We’re celebrating the Mac Tips 7th birthday all through August, so watch out for news to come…

The 06 August 2008 issue marks yet another 50th Tip — #350. I don’t ask for payment for these Tips and don’t intend to in the future either. However, each Tip takes me quite some time to prepare — generally several hours — and that represents a huge amount of work. What would make me unbelievably happy would be for you to do two things:

1. Encourage friends and others to subscribe to the Tips — by email, RSS feed or just by visiting the Mac Tips website. Please bookmark the Tips on sites such as Delicious or Reddit, add posts to Digg, mention us on Facebook… But remember, don’t spam anyone.
2. Donate some time or money to a charity of your own choosing. You don’t need to tell me about it (but it encourages me more than I can say when I do hear about it). I currently favour a site called Kiva: you lend money to entrepreneurs in impoverished countries where even a $25 loan can change a life. Entrepreneurs use the loan to build their business, letting them send their kids to school or just pay for basic living costs.

I always welcome suggestions for Tips and am open to guest writers too.

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