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In the last five or so years, PDF format has become the defacto format for sending documents (documents that do not require editing or changing). Documents like application forms, terms and conditions, quotes, contracts, product disclosure statements – they’re almost always available in PDF format when the medium of delivery is the internet. You’ve probably wondered before, “How can I create PDF files?”

A lot of people think they need to buy Adobe Acrobat to create PDFs, but it’s not true. There’s software available that will allow you to convert practically anything into simple and compatible PDF. Better yet, you can actually continue using whatever software you want. Read on to learn how to create PDF files. (more…)

Windows Media Player downloads album art into the same directory as music files. As a result, your music file structure end up littered with hundreds of ugly AlbumArt___….jpg files. There’s no way to disable only album art, but you can turn off information retrieval which will stop Windows Media Player from getting new album art. Unfortunately, it will also stop Windows Media Player from obtaining meta-data for CDs that you rip. Here’s how to turn it on and off.

In Windows Media Player, click the small down-arrow beneath “Library” (Alternatively, press the ALT key, click “Tools > Options …” then go to the “Library” tab)

Check or uncheck “Retrieve additional information from the internet”

Click “Ok”.

Note that if you want to rip a CD, you should turn this back on – otherwise you’ll have to manually enter the album name, track names, artists, etc. Of course – this means the album art for the media will be obtained again. Just delete the AlbumArt____ file after ripping the CD. Better yet, use a different program to rip.

In 2010, more photos are viewed on screens than on actual photographic paper. We’re sharing more photos than ever. However, sending large emails packed with photos is becoming too cumbersome and inefficient.

You may have noticed more and more people are now ’sharing’ their photos through an online service such as Picasa Web Albums or Kodak EasyShare. These services make things easier. For one, it’s easier for the recipients to view photos and share their photos with you. Also, having the photos online is like having another backup. The best part is that it’s much more social – people you invite to view photos can discuss and contribute to the gallery with each other.

Here’s how to share photos online using my photo manager of choice, Picasa: (more…)

Normally, iTunes doesn’t allow you to copy music from an iPod with more than one computer without first wiping it or deleting all the existing music. There’s a way around this restriction thanks to SharePod (download it here). Here’s how to do it: (more…)

While I love hoarding my massive cache of photos on my computer and viewing them on screen – it sure is a treat to hold photos in your hands, just like in the old days, and share them with friend, family and sometimes strangers. Here’s how to burn photos from Picasa 3 so you can get them printed at a photo kiosk or photo shop. (more…)

Let’s face it. We don’t need to keep most of our emails – we almost never revisit them so they sit there and accumulate. This is how to delete (or forward or move) more than one at a time: (more…)

Those of us with snapshot-happy friends and relatives receive a lot of photos via email. Whilst they’re easy to view when you receive them, keeping them in an email is not the most logical way to organise them. Here’s how you can save them to your computer so you can manage them in software like Picasa. (more…)

Most of us save the photos we take on our computer which makes sharing photos, viewing photos and backing up photos much easier – so how do we get all of those photos we took before we had a digital camera into the computer? We scan them, and this guide will tell you how. (more…)

When you have more data to backup than you can fit on one memory stick, you can distribute the data across two or more.

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Sometimes photos are too big for Picasa to manage. When this is the case, we can resize or resample an image using another external program. (more…)