Applescript is the powerful, easy-to-learn, easy-to-use automation for Mac systems. Even without learning Applescript you can take advantage of scripts already loaded on your Mac, you just have to know where to look. Go to your Applications folder (from the Finder select the Go menu then Applications) and open the Applescript folder. Inside that folder is…

Backing up is one of the most important tasks that all of us (including me) has or may have neglected to do. Backing up can be simple or complex as your needs facilitate. Simple would be getting an external hard drive and using Time Machine in Mac OS X 10.5 or later. Simply connect an external hard drive…

You may know how to get special characters on your Mac, but what about your iPhone or iPad? Turns out, finding the letter with special characters are easy, specialized symbols require a bit more work. Let’s start with the easy. If the letter you need to type is on the keyboard, but you need a special…