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Backing up your data is very important, as you may lose your important files in the event of a hard disk or system crash. It is a safety precautionary measure that you take to avoid any huge loss of critical data due to malfunctioning of your system. You can also make a backup of your critical data or perhaps, your entire data using the Time machines of Apple with an external hard disk.

But, here we will discuss as hot to make backup of your data using a network hard disk. Through this technique, the network hard disk can be deployed to backup several MAC computers on the network. This method is ideal for a home scenario where you have 2 or more computers to be backed up.

The following text will elaborate that hot to arrange the external hard disk (MyBook Live) to work with the MAC Time machine:

Time machine is basically software by Apple for which, you also need some hardware to be backed up on to. The first option you have is to engage a USB hard drive or external FireWire. This option is preferred, in case, if you have only one computer to be backed up. An external network storage device is the second option for this purpose.

The idea for the second option is to plug in the device using an Ethernet cable into your network, as any MAC system on the network can be backed up using these settings. This arrangement is preferred for backup, if you have 2 or more computers. Now, the following text will show as how to configure the Time machine on MyBook Live:

1. 
   Purchase a MyBook Live. It will cost you around $317 (including shipping cost). It is quite reasonable in price, especially as compared to the Apple’s Time capsule that is worth $649.

2. 
   Bend the power pins using pliers in order to fit in a 240V socket, if you are in Australia.

3. 
   You must be connected to the internet through a router. Then, connect the MyBook Live with the router using an Ethernet cable. Next, connect the power adapter.

4. 
   Click on Apple Menu. Then, go to your ‘System Preferences/Time machine.’ When the Time machine program opens, click on ‘Select Disk’.

5. 
   There must be a disk, which automatically emerges and says, ‘MyBook Live – Backup.’ Click on this disk to be selected and then, click ‘Use for Backup.’ Select the guest option when prompted for a password. Always keep the Time machine slider to the ON position and then, this will backup your MAC system 24/7.

6. 
   In System Preferences, go to Spotlight and select Privacy tab. Then, select the ‘MyBook Live is a . . . . . . out of the box.’ The rest is easy and you just need to connect your router with the computer using an Ethernet cable and your MAC computer can then find it simply as an external Hard disk.

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Technology has been immensely diversified in the recent years. A lot of products in this era have become a reality, which looked wonder at one time. The Apple Inc. is known for producing such classics. The iMAC itself is a great machine, which can now be used for watching and recording TV at the same time.

In order to watch TV on your iMAC system, you need some kind of hardware to catch the digital signals of TV. Further, you may also need software, which can decode the signals and enable them to watch in the computer’s window. Following text will elaborate the procedure:

The Hardware

The hardware you need is a TV Tuner USB stick. Its one end connects in to the USB port of your iMAC machine, while the other end has the antenna to catch the digital TV signals. Your USB drive will act as a connection between your computer and your roof top antenna making your computer act as a TV.

In Australia, Europe and Asia, the TV tuner stick standard is DTT, while in USA its Cable TV and ISDB in Japan and South America. So, you need to buy the USB Tuner stick compatible to your area.

The Software

After connecting the TV Tuner USB stick, you need to download the software. For this, the EyeTV software is the most preferred one in the market. With the help of software assistant in this software, you will easily be able to tune up the channels on your iMAC computer.

Installing the hardware and software properly would then enable you to watch Live TV on your iMAC computer. EyeTV is the optimum solution for both your software and hardware. It can record TV shows, which you can watch later as per your convenience.

Moreover, it also has the feature of skipping advertisements for you. The EyeTV also has its own remote control, but it can also connect with the Apple’s remote. The versions of EyeTV are different for UK, USA and Australia.

It has some more excellent features like you can set fast forward a program by 30 second skip. So, by pressing the fast forward each time will skip 30 seconds forward as set by you and you can also go 2 or 3 seconds behind, in case you miss some part of a program that you were watching.

The iMAC automatically wakes up from the sleep position, if you set it up to record a program and after completion, the system again goes to sleep automatically. That is a WoW feature of EyeTV. This software could also switch on the computer from off state, if you want it to do so.

The IceTV has a subscription for just $99, which you can use to have perfectly up-to-date and detailed information. Further, its package also has an iPhone application that can instruct your computer as when to record a program.

This is just one out of the many exciting features of the Apple machines. For more such articles entailing Apple’s products and features, please log on to http://www.mac-how.net to get a closer to accurate insight of the Apple’s world.

System software is the soul of any computer system. MAC systems are no different with excellent system software, but with time, they do become obsolete and are replaced with the new ones. The up-gradation of system software on MAC machines affects the behaviour of the machine in terms of the performance of certain processes and programs. Further, they also add new functions and features into existing programs of your MAC computer.

Following is a step by step guide of MAC system software upgrades using different versions of operating system, as the procedure for opening ‘Software Updates’ menu can be different on different OS X versions of the MAC machines:

MAC system software upgrade using OS X 10.3 and above

1. 
   Click and open the ‘Apple’ Menu.


2. 
   Open the option of Software Update in the Menu.


3. 
   In the software update, select the upgrades that you wish to download.


4. 
   Click on Install.

• 
  Click ‘Check Now,’ when using version OS X 10. 3.


• 
  The software update check in OS X 10.5 and above can run automatic updates. These checks normally run in the background and your MAC system prompts you whenever an update is available.

MAC system software upgrade using 10.2.8 and Under

1. 
   Click and Open the Apple Menu.


2. 
   Open System Preferences in the Menu.


3. 
   Choose ‘Software Update’ in the View Menu.


4. 
   Click ‘Update Now.’


5. 
   Select your desired items that you wish to install.


6. 
   After selecting them, click ‘install.’


7. 
   Then, you will be prompted for your administrator account log in and password. Add the details accordingly.


8. 
   After that, you will be prompted by your MAC computer to restart your machine. Restart the machine for new upgrades to take affect.

MAC system software upgrades using a standalone installer

1. 
   Open your web browser in your MAC computer.


2. 
   Log on to the website of Apple Support Downloads.


3. 
   Choose the preferred system software update that you wish to install on your MAC computer.


4. 
   Click download.


5. 
   After the download is completed, restart your machine for the new system software to take affect.

Tips for system software Upgrades

• 
  There is a possibility that you do not need some of the system software updates in the software update window. By going into the system preferences in your Apple menu, and there in to ‘Software Updates,’ you can hide these updates.


• 
  Your software updates can be scheduled by deploying your software update pane. You can set the intervals, after which, you want the system to check for the upgrades. By default, the system search for updates after every 1 week.


• 
  Use a standalone installer if you wish to install updates on two or more computers. Standalone system installers should also be deployed in case of an update at a later time.

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Spam is the worst frustrating thing that badly gets on the nerves of the Mac user. It can get so awful for the users at times that they face serious troubles in the accomplishment of their tasks, such as important emails might get lost or unnoticed among huge spam. 

A lot of people who advertise their emails on internet and on their websites are more vulnerable to spam. Getting rid of spam is hard, if not impossible once you start getting them in bulk. Most of the users just ignore or block them at best, but if you explore them well, there are a number of ways to lessen the quantity of spam before it starts filling in your email inbox.

What to do in order to avoid spam?

1. 
   The first thing to be taken care of is to restrict your email getting on the internet (WebPages) as web crawlers are searching for valid email addresses on the internet all the time to add them in their list and sell them to the spammers.


2. 
   As discussed earlier, the best preventer of spam is the user itself. Never let your email out on the internet, as it can be openly accessed by anyone using internet. Once your email address gets public on the internet, and reaches someone’s spam file, then there is no easy exit. The result would be that you will get more and more spam by each coming day.

There are a few more key points for the spam receivers which are discussed below:

1. 
   If your email address has been hit badly with spam, change it. Or once you want to start from scratch in order to avoid spam, change all your email addresses in use.


2. 
   If you have a webpage and it has your contact email, then the best thing to do is to make two email addresses. One email for your very close family, friends and colleagues and the second one for general public use. Also ensure that you change your webpage at least once every year or so when you feel it’s getting jammed with spam.


3. 
   Request your internet service provider to enable spam filtering on your connection. This is an optimum solution and better than the email filtering in Apple mail for the reason that the spam emails are blocked prior to be downloaded on your system. There are numerous levels of spam blocking or filtering. Some levels can be quite aggressive blocking most of the spam, but they can also block some of the real emails that you do not want to be filtered. The best information you can get from your internet service provider. So, contact them about the desired level of activation for spam filtering.


4. 
   Among all different email services on the internet, Gmail is the one with the optimum spam filtering facility for its users. So, try using Gmail rather than employing any other option.

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Apple created huge revolution, especially after the launch of iPhone 4 in 2010. Apple’s huge success prompted customers and its competitors to look at technology in a different and innovative way. The wave set by Apple reached customers far and wide with huge demands for iPhones.

This huge demand created a huge gap between supply and demand in such a way that customers, especially in the USA, Europe and Greater China had to do a lot of effort to get the iPhone besides paying price of the phone. Although, this panic among customers was a good sign for the company, but at the same time, it demanded from Apple to carry on with its ‘Do More’ attitude.

The iPhone 4S was first launched in 7 countries in mid October 2011. 22 more countries would be able to buy iPhone 4S by October 28^th 2011. These 22 countries include Italy, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Austria, Latvia, Netherlands, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Singapore, Norway, Slovenia and Slovakia.

Apple’s online stores in all these countries have already begun to take pre-orders in order to satisfy the customers on first come first serve basis when the iPhone 4S will actually be launched.

Apple unfortunately does not operate online stores in all these markets. But, however, the new pre booking of iPhone 4S can only be made in the following few countries out of the 22 mentioned above: Spain, Norway, Singapore, Netherlands, Mexico, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic and Luxembourg.

Customers in countries other than these and those who are looking to buy subsidized units can possibly arrange for pre booking of iPhone 4S through their nearest iPhone carrier partners on contract.

Apple Inc. is currently preparing itself for shipping to cover at least 1-2 weeks rather than promising its customers the October 28^th delivery of iPhone 4S  through online pre booking to the new batch of countries. It is very uncertain to determine at the moment that whether Apple Inc. is currently looking to go for the shipping of October 28^th in the newly added 22 countries in Apple’s online stores list.

Or maybe, the shipping will slip to a certain degree towards the countries where iPhone 4S is already been launched. Apple recently declared that the sale of iPhone 4S crossed over 4 million units in the opening weekend of its sale. This sale is estimated almost double to the sale of iPhone 4 last year.

This is job well done by Team Apple as iPhone 4 also set huge benchmarks to the technological world of that time and satisfied the needs and desires of millions of customers across the globe. But, iPhone 4S soon took over iPhone 4 with sales grossing double to its earlier version last year. To say the least about iPhone 4S, it is the technology at its very best!!!

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Network congestion is a familiar problem with most of the wireless networks and is getting worst day after day, as more people are going wireless. Be it an Apple Airport base station or any other wireless networks like Asus, Billion, D-Link, Netgear or even the branded Bigpond home wireless network, all are prone to network congestion problems.

The problem of network congestion is that there are so many people in your vicinity using wireless networks. All these wireless network users get to interfere with each other thus compromising quality of the wireless service. The idea here is same like lots of people talking loudly in the same room. This result in a reduced range on your WiFi network, a slump in speed, signals dropping down and signals strength fluctuating randomly.

Following information will show you the approach of changing your wireless channel, which will keep you isolated from other wireless traffic.

Australia has 13 wireless channels while USA has just 11. When you use a wireless router, it will default you to one of these channels; mostly the middle channel 6. If your neighbours and other people nearby have done the same thing, then you will face congestion problems. The best thing is to change your channel, but the problem here is that all channels overlap. Channel 1 and channel 6 are considered best to be used, as they do not overlap much.

Suppose that you are using channel 6 and facing problems, then the best and quick thing is to move to either channel 1 or channel 6. But nowadays, more and more users are going wireless. So, these channels are filling up quickly causing more congestion problems. The solution then is to find an optimum frequency at your own location.

Locating optimum Frequency

The best way to accomplish this is to use hit and trial method and the WiFiFoFum utility of iPhone. Change the channel to 1 on your routers. After doing this, restart your router and measure the signal strength using WiFiFoFum utility. Change the channel to 2 and repeat the process. At the end, you will come up with the results like this:

• 
  Channel 1: 88 – 90


• 
  Channel 2: 92 – 93


• 
  Channel 3: 88 – 90


• 
  Channel 4: 82 – 84


• 
  Channel 5: 90 - 91


• 
  Channel 6: 92 – 94 and so on.

Choose the channel that carries the best signal. The lower numbers are the better. So, in the above case, channel 4 is the best to be used.

By this way, you can get best channel to use while avoiding network congestion and getting a better wireless speed. But, you might need to repeat this procedure again, because other people might also shift to your channel thus interfering once again over the wireless network.

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A font is a system element that your computer deploys to print text. The OS X operating system of MAC comes with piles of built-in fonts e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Grande, Lucida and countless other. Your MAC computer has a lot more than just a few of these fonts. This can be troublesome at times, especially when you create a keynote or page presentation using special fonts in that computer and then use it in some other system where those fonts are not listed or installed.

There are usually more fonts when you buy a MAC machine. If you get a new Canon or Epson printer, they might have more fonts than the fonts present in your MAC machine. There are software applications like iWork, Comic life and Microsoft Office that install more fonts on your MAC machine. Or otherwise, you can also purchase to install some extra fonts that you want to use on your computer.

These fonts get stored in the ‘font’ folder inside your library by default. There are basically two library folders in your laptop. One is in your hard drive and the other one is in your users’ folder.

Inside these library folders, you may find another folder called font and that folder contains all the fonts present in your MAC computer. The fonts in the first folder may be those available to all users on your computer. The second font folder in your user directory contains fonts available to a specific user.

You can easily move or transfer these files from one computer to another, email or copy it through the network to your computer. When you get the font on new system through email or by thumbdrive transfer, you can preview it by just double click. This preview window gives you the option to install that font on to your computer or it may show installed if that font is already installed on your computer.

When you are copying, make sure that you copy all relevant files to that font. For instance, the Arial font has files for the Italic font, for the bold font and so on. Therefore, copy all associated files of that font.

If you face problems in finding a particular font on your computer, then look for the ‘Font Book’ tool on your MAC machine. Through that application, you can see all the fonts listed on your computer. To trace the font on your system, Ctrl + Click on any of the font names, it will give an option to find the font in Finder. You can then access the location of the font automatically from there.

If you want any of your documents to be used on any computer without the hassle of fonts, then save your file as a PDF. The PDF actually saves font in the file automatically and can then be used easily when migrated to another computer.