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Play TV shows from your Mac through a TV

Have some fun this holiday season showing TV, movies, slideshows or other material from your Mac on your TV screen. You need a special cable and these setup Tips to do it.

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Drag and drop to upload files in a browser

The file shows up in the web browser after dragging and dropping it.

Don’t waste time working through file dialog boxes. Instead drag and drop files onto a Choose File button in your web browser.

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How to make a new system sound for your Mac

It’s pretty easy to make new sounds for your Mac to use as beeps. Here’s how. The copy of Garageband included with your Mac can be a good source of sounds and help you edit and save them in the correct format. But you can use other sound editors if you wish.

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How to gather resources for brainstorming in Curio

Curio is an app to help you curate and manage projects that include files, emails, images, links, PDFs and other disparate resources. Guest author Christine Golden gives us an overview. Is this the right app for you?

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