If you’ve become a fan of the Pages Word Processor (which is part of the iWork ‘08 Software Suite) like I have, you might have run into the issue of trying to save your document in Word format.
Usually, an option like that would appear in the Save As screen…
However, with Pages, it’s a little different.
Here’s how to save a Word document in Pages:
Need to create an MP3 on your Mac? One of the best utilities I’ve found for doing so is…
This is a lot of fun (and can also freak people out)!
All Mac’s have a built in Speech Synthesis manager, and you can make your Mac talk by doing this:
If you don’t use your Dashboard, you can free up available memory in your computer (sometimes resulting in a speedier system!), by disabling your Dashboard.
If you want your Dashboard disabled, here’s how to do it:
By default, Mac OS X saves all screenshots made in PNG picture format. You can change that to JPG, PDF, and GIF by following the directions below.
Read “How to take screenshots on macs” to learn more about taking screenshots.
After I switched from Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X almost two years, one of the first things I discovered was how cool the Mac’s were for taking screenshots.
If you want to know how to take screenshots on Macs, this is for you…
Every so often, Apple’s Spotlight feature (upper right hand corner of OS X) stops working.
If your Spotlight search is not working properly, it’s most likely because Spotlight has a broken index –this how to fix it:
If you’ve been using Apple’s Mail for OS X for any length of time, things may be going slower than they should.
The slowness is common as more and more messages get added into Apple Mail, and can be fixed by doing the following:
Almost all of the time, I run my Macbook Pro in closed book mode. Once I’m done using my Mac, I like to manually put it to sleep — right then and there.
Sure, you can click the Apple in the upper left corner, and then slick Sleep, or you can use this wonderful three key combination…
If I can avoid popping over to the mouse at any time, I’m all for it. 
One of the things we all do on our Mac’s is load programs, I’ve found this keyboard shortcut saves tons of time (especially with how fast Leopard is!)
Hold Command and press Space Bar.
Spotlight will appear will in the upper right corner…