Chances are if you’ve switched from PC to Mac, that you have some Windows Media Video Files ( WMV ) and you’ve realized that Mac doesn’t recognize these files. Fear not, there is a solution to play WMV files on your Mac, actually there are multiple solutions, 3 that I know of to be exact.

• Windows Media Player for Mac
• Flip4Mac
• VLC Media Player

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In Windows there’s probably a program that auto starts as soon as you plug your card reader / memory card in and it walks you through saving your pictures off of your memory card to your PC.

Mac OS X has a similar feature. If you have iLife installed ( Installed by default on all new Macs ) then when you plug in your memory card reader, iPhoto will launch asking you to import your photos. Quick and simple. Continue reading »

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So you’ve got an external hard drive that you want to use with your Mac. Wether its a brand new drive or an existing drive with files on it, you’ll probably want to format this drive.

Mac OS X makes this task rather simple, plugin the new drive and open Disk Utility ( Macintosh HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility ) After you’ve opened Disk Utility, you should see your new external drive listed in the left pane. Continue reading »

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So if you used to be or are still an avid Windows user and are trying to take a screen shot on a Mac, then you are probably a little lost because you can’t find the Print Screen Key…

Well luckily for you there is this tutorial that will show you not only 1 but 3 different ways to take screen shots with a Mac. Continue reading »

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