If I were still working with kids in scouts or teaching I would consider this as a great tool for making learning fun. The app does most of the work. You have to come up with the words and the definitions.
The app is called Crossword Forge and it is kinda expensive at $49.95, but there is a lot of programming in the background that allows it to present the finished product that it gives. You can download a trial version that lets you check it out, but you can't print any completed puzzles until you purchase the product.
The web site is http://www.solrobots.com/.
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( 2.4 / 28 )When you empty the trash can that is located on your dock, don't forget there is another trash can that needs to be emptied periodically as well.
When you trash items from iPhoto they go into their own trash can. Photos can take up a lot of space on your hard drive, just sitting there in the trash can, doing nothing, just taking up space.
It is just as easy to empty this trash can as it is the other one. Right-click on the trash can icon and the option to "empty trash" pops up, click on it.
I have a hard time remembering to do this because when I am in iPhoto I am usually in the middle of some project or other. I finally solved it by adding an "empty the iPhoto trash" task to my calendar the last Friday of each month. After all, I do have to practice what I preach. If I don't the ghosts of OS 9 will haunt me.
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( 3.1 / 23 )You can find out without lifting, moving, or unplugging anything. Just Option-click the battery icon in the Menu Bar. A drop down menu will appear that tells you the status of your battery. You will see Normal, Replace Soon, Replace Now, or Service Battery, right next to the word Condition.
Click that entry and an Apple Help page will open, explaining what each term means if you need more information. Apple also has a support document that explains more about battery condition.
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( 3.3 / 19 )1. Make Safari remember passwords for website logins
To get Safari to remember and automatically enter your login information for websites, click Safari > Preferences > AutoFill. Check the box next to “Usernames and passwords”. When you enter a user name and password into a site, Safari will ask if you want to save it.
Note: Some sites, such as banking and credit card sites, do not allow their passwords to be saved.
2. Recovering a Forgotten Password
If you have forgotten a password to a server or network, and you have activated the AutoFill option noted above, Snow Leopard has probably remembered it for you. To recover it, open Keychain Access (Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access) and type the name of the site, application, or something relevant into the search box of Keychain Access. Double-click that item and a window will pop up with a checkbox to display the password. Check the box, enter your administrator password when prompted, and you will see a readable password.
3. Lock Your Whole Keychain
For an added level of security you can lock your keychain after a period of inactivity. Open Keychain Access. Click on the keychain named Login. From the Menu bar select Edit > Change Settings for Keychain Login.
One downside to doing this is that when you visit a website that needs to use a saved password, you’ll have to type your login password to unlock your keychain.
4. Keep Keychain Access Available in the Menu Bar Instead of the Dock
With Keychain Access open, select Keychain > Preferences > General Tab. Put a check in the box next to “Show Status in menu bar”. The Keychain icon is shaped like a padlock.
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( 2.9 / 25 )To activate the Path Bar - while in the Finder Window choose View Menu > Show Path Bar. It will stay in active mode continuously unless you go back to the View Menu and hide it.
It shows up at the bottom of your Finder windows.
What it does is show exactly where a selected file is in your computer's folder hierarchy.
You can drag files or folders into other folders shown in the path bar, so this is a good way to move files up to a higher level. You can also open any folder by double-clicking it in the path bar.
When I teach a class I like to remove any extraneous stuff off my desktop. It's distracting and some of it is personal. If I am in a big hurry I don't always put things where they are supposed to go. In this example "Texas Tea Review" is supposed to be in a folder labeled Product Reviews. Obviously it was not there and when I looked for it, I couldn't find it.
I used Spotlight to find it. When I clicked on the folder in Spotlight I got the Path Bar in the example above. I clicked once on the Texas Tea Review folder in the Path Bar and dragged it to the Desktop folder.
Now it was on my desktop where I needed it to work on it, and when I finished I saved it to the Product Reviews folder where it belonged.
It's a good tool and can help you stay organized, particularly if you have a lot of files on your Mac.
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