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 | Some people enjoy the experience of holiday shopping, reveling in the decorations and crowds. Others are glad they can shop from home for many of their needs, and not have to brave the holiday traffic. Still others look up in confusion as they finish a game of Portal 2, not believing that it's really almost Christmas. No matter where you fall on the scale of holiday anticipation, you probably still have one or more gifts to find for that hard-to-please friend or family member. If so, our 2011 Mac Gift Guide may be just what you need. Once the shopping is done, it's time to focus on decorating for the holidays. Once again, it's About: Macs to the rescue. It's amazing the things you can create with your Mac, a bit of time, and some material gathered from around the web. | |
Mac Gift Guide 2011
Still shopping for that holiday gift for a friend or loved one? Chances are you can find a pretty good gift right here in our 2011 Mac Gift Guide. It's full of suggestions, ranging from a $2,000,000 car which happens to have an option for installing an iPod, to an iTunes gift card that can set you back as little as $15. The funny thing is, I think the iTunes gift card would be much more appreciated by most folks than the $2,000,000 sports car, which requires you to provide your own iPod... Read more
| Favorite Sites for Christmas and Holiday Fonts and Dingbats
With your favorite word processor or desktop publishing program, it's easy to whip up your own holiday cards, invitations, place settings, and decorations. All you need is some clip art (see our list of Favorite Sites for Christmas Clip Art) and some Christmas or other holiday-themed fonts and dingbats. Here are a few of our favorite places to find fonts of all kinds... Read more
| Restore Smart Searches to OS X Lion's Finder Sidebar
Apple attempted to replace the sidebar's Search For section with a single entry in the Favorites section called All My Files. All My Files displays images, PDFs, music, movies, documents, and more, all in a single Finder view that is split up by the various categories. Apple wants us to use the All My Files entry so much that it made All My Files the default view when you open a new Finder window. From what I have seen and heard, changing the default view seems to be one of the first changes most Mac Lion users are making to the Finder, because they prefer the Finder to open on their desktop, home directory, or documents folder. That means the old Search For section is sorely missed. It's easy to restore, however... Read more
| Favorite Holiday Games
The holidays can be a tough time of year. Between trying to find the perfect gift, stay within a budget, decorate the house, and plan family get-togethers, the stress can get a little overwhelming. Relax, kick back, and take a break with a holiday-themed game or two. Here are a few possibilities... Read more
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