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My Mac Memory Book.
One of the big problems we at Creativetechs run into while supporting creative pros is helping our clients keep track of all those crucial details: Passwords, network settings, mail server addresses, email addresses, hardware specifications, serial numbers, etc. Thus we give you the Mac Memory Book:
My Mac Memory Book! (PocketMod Edition)
This topic is less exciting than our first guide, My Mac Won’t Start — and a scrap of folded paper does not replace the need for good organization. But if you’ll fill this guide out for each computer in your office, and keep it handy, this information will come in useful time and time again.
Mac OS X Shortcuts! A Tiny Guide.
My Mac Won’t Start! A Tiny Guide.
My Mac Won’t Start! (PocketMod Edition)
Print out this guide, fold it together, and keep it handy. Designed with the clever PocketMod template (read Discover PocketMod. The low-tech PDA.), you can tape this tiny booklet to the side of your Mac in case you ever need it. It lists several of the most common fixes for a Mac that will not start up properly.
FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide.
Adobe has produced a 44-page PDF that explains how to convert your FreeHand documents over to Illustrator CS2. It discusses what changes to expect in your document after the conversion, and what’s different about the Illustrator interface.
Freehand to Illustrator Migration Guide
As long-time Freehand users ourselves, we recommend downloading and browsing through this guide. It is fairly well written, and contains many useful tips.
Convert Printed Documents to PDF w/ ScanSnap.
Fujitsu’s ScanSnap ($420) is a remarkable device that’s unbelievably productive and compact — about the size of a small fax machine. Its purpose is to convert printed documents into searchable electronic files, and it does that very quickly.
ScanSnap has two scanning heads which lets it scan both sides of a double-sided document at once. Just drop any combination of sizes of documents into its 50-sheet feeder, from receipts and business cards to billing statements and magazine pages, and the ScanSnap will convert them into any of several foramats: searchable PDF files, Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents, or photo scans at up to 600 dpi. The speed is roughly 18 double-sided sheets per minute.
Advertising/Design Goodness Blog.
Seth Godin’s 56 ways to get traffic for your blog.
Use multiple email aliases in Apple Mail.
Here is a simple little tip in Apple Mail for people who regularly use several email address aliases in their corespondence. For example consider the case of a web designer who uses three main email addresses…
william@acmedesign.com (actual mailbox)
webmaster@acmedesign.com (alias)
support@acemedesign.com (alias)
Apple Mail makes the process easy…