Entourage 2008: Download Pictures Automatically

By default, Entourage prevents the automatic download of pictures in email messages as a security measure to help prevent possible spamming. You can either have it download images in all messages or only in messages sent from your Address Book contacts.

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Leopard: Using Preview to Make Screenshots

By using Preview’s Grab utility, you can easily make screenshots of your Mac desktop and application windows. While you can use various keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots, it is sometimes easier to use mouseclicks instead of the keyboard. Another advantage is that Preview gives you the option of taking timed screenshots that allow you 10 seconds to set up your shot before it snaps the screenshot.

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Entourage 2008: Allow Attachments in Spotlight Searches

If you constantly use Spotlight to locate items on your computer, you should consider letting it search your Entourage attachments as well. This way you can have an easier time finding that special file that was emailed to you.

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OS X: Show hidden files and folders in Mac OS X Finder

I received a request to show how to show hidden files and folders in the Mac OS X finder. Using this terminal command, any OS X user can unhide all hidden files and folders. This will make them visible when browsing through Finder.

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Entourage: Resend a Message

Sometimes you need to resend a message either because the recipient never received it or because they accidentally deleted it. To do this…

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Leopard: Force Ejection of a DVD or CD

If you have the misfortune of having a DVD or CD stuck in your drive, here’s a tip that will work in most cases.

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Leopard: How to Relaunch Finder

If Finder is misbehaving you probably think you need to restart your computer. Usually you can fix the problem by relaunching Finder itself. This saves a lot of time since the relaunch only takes seconds to do.

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Mail.app: Have Your Email Read to You

At times, it would be nice to have your email read to you while you do other things. Leopard’s Mail.app will read aloud any email(s) you select from your Inbox.

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