by macnancy

Continuing with information for the truly uninitiated Mac users, I have posted two additional handouts to my dropbox. The first is simple instructions for turning your Mac on and off. The second is a boatload of definitions. The terms that experienced Mac … Continue reading →

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Mavericks: Moving Documents From A Mac To An iOS Device Using iCloud

Posted on 06/10/2014 by macnancy

Oh, this is not a good thing. If you use Mavericks, you better check this one out. If you are accustomed to creating documents on your Mac,  and then opening them on your iOS device you will quickly discover that … Continue reading →

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Smart Mailboxes – Do I Want Them?

Posted on 01/27/2014 by macnancy

Smart Mailboxes have one advantage, they help you keep up with, and, find stuff.  I have one acquaintance who has 17,000 messages in her mail box. Most of us are not that obsessive. And, I hope most of us are … Continue reading →

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Mail – Solving Search Problems

Posted on 01/16/2014 by macnancy

More cool Mail tips.  Melissa Holt of The Mac Observer posted a great Mail tip today.  Check it out at: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-solving-mail-searching-problems?utm_source=macobserver&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_everything  

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Mail Tips: Search By Attachment and Delete Erroneous Addresses

Posted on 01/15/2014 by macnancy

Here are a couple of tips to make Mail work for you. 1. Search by Attachment type This tip is for Mavericks users. I find myself using it frequently. You can search for messages with attachments of a specific application. … Continue reading →

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Pages or Numbers or Keynote Documents Won’t Open In Mavericks?

Posted on 10/28/2013 by macnancy

You’ve downloaded Mavericks and you’ve also downloaded all the free updates for apps like Numbers, Pages, and Keynote. But, when you click on an existing document, say in Numbers, you get a message that says you can’t open it until … Continue reading →

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Downloading Mavericks and My Favorite New Feature

Posted on 10/23/2013 by macnancy

Like half the world, I started downloading Mavericks yesterday, shortly after the end of the  media event. It took 10 hours and another 3 to install. Now, had I not been so impatient it would not have taken nearly that … Continue reading →

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