Megan Coleman

Tech Tips for Non-Technical People

Non-technical people need tech tips, too! Here are some tricks (mostly Mac) for making the most out of online resources and technology. Have a question? Fill out the suggestion form below and I might create a tip just for you.

Screen Sharing and Conferences Calls

Screen Sharing and Conferences Calls

I have mentioned a few services for screen sharing and conference calls before. Here are a couple new ones I’ve discovered.

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Posted Jan 5, 2012 | Categories: Free, Mac, Mobile, PC, Phone, Software, Utility, Web/Internet,

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Remove, Reorder, or Combine Pages of a PDF in Preview

Remove, Reorder, or Combine Pages of a PDF in Preview

Open your PDF document in Apple Preview. If the sidebar isn’t showing, choose View > Sidebar > Show Sidebar or press CMD-SHIFT-D. Make sure it’s showing thumbnails (choose View > Sidebar > Thumbnails). To delete a page, just select the thumbnail and hit delete. To reorder pages, drag them up or down in the sidebar. To add pages from another PDF, open that PDF and drag the page’s thumbnail to the sidebar of the other PDF.

Posted Dec 15, 2011 | Categories: Mac, Shortcuts, Software,

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Return to your track in iTunes

Return to your track in iTunes

While listening to music in iTunes, you may decide to look through your library or browse the iTunes Store. To get back to your song/playlist quickly, just hit CMD-L (Mac) or CTRL-L (PC) and it will take you back to where you started.

Posted Dec 6, 2011 | Categories: iTunes, Mac, PC, Shortcuts,

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Quickly Access iTunes

Quickly Access iTunes

Did you know you don’t have to navigate to the iTunes window in order to play, pause or advance a track? Just right-click on the iTunes icon in your dock and you’ll see several options to control playback.

Posted Dec 1, 2011 | Categories: iTunes, Mac, Shortcuts,

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