Mac vs. PC: Moving Files Ep.121

D.Lee Beard compares the ease of relocating files within Mac OS X and within Windows 7.

Which is more intuitive or useful at moving files? You get to decide by voting at http://AsktheTechies.com/episode121.html (2min. 02sec).

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Convert and Add Mac System Sounds (Ep. 116)

D.Lee Beard explains how to add sounds to your Mac OS X system for use as a system beep and e-mail or iChat alert. He also explains how to convert .wav files found on the web into the aif format (the Mac OS System Sound format). 6:15
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Ep. 114: Changing Startup Splash Screen

D.Lee Beard explains how to change the startup splash screen on your Mac …you know, the ugly purple space picture that appears behind the login window. 9min 1sec.
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Ep. 113: Customize Mac Part 2 of 3

In this part 2 of 3 on customizing your Mac, D.Lee Beard explains how to change icons sizes, the text size under icons, how to move the text to the side of the icons, how to adjust the space between icons, how to change Finder window backgrounds to different colors and images, how to have the Finder show document info under the icon name such as pixel size of images, duration of videos, and how many items in a folder. 5 min. 22 sec.
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Ep. 112: Customize Your Mac OS

D.Lee explains how to customize a Mac with the Finder preferences including how to turn on or turn off what drives or servers show up automatically on the desktop, how to change the home location for a new Finder window, how to adjust the spring loaded folders feature, how to add color labels to files and folders, how to add text titles to those labels , how to customize the sidebar and toolbar on the Finder windows, how to turn off the "empty trash" warning, and more. This is Part 1 of 3 on customizing a Mac. Next week's episode will cover the Finder's view options. 9minutes, 31 seconds.
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Episode 95: Firefox Add-ons, Deleting Your Past

D.Lee Beard explains how to delete your browser history & other info., engage in "private browsing", and how to create new user accounts (and delete unneeded ones) in Mac OS X. The second half of the show explains how to use Firefox add-ons (plug-ins) to personalize your browsing experience, help you learn a new language, completely block animated ads on web pages, and speed up your web and video web searches in a very cool 3-D way.
Episode 95: Firefox Add-ons, Deleting Your Past

Windows Remote Desktop: Secure through SSH

Nathan Galieti is back again to expand on his previous Ask the Techies videos on SSH and Windows Remote Desktop. In this video he shows you how to use SSH to securely connect to your Windows computer via Windows Remote Desktop from both a Windows and Mac OS X computer. View more and comment on this episode at: http://AsktheTechies.com

Windows Remote Desktop: Secure through SSH