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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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How to use a Yeti Microphone with the iPad 2

Did you know you can connect an external microphone to your iPad and make music? I had no idea — but that’s what musician Pat Rice-Moule does. She generously shared her Tips for making it work. Read on.

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Mac troubleshooting for beginners

Got problems with your Mac? Try troubleshooting before you call a friend or computer professional. Here are 10 easy steps that just may fix your problem, and a source for even more help.

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Do you scroll backwards, and is it natural?

Natural scrolling in System Preferences.

One of Lion’s hotly debated new features is ‘Natural’ Scrolling. It completely reverses the way we scroll on a Mac. But it also makes scrolling consistent with iPad and iPhone. Here’s how to scroll the ‘natural’ way.

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