Should you ever lose your laptop while traveling, StuffBak property identification tags increase the chance that your lost item will be returned to you. StuffBak offers a wide range of label shapes and sizes that affix to any electronic device, such as a laptop, camera, iPod, cell phone, or external hard drive.
StuffBak Device Recovery Stickers.
Designers-Who-Blog.com
Ever wondered how you might use a blog for your studio? You can see how hundreds of other designers answered that same question at Designers Who Blog.
This site (a blog itself) provides a constantly growing list of over 400 blogging designers. Also included are illustrators, photographers, and professionals in advertising and marketing, etc.
Quickly “scrub” values in Photoshop dialogs.
Here is another one of those simple, universal time savers for Adobe Photoshop CS and CS2. It may be easier to show than it is to describe. In almost any Photoshop dialog box you can quickly adjust values by clicking on the name of a value and dragging the cursor side-to-side to “scrub” to a […]
iFixit Guides to DIY Laptop Repair.
Are Apple’s DIY options not juicy enough for you?
If you really like getting deeper into your own Mac hardware repair, you’ll probably love a collection of Fixit Guides created by iFixit.
These guides are for serious do-it-yourself Apple laptop repairs. Each Fixit Guide has detailed disassembly instructions that walk you through the process of easily accessing and replacing components in your PowerBook or iBook. These guides are well written and well illustrated. iFixit has even developed new instruction manuals for Apple’s latest MacBook and MacBook Pros.
Apple’s Do-It-Yourself Repair Options.
If you are the hands on type that likes to troubleshoot and solve your own computer problems, you might want to bookmark Apple’s Do-It-Yourself page.
https://www.apple.com/support/diy/
Pick your Mac and you’ll be taken to a page that lists all the parts Apple considers to be user installable. Instructions are easy to follow and have great up close photos and diagrams. Some older Mac instructions include handy QuickTime tutorials.
How much is your old G4 worth?
Every month we get calls from clients selling or buying an old PowerMac G4. How much is it worth? Here is a website with the answer: G4 Tower Value Guide Enter the model of the G4; the amount of RAM; the hard drive size; and the type of CD/DVD drive. This site gives you a price […]
Discover Nested Styles in Adobe InDesign
InDesign’s Nested Styles feature can be a powerful discovery for designers of long documents. This single feature could save untold hours in formatting of books or annual report layouts. Consider our example layout above for a special Scrabble dictionary. Rather than repeatedly applying individual colors, bolds and italics by hand, we add a couple nested […]
Photoshop CS2 Shortcuts Cheatsheet.
Move faster in Photoshop using keyboard shortcuts. Download this handy PDF cheatsheet, print it out and keep it near your computer (you can choose between a Mac or Windows version): Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts (Macintosh) Photoshop CS2 Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) These PDF’s include 4 pages. The first two pages are organized by function in Photoshop, […]
Wonderful documentary about Firefly Press.
This mini-documentary about Firefly Press in Somerville Massachusetts remains one of the most popular items we’ve mentioned: You might wonder what a 6-minute documentary about traditional letterpress is doing mixed in with computer tips for graphic designers. After all, this is technology from the age of Ben Franklin.
Mac Maintenance Checklist.
Friday July 28th is System Administrator Appreciation Day. In honor of our fellow left-brain professionals, we’ve put together a couple tips that may be helpful to those of us tasked with the challenging job of keeping creative teams stable, happy and productive.
First up: A Mac Maintenance Checklist. This is something we’ve been playing with at Creativetechs — for our clients who’ve scheduled a regular monthly maintenance visit to keep their computers fit and healthy.
Mac Maintenance Checklist (PDF)
The checklist is a simple, low-tech way for clients to make sure their computer issues get addressed. Plus it helps the tech avoid missing sporadic maintenance details.
