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042-Creating Mailing Labels in Address Book

Mailing labels use to be a difficult process, but Address Book make the process simple. Learn how you can use the Address Book to create beautiful mailing labels. General show note - Starting this week 123Hints.com will release segments once a week.

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041-Changing the Default Application for Opening Documents

If you have ever wondered “How do I get {name of some file type} to always open in {name of application}?” then this is the episode for you!

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040-Secure Disk Images

Create Secure Disk Images to ensure that your files are encrypted and protected from prying eyes.
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039-Automatically Open Documents at Login

If you have favorite programs that you open every time you start your Mac, then why not have them open automatically when you log-in? In this short tutorial learn how to set an application to automatically open at log-in.
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038-Create PDF Documents within Any Application

In OS X you have the ability to create PDF documents within any application. This can be very helpful when trying to share documents with people who use non-Macintosh machines (imagine that).
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037-Adding fields to the Address Book

The Address Book can be even more helpful with a little customization. In this segment learn how to add custom fields, and edit the standard template.
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036-Mobile Me Address Book Syncing

Mobile Me is a service from Apple to allow syncing of data across various Internet connected devices. This segment covers how to activate Mobile Me, sync your Address Book data and demonstrates how entering data online can be synced with your desktop data.
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035-Apple Mail email Filters

Part 2 of our coverage on email filters. Check out episode #34 for the theory on this segment for the actual “how-to”. Create filters that automatically delete, forward, flag or file your messages based on rules that you set-up.
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034-email Filters Primer

This a a different type of segment - a primer for the next episode on email Filters which will make your email experience much more productive and - dare we say it - more enjoyable.
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033-Video Conversion with Visual Hub

Most frequent question I get is “How do I convert a (blank) video to (blank)?” My favorite tool is Visual Hub.
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