Save on Paper and Ink When Printing – Go Green
This “Tip of theWeek” brought to you by S2M Computer Consulting
We all want to be as “green” as we can these days… It’s just the right thing to do and why not save some money while you do your part for the environment!
I find myself constantly printing things off like invoices, maps, addresses, and confirmation emails, maybe many of you also find yourself printing stuff like this too?
Do you also find that much of the time you think you’re only going to get one page but when all is said and done, out pops another couple pages of non-relevant info or even sometimes one line of print that renders that entire page useless for reuse.
Here’s what I do to get around this problem and save on paper and ink as well as overall printer usage and general waiting around.
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Tip of the Week – Getting Even More Out of Your Mac…
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S2M Computer Consulting & Mac Video Training
Let’s face it, most people use their Mac’s for pretty basic stuff like emailing, using the Internet, uploading photos and for the more adventurous maybe even some home movies?
I thought I would throw a few ideas ideas out there and give you some fairly easy projects you can tackle to get even more out of your Mac!
Skype Phone Calls – Not just for computer to computer Audio and Video chat but also calling land phone lines and even cellphones directly. For about $3 per month you can purchase a North American unlimited calling account and call from your computer or iPhone to any Phone or Cellphone in North America. They also have plans that cover the entire world for those that have overseas friends and family. Check out Skype
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Tip of the Week – Installing Applications on a Mac
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Many PC to Mac Switchers struggle at first with the concept of installing Applications on their Mac. Maybe because they expect it be more complicated then it actually is, Kinda like what happens when installing an Application on a PC – lots of stuff popping up on the screen asking to confirm this and enter that, a bunch of file names flashing before their eyes and a restart or two.
Most Mac installs are in the form of Disk Images…
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Tip of the Week – Where did the Word Processor Go?
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So you just got your new Mac with all of its great bundled programs like iLife, mail, Address Book, iCal, Safari, iSync and a bunch more but hold on a sec… Where did the Word Processor go? Yes you may find a trial version of Microsoft Office for Mac and/or Apple’s iWork but they don’t last forever, 30 days usually! Oh here’s an included word processor – “Text Edit”, let’s just say text edit is a very basic text editing program like the name says.
Luckily you have a few choices:
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S2M Computer Consulting Returns…
Some of you may not be fully aware of how Mac Video Training actually came about? The short story goes something like this… I was a Mac computer consultant with my own business “S2M Computer Consulting“, I had been long time friends with Paul Garay and we paired up to make Quick Start training videos as leave-behinds for my Mac clients.
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