Apple Toolbox

If you would like to conserve battery power on your Mac, this tutorial is for you! Energy Saver settings on your Mac can be used for many things including conserving battery power and scheduling your Mac to shut down. While this tutorial does not require any additional software, it does require Mac OS X Lion. [...]

Microsoft Office for Mac has been the premier office suite for professionals and students since its initial launch in mid-1989. Unfortunately, Microsoft Office is expensive, bulky and has an aging interface. What if there was a free alternative that was backwards compatible with Microsoft Office files? Fortunately, there is.  OpenOffice by Oracle is an open [...]

If you’ve recently received an Apple notebook as a gift or just want to know how to configure you Mac’s trackpad, read on! Multi-touch trackpads are one of Apple’s flagship features on the latest MacBook Airs and Pros. This is because they add a ton of functionality to OS X Lion as well as other [...]

If you’re an avid social networker, you may know the pain of not being able to upload an image because of its file size. At AppleToolbox, we’ve found a quick and easy workaround that will let you easily resize images using the Preview application which comes preinstalled on every Mac. In this tutorial we will [...]

QuickTime X is a media utility that has many little known features including audio, video, and screen recording. Because QuickTime X is included with every Mac running OS X 10.6 or higher, no extra software is required for this tutorial. Recording Media With QuickTime X To start, launch QuickTime. Once it has completely launched, look [...]

The Emoji keyboard is a fun way to express your emotions when texting or instant messaging. The Emoji keyboard lets you choose from tons of small images to insert into your texts. In this tutorial with we will be showing you how to setup the Emoji keyboard on your iOS and Mac devices. This tutorial [...]

The Magic Mouse is an awesome Bluetooth mouse for your Mac OS X based computer. This is because of its advanced multitouch gestures. Unfortunately, Apple only includes a few gestures out-of-the-box. In this tutorial we will be showing you how to add more gestures to your Magic Mouse. We will be using an application called [...]

All recent Macs have AirPort cards, allowing you to connect to existing wireless networks. You can also use the AirPort card to create your own wireless network from an existing Ethernet connection.  This is helpful when you need to connect wireless devices, like your iPad, to an Ethernet connection. In this tutorial we will be [...]

If you’re a newer iTunes user, you’ve probably never heard of iTunes scripts. iTunes scripts are simply commands that let you take iTunes to the next level, making it more useful and user friendly. iTunes scripts are great for iTunes power users that love integrating iTunes with the rest of the internet. In this tutorial, [...]

PDF files can be large files if they contain lots of images, causing slow upload problems when sending them via email or uploading them to a web service. In order to fix this issue, you may need to decrease the size of your PDFs. Below we will show you how to easily downsize a PDF [...]