sound

Make your Mac much louder

A Double Gain effect in Audio Hijack Pro.

In noisy surroundings it may be hard to hear the audio on my Mac — that’s annoying if I try to watch a video while cooking dinner, for example. Even turning the volume to maximum may not be enough and headphones or speakers may be inconvenient. But there’s a way to boost the volume beyond maximum. Here’s how.

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Extract the sound from a video

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It’s easy to pull the sound out of a video and send it to iTunes — if you know how. This Tip explains.

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How to silence your iPhone or iPad

iPhone ringer icons, against a background of the BubbleWrap game.

We expect to do everything on the iPhone or iPad via the touch screen, but we mute it quickly and easily with a hardware button.

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Hard drive

The hard drive in your computer is the filing cabinet. It’s where all your files and folders and applications are stored. Hard drives fail though — here’s one story.

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