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How To Install WordPress on a mac in 5 Clicks for free

Webmaster, bloggers, and designers often need to work on wordpress design on a test site before sending something over to a live site, but most solutions for getting wordpress installs onto a mac involve complex virtual servers, and manual uploading and setup. There’s an easier way. Here’s how to set up a fully manipulable test install of WordPress on a mac in only five...

How To Quickly Load Business Card into Contacts: App to load Business Cards

Business cards are great ways to share contact info, but unless people start including QR codes on their cards (some people are), loading them into contacts apps is a pain. Here’s an app to load business cards in seconds. Download Cardmunch (free) from the app store. Open Cardmunch, and log into Linkedin (they own the app, so you have to log in – still...

Google Now For iOS Tutorial: Get the most out of Google Now

We explained the setup process in a separate tutorial here. Google Now, Google’s vocal assistant, can be a powerful tool, if you know its’ abilities and limitations. There are two parts to Google Now. The first is called “cards”, and the second is voice search. We’ll start with cards. Cards are like little apps to check on different parts of your life. Cards are...

How To Quickly and Cheaply Run Windows on a Mac

Like many professionals, I need to run some Windows-only software, but my main computer is a mac. After a few hours, I had Windows apps running alongside my mac apps, and I did it all for under $100 (about $60 for me personally). Here’s how we ran Windows quickly and cheaply on a Mac, using Parallels Desktop 8. What You’ll Need: A Mac Parallels...