How to change Mac OS X’s login background

Have you ever wanted to change the default background that Mac OS X displays when you log in to your computer? Luckily, it’s a pretty simple task to do. Here are the steps for Mac OS X Leopard: 1. Get a picture you’d like to be your new background. This can be from anywhere on [...]

Increase the size of your Mac OS X desktop icons

While teaching computer courses to senior citizens, one thing that consistently comes up is the size of the content being displayed on the screen.  One area where this can be particularly aggravating for people with poor eyesight is the desktop, since it is often cluttered with all sorts of icons.  Well, in Mac OS X, there is [...]

Take control of your Mac

If you’re like me, you want your computer to be fast.  However, no matter how much RAM you have or how fast your processor is, there are some things that you just can’t speed up, well, at least with hardware.  Think of it like this.  Your Mac is like a convertible.  It’s sleek, it’s powerful, [...]

Mac OS X Print Preview

With Mac OS X, you can get a print preview of anything you want to print using the “Preview” application.  Whenever you want to print something in Mac OS X, go to the “File” menu and choose “Print…”.  Within the print dialog box, click the “Preview” button.  This will give you a preview of what [...]

How to use Exposé for Mac OS X

One of the really nice features of Mac OS X, and one that many people don’t seem to know about, is Exposé. Exposé is a tool built into the Mac OS X operating system that lets you easily control what you see on your computer.  There are three distinct features of Exposé; one let’s you [...]

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