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How To: Make Your Login Speed Faster

Does your computer take forever to load up? Well I have two easy tips that will make you login into your Mac faster. The first way is to make sure that you do not have any applications open automatically at login. You can check this by going into “System Preferences,” then go to accounts, and click on the “Login Items” button. To stop your apps from opening at login you have to select each one and click the minus button on the bottom. Note that just clicking the box on the side does not stop it from opening at login, but it hides it at login, and that does not affect the speed of login. Another way to make your Mac’s login speed faster is to make sure that you do not have any servers, external hardrives, or memory sticks connected to you computer because it will have to load those at login. It’s as easy as that to make your login speed faster.

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How To: Make Your Desktop Background Into a Screensaver

Do you want an awesome background on your computer? Well I will show you how to make your desktop background into a lively moving screensaver with a few easy steps. The first step to this process is to open up System Preferences, go into “Desktop and Screensaver,” and then into the “Screensaver” portion. From there select which screensaver you would like to have as your background. After that open up Terminal. Then copy and paste the following code in /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background and press “enter.” After that your background should come up as the screensaver you choose. If you want to have a different screensaver you need to open a new Terminal window select the new screensaver in System Prefrences and press “Enter” again in terminal. Note that the screensaver will only stay up as long as the Terminal app is open.

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The Verizon iPhone

The Verizon iPhone

The Verizon iPhone

The Verizon iPhone. We’ve all heard rumors of it. We’ve all fantasized about having it. And now it’s finally here.

The rumors of the Verizon iPhone have been in circulation for as long as I can remember, but now all of the dreams of Verizon customers stuck with Android phones have come true. Sure, it’s great that it runs on Verizon, but how is it different than the AT&T version? Well, there’s a few added features that might make Verizon customer’s mouth’s water. First off, the antenna of the Verizon iPhone is in a different configuration than the AT&T version. Apple claims that this was just because CDMA phones need different antenna configurations, but it also conveniently solves the problem created by “The Grip of Death“. The new antenna design results in the volume and mute buttons being moved slightly up, making iPhone cases for the AT&T version incompatible with the Verizon iPhone. The phone, which runs iOS 4.2.5, also comes with a “personal hotspot” feature, which allows your phone to become a mobile hotspot for up to 5 devices at a time. This feature has been available to iPhone users who jailbroke their iPhone and downloaded MyWi, but now is available without the large price (19.99 through Cydia) or the risks of jailbreaking your device. This feature may not become available to AT&T customers, as the company has made statements in the past saying they will not allow Wi-Fi tethering. The Verizon iPhone will not run on Verizon’s newly unveiled 4G LTE network for now, so we will have to wait for the iPhone 5 for an iPhone that runs on a 4G network.

The Verizon iPhone can be pre-ordered by current Verizon companies February 3rd, and becomes available February 10th. It will cost $200 for the 16GB model on a 2 year contract, and $300 for the 32GB.

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How To: Customize Your Mac Login Screen

Are you the kind of person who likes to customize every inch of your computer, but can’t find out how to customize your login screen? Well I found an application called Ravissant. It allows you to easily customize your login screen with your own personal pictures and texts. After you download the application and open it all you have todo is customize it to your standards. Todo that you click what you want to customize on the top menu bar where you can choose from logos to backgrounds. To put in you own personal texts just click on “OS Text” or “Welcome Text” and an area will be boxed to where your writing will go. Now for your background and logo you select which one you want to change and just drag a picture to the boxed area. This is fun and very easy todo.

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How to: Record Your Screen with a Mac

Do you ever wonder how people on YouTube make videos of their screen with no camera? Well it is super easy and you will not have to buy any software. First, you have to open QuickTime Player and scroll up to “File.” Then select “New Screen Recording” and select the red button when you are ready to record. Also you can change settings like quality and where to save your video on the drop down menu located on the bottom left of the recording screen. When you are done recording on the top right of the Menu Bar is a button that says “Stop Recording.” After that your new video should be saved in your “Movies” folder. This is a great and easy solution for screen recording when you want to show people how to do something on your computer.

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