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If you don’t want to plug your BlackBerry into your Mac everytime you want to transfer something you can use Bluetooth. First you need to pair your Blackberry with you Mac

On your Blackberry
- Go to Options
- Go to Bluetooth
- Press the Menu key
- Make sure Discoverable is set to Yes
- Save and Exit

On your Mac
- Open System Preferences
- Open Bluetooth
- Under Device, click on “Set up new device”
- Select “Any device”
- Your Mac will find the Blackberry
- You will need to enter a passcode on your Blackberry and the same on your Mac

Once your Blackberry is paired to your Mac you can transfer music, ringtones and pictures to it.

- Open the Media application
- Select Music
- Press the Menu key
- Select “Receive Using Bluetooth”
- On your Mac open up the “Bluetooth File Exchange” program
- Click on File, Send File
- Select the file you want to send and click on Send
- On your BlackBerry choose where you want to save it and click Save

Done!

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How do you connect to your Mac remotely??? Well there is an easy solution. The best part, it works with both Tiger and Leopard. You can VNC to your Mac from any computer by doing the following.

From any computer…
Download your favorite VNC viewer such as UltraVNC or TightVNC. You don’t need to install everything, all we need is the viewer.

In your router…
Make sure that port 5900 is open and being forwarded to your Mac’s IP address. To do so all you need to do is login to your router and look for the port forwarding section. If you don’t know what your IP address is you should be able to find it in your router as well under the status or DHCP section.
Note: If you are using a D-link the default address is http://192.168.0.1 the username is admin and the password is blank. If you’re using a Linksys the default address is http://192.168.1.1 the username is blank and the password is admin. If you are using a different type of router click here for the default password list.

On your Mac….
Open “System Preferences”
Click on “Sharing”
Select “Apple Remote Desktop” in Tiger or “Screen Sharing” in Leopard

Click on “Access Privileges…” in Tiger or “Computer Options” in Leopard
Select whatever rights you want
Select “VNC viewers may control my screen with password” and enter a password

Click “OK“ and close the “Sharing” window.

To connect…
Open your VNC viewer and enter your home IP address. If you don’t know your IP address you can find it here.

To make connecting easier…
Most internet service providers don’t assign static IP addresses. This means that your IP address changes. To make your life easier sign up for a DDNS (Dynamic DNS) account from DynDNS.org, No-IP.com, ChangeIP.com, etc. This allows you to create an address, like mymac.dyndns.com, that maps to your home IP. You can configure DDNS accounts in most routers so when your IP address changes it updates the record at the DDNS provider automatically.

Voila! Enjoy!!

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If you own a white Macbook you’ve probably encountered the dirty palm rest (just below the keyboard).

I was told that you can clean your macbook with clorox wipes so I went to Walmart and got some. After intense scrubbing I found that it had done no good.

What did it was the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser with Clorox wipes.

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