Wednesday, August 24, 2011

About Macs: Installing Lion Server Part 2: Lion Server App

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Before you make the leap to setting up and using Lion Server in your home or small business, it's a good idea to understand how Server app, the basic administration tool, works. After looking through our Server app guide, you will be ready to start configuring and using your Lion Server.

This week also sees new Safari tips, including keyboard shortcuts for those of you who like to move around Safari as fast as your fingers will let you.

Finally, this week's software pick uses an iPad or iPhone to control a Mac. It may be just the app you're looking for if you have a Mac in your home entertainment system.

Introduction to Administrating Your OS X Lion Server
Last week, I mentioned that I had installed OS X Lion Server on one of my Macs. The purpose was to try out the new server version of Lion, and see if the new Server app really can configure and manage a home or small office installation of Lion Server.

This week, I put together an introduction to using Server app, the basic server administration tool included with Lion Server. This guide is a basic walkthrough to using the Server app; it doesn't address configuring... Read more

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OS X Lion Automatic Spelling Correction
One complaint I have run into with OS X Lion is the new auto-correct spelling feature. OS X already has a spell checker that can check your spelling as you type, but the new version in OS X Lion is a pain in the dictionary. The auto-correct function is very aggressive about wanting to make changes to your spelling; it also does it so quickly that you may not notice that a word you typed has been changed.

With this guide, you can achieve application-level control, which lets you choose which applications will use auto-correct and which will not... Read more


Create Notes or To-Do's in Apple Mail
If there's one thing most of us don't need, it's another to-do list. But there's no question that to-do lists come in handy; they also free us from worrying about remembering appointments, tasks, or what have you.

You can use Apple Mail to create notes or to-do's for important items (or trivial items, for that matter). The notes and to-do's you create will be viewable under the Reminders section on the left side of the Mail viewer window.

Even better, you can have Mail's to-do's create events in iCal and set off iCal alarms... Read more

See More About:  customizing mail  using mail  notes

Keyboard Shortcuts for Safari
The web is one of the biggest time-devourers of all time, so anything that can save a little browsing time is high on our list.

These keyboard shortcuts can help you move around Safari browser windows a little faster. Some of them are particularly useful for sites whose web pages seem to go on and on and on... Read more


 


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