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The Mac’s “Contacts” app can find and merge duplicate contacts automatically—but make sure to back up your contacts before starting the process.

• First, make sure to back up your address book before you start merging or deleting any contacts. Open the Contacts app, click File, Export, then Contacts Archive. Pick a place on your Mac’s hard drive that’s easy to remember (like the Documents directory), then click the Save button.
• Next, click the Card menu at the top of the screen, then select “Look for Duplicates.”
• After scouring your address book for a few seconds, the Contacts app will report back with its results. For instance, when I recently checked for duplicate contacts, I got a message that read: “17 duplicate cards and 10 duplicated entries were found.”
• Now, time for the moment of truth. Click the Merge button to let your Mac merge any duplicate contacts it found. Unfortunately, you can’t review the changes before they’re made—and that’s why it’s so important to make a backup before the merge.
• Once the “deduping” process is completed, give your contacts a look. See anything you don’t like? If so, you can restore the backup you made by clicking File, Import, and then selecting the Contacts archive you saved earlier.
• If, on the other hand, everything looks good, then you’re all set—and remember, if you’re an iCloud user (and it sounds like you are, Martin), all your merged contacts should sync automatically with any iCloud-connected iPhones and iPads.

Tap an option to see just the most recent news feed updates, only photo posts, stories from close friends, and more.

1. Filter your news feed

2. Save a photo to your Camera Roll

Thanks to a recent Facebook for iPhone update, you can now save photos posted by friends to your iPhone’s Camera Roll.

• Tap a photo in your news feed to open it.
• Tap the three-dot menu button at the bottom of the screen.
• Tap the “Save Photo” button.

3. Change your profile photo or your “cover” image

• Tap the menu button in the top-left corner of the screen, then tap your name to go to your timeline.
• Tap either your profile photo or the larger “cover” photo, then tap “Choose from Library” to pick a new image from your iPhone’s photo library, or “Take Photo” to snap a new image on the fly.

Tap the little arrow (see it?) to hide an unwanted post from your news feed.

4. Hide a post

• Look closely at the top-right corner of a news feed post, and you’ll see a faint downward arrow. Tap it, and a trio of buttons will slide into view.
• Tap the “Hide” button to hide an unwanted update from your news feed, or tap “Report/Mark as Spam” if you think a post is “spammy” or particularly offensive.

5. Generate a security code

Once activated, the mobile Code Generator will spit out a new six-digit security code every 30 seconds, no data connection required.

• Must make direct reference to essential learnings throughout your NMHS coursework, which have influenced who you are and your aspirations.  Tell the viewer what NMHS has taught you about yourself and life. 
• Must include legal (school) name and graduation year within the body of the presentation.  
• Must have an academic focus but can still include sports, arts, clubs, service etc.  
• Must include things you would like to do, learn, understand, see, improve, create or experience.
• Must capture the attention of the audience (teachers, administrators, peers).
• Must be original and make references to sources where appropriate (background music, art work, quotations, etc.)
• Must make direct mention of NMHS in some way, via symbols or direct reference.  
• Must make direct mention of major Academy designation, via symbol, crest or direct reference. 
• Must make direct reference to any endorsement that may be sought.   
• Must offer evidence of any of the 21St Century Skills acquired: collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, media literacy, technological proficiency, global awareness, and preparation for college, careers and life.  Label essential elements for clarity of scoring.  Don’t make us guess what the images, symbols or people represent.  
• Must reflect interests and personality.   

The basics

What is Mac OS X?

OK, so what does the “X” in “Mac OS X” stand for?

“Mountain Lion” is the latest version of Mac OS X, the software that powers your iMac or MacBook.

What is “Mountain Lion”?

Where to get Mountain Lion

The “About This Mac” window will tell you is your Mac is new enough for Mountain Lion.

Can your Mac handle Lion?

How to install Mountain Lion

How to back up your Mac

35 must-know Mac tips and tricks

You can pause your Notification Center alerts with a quick swipe and click.

1. How to pause all your Notification Center alerts

2. Getting the hang of desktop “spaces” in Mission Control

3. Why “natural” scrolling feels backwards—and how to turn it off

Wish you could get your scroll bars back? All you have to do is tweak the right setting.

4. How to get your missing scroll bars back

5. 12 handy trackpad gestures you need to try

6. Turn on your Mac’s speaking clock

You can add a new Mission Control desktop with a little help from your mouse.

7. Create a new desktop in Mission Control

8. Pin an app to a specific Mission Control desktop

9. How to paste your signature into a PDF, no scanner or printer required

10. 8 ways to make the most of the Mac desktop dock

“Sticky Keys” make for a clever alternative to playing “Twister” with your fingers.

11. How to enable “sticky keys”

12. 5 ways to take a “Quick Look” at almost any file

13. 12 Mac keyboard shortcuts you need to know

14. 6 ways to give your Mac desktop icons a makeover

15. 5 ways to make the most of the sidebar

Just dip into your Mac’s system settings to make the mouse pointer bigger.

16. How to boost the size of the mouse pointer

17. How to control your desktop with “Hot Corners”

18. How to “unthread” your e-mail conversations

19. How to disable the Caps Lock key

20. How to stop programs from launching automatically

You can zoom your Mac’s display with a few keyboard combinations.

21. How to zoom the display

22. Choose your default web browser

23. Create a “recent files” folder on your desktop

24. Set your Mac to automatically start up (or shut down) each day

25. 16 Mac keyboard shortcuts you need to know

By tweaking a single setting, you can use your Mac’s function keys without having to press and hold the “Fn” key.

26. Use the function keys without pressing “Fn”

27. Set multiple “home” or “start” pages for your web browser

28. Cram a bunch of files into a single “zip” archive

29. Turn any printable document or web page into a PDF

Tapping to click takes getting used to, but it’s surprisingly addicting, not to mention easier on your fingers.

30. How to “click” the trackpad with a tap

31. Share files between nearby Macs with AirDrop

32. Change the default programs for your files

33. Customize the buttons in program toolbars

You can set your wallpaper to change at any interval you choose, from once a day to once every 5 seconds.

34. Put your desktop wallpaper on shuffle

35. 4 ways to right-click on a Mac trackpad

You can access saved web links from the Reading List in your iPhone’s or iPad’s Safari bookmarks.

Using Reading List

• So, you just found a web link you wanted to open on your iPhone or iPad, but there’s no cell connection—or you’re just short on time. First, tap and hold the link you want to open.
• A series of buttons will slide (or pop up, on the iPad) into view: “Open,” “Add to Reading List,” and “Copy.” Tap “Add to Reading List”—and yes, this option will work even if your iOS device doesn’t have a data connection.
• Once you’ve got time or a cell connection again, open Safari, tap the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of the screen, then tap Reading List. (You may have to tap the Back button at the top of the screen a few times to get to the main Bookmarks directory; Reading List sits at the top.)
• Now you’ll see the list of links saved in your Reading List, and the link you just saved should be at the top of the list—and if you were offline when you saved the link, your iPhone/iPad will save the page to your handset’s memory once it gets a data connection back.

You can save links to reading apps like Instapaper and Pocket even if your iPhone/iPad doesn’t have a data connection.

Using Instapaper or Pocket

• Once again, tap and hold the link you want to save—but this time, tap the “Copy” button instead of “Reading List.”
• Next, open the app with which you’d like to save your link—either Instapaper or Pocket. When you do, a prompt will ask if you’d like to add the copied URL to the app’s list of saved links. Tap OK (or “Read Later,” in the case of Instapaper).
• Trying to save a link without a data connection? No problem. When you’re back in cellular or Wi-Fi range, open the app again, and app will automatically download the web page for the link you saved.

1. Define objective
2. Brainstorm
3. Research on Macs
4. Storyboard by hand
5. Build the interface
6. Pilot test of game created
7. Take completed project home to play

Add a contact shortcut to your Android phone’s home screen for one-touch access to phone numbers, email addresses, URLs, and more.

• Open the People app on your Android phone, then browse or search for a specific contact. (Note: these steps may vary depending on the make and model of your Android phone. I tested this tip on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running on Android version 4.2.2.)
• Found the right contact? Tap the name, then tap the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the screen.
• Tap the “Place on Home Screen” option.


You can add a contact to your Android phone’s home screen in just a few taps.
• Go back to your home screen to find the new shortcut for your contact. Can’t find it? If your main home screen is too cluttered, your contact may be sitting on a secondary screen; just flick left or right to shuffle through them all.
• Tap the shortcut to get a pop-up window with a menu of phone numbers; tap one to make a call, or tap one of the little messaging icons on the right to compose a new text message. You can also tap the Gmail, Google Maps, and web tabs for email addresses, street addresses, and relevant URLs.
• Don’t want a particular contact shortcut on your home screen anymore? Tap and hold it, then drag it up to the “Remove” icon near the top of the screen.

Bonus tip

Select the “Auto-hide” option to keep the ribbon hidden until you really need it.

Office 2013 for Windows:

• Click the square icon with the upward arrow in the top-right corner of an Office window. When you do, a pull-down menu with three options—Auto-hide Ribbon, Show Tabs, and Show Tabs and Commands—will appear.
• To keep the main headings (such as File, Home, View, and Page Layout) of the Office ribbon visible at all times while hiding everything else, select Show Tabs.
• Want the entire ribbon to disappear so your document fills the screen? Select Auto-hide Ribbon. When you’re ready to peek at the ribbon again, just move your mouse to the top of the screen and click when the shaded stripe appears.

Click the arrow to toggle the ribbon on and off in Office for Mac.

Office for Mac 2011:

• See the little arrow sitting in the top-right corner of any Office windows? Click it to hide or reveal the ribbon.
• There’s no auto-hide option for the ribbon in Office for Mac, but you can turn off the ribbon completely. Open the Word menu, then click Preferences, Ribbon, and uncheck the “Turn of the ribbon” box.
• Here’s one more handy option: You can keep the ribbon hidden by default when you first open an Office document by unchecking the “Expand ribbon when document opens” box.

Bonus tip

Create a calendar event from email

• Open the email, look for the date and time (which should already be highlighted in blue by your iPhone), tap it, then tap the “Create Event” button from the slide-up window. Once you do, an “Add Event” window will appear with the salient details already filled in.

Once you tap the “Create Event” button, an “Add Event” screen will appear with the salient details already filled in.


• Go ahead and edit the new event or add more information (such as a location or a reminder), then tap the “Done” button. You’re all set!
• You can also tap “Show in Calendar” to see if you’re free during that time slot, or “Copy” to copy the date and time to the iPhone’s virtual clipboard.

Create a contact

• Go to the top of the email, tap the name you’d like to save in the “From:” field, and then tap the “Create New Contact” button.
• A new contact form will appear with the name and email fields completed. Edit or add more details as you see fit, then tap the “Done” button.

• In Prague the group once again met with Pavel Stransky who inspired them with his story of survival and took them to Theresienstadt, where he worked as a teacher during the Holocaust, and where he married his girlfriend Vera in order to stay together when they were sent to Auschwitz.  For the entire day our students asked him questions, and learned from his experiences as they visited the Theresienstadt ghetto and prison.  Pavel’s story of survival, which he calls his Holocaust love story, means so much to group because they know the kind, sweet man who experienced this horrible moment in history.  For a more detailed synopsis check out Day 5 from the trip blog.
• This year the group had the opportunity to stop in the town of Lostice on their way to Olomouc.  Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people. In Lostice, they were met by the town historian and Director of the Respect and Tolerance program, Ludek Stipel. Mr. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. They had an incredible opportunity to learn how they utilize this former synagogue as an education center. Our students were engaged in an innovative approach to Holocaust education by viewing these boxes, which included documentation of survivors from Lostice and the surrounding towns.  For a more detailed synopsis check out Day 8 from the trip blog.
• In Trsice, through the support of the U.S. Commission for America’s Heritage Abroad, the group was able to dedicate a second memorial to the Wolf family, which honors the rescuers of this community.  The dedication was another opportunity for students to witness history in the making.  An article appeared in the Global Post, which highlighted this portion of our trip.  

Method No. 1:

Method No. 2:

There are, in fact, a few different ways to right-click on a Mac trackpad.

Method No. 3:

Method No. 4:

You can set Gmail for Android to automatically shrink wide messages to fill the screen.

• Open Gmail on your Android phone, tap the three-dot Menu button in the bottom-right corner of the page, tap Settings, then tap General Settings.
• Near the bottom of the screen, tap checkbox next to the “Auto-fit messages” setting.

Make sure you don’t miss these options when tweaking your iPhone’s notification settings.

1. Lock-screen notifications

• Tap Settings, Notifications, then scroll down and tap the name of the offending app.
• Scroll down again until you see the “View in Lock Screen” setting, and make sure it’s switched off.

2. Red app badges

Had enough of these nagging little red badges? You can turn them off in just a few taps.

• Again, tap Settings, Notifications, and tap the name of the app that’s flashing an unwanted badge.
• Scroll down once more, then switch off the “Badge App Icon” setting.

3. Sound alerts

• You guessed it—head back to the iPhone’s Notifications settings (Settings, Notifications) and tap the app you want to silence.
• Scroll down until you get to the “Sound” setting and switch it off—or, if there’s a choice of alert tones, make sure it’s set to “None.”

Bonus tip

You can get a temporary break from iPhone notifications thanks to the “Do Not Disturb” setting.

• Giving students a rationale for my grading (I would explain the CCCS to them, i.e., “These are not my rules; they’re what students your age are expected to know and be able to do all across the country!”)
• Putting the CCCS right into the students’ hands, thereby transferring responsibility for and ownership of their work to them.
• Providing clear expectations.
• Providing students with measurable targets.
• Keeping my eyes on the CCCS.
• Uncovering patterns:  whole-class and individual strengths and weaknesses.
• Developing a system by which I could easily group students for whole-class or flexible, small group instruction.
• Providing a solid and easy way to formatively assess going forward.

Click the gear icon and select “View As” to see your timeline as others see it.

• Go to your timeline by clicking your name in the top-right corner of any Facebook page. Next, click the little gear icon in the bottom-right corner of your “cover” photo, then select “View As” from the drop-down menu.
• You should now see your timeline as most people on Facebook see it—that is, anyone on Facebook who isn’t your friend. See anything public info that you’d rather keep private? If so, go back to your privacy settings (click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the page, then select Privacy Settings) and start tweaking.
• Want to see your timeline as a specific friend sees it? From the “View As” version of your timeline, click the “View as Specific Person” link in the black strip along the top of the page, then type the name of one of your Facebook friends. Again, take a close look to see if a given friend can see anything on your timeline they shoudn’t.
• All done? Click the little “x” in the black strip to return to the standard timeline view.

You can reset the “furthest page read” for a given Kindle book from the “Manage Your Kindle” settings in your Amazon account.

• Log onto your Amazon account from a desktop browser, hover your mouse over the “Your Account” tab, then select “Manage Your Kindle” from the drop-down menu.
• Browse your Kindle library until you find the book you’re re-reading, or just type the title into the search box.
• Once you’ve found the right book, click the “Actions” button on the right side of the page and click the “Clear furthest page read” option.
• Now, the next time you open that particular book, the first page it opens to will become the “furthest” page read as far as your Kindle devices and apps are concerned.