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Solved! Permanently Cropping a PDF in macOS

Posted on April 13, 2018 by IT Layman

The problem:  When you crop PDFs in Apple Preview, you get the message: “Cropping a PDF document doesn’t delete the content outside the selection.” The scenario:  I had a PDF of a long document (30+ pages) I needed to read for

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Do it For Free: “Send Mail As” an Alternate E-Mail Address Using Gmail (Part 1: Setting it Up)

Posted on July 21, 2015July 23, 2015 by IT Layman

This is part 1 of 2 in my workaround solution for sending and receiving your own domain’s email with a free Gmail account (rather than having to pay for Google Apps).  If you can already send and receive from your own domain using

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Free Solutions, Gmail, Google Apps, Tips & Tricks
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Do it For Free: “Send Mail As” an Alternate E-Mail Address Using Gmail (Part 2: On an iPhone)

Posted on July 21, 2015July 23, 2015 by IT Layman

This is part 2 of 2 in my workaround solution for sending and receiving your own domain’s email with a free Gmail account (rather than having to pay for Google Apps).  If you can already send and receive from your own domain using

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E-mail, Free Solutions, Gmail, Google Apps, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks
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Do it For Free: How to Download Streaming Video for Offline Viewing in OS X

Posted on July 21, 2015July 22, 2015 by IT Layman

The problem:  I want to save streaming videos (e.g. Netflix, Hulu) for offline viewing on my Mac/iPad/iPhone without installing expensive or suspicious software The scenario:  I was going on an 11 hour flight to Thailand and the airline didn’t have Wifi.  There were

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But it was Supposed to be Automatic! Migrating iPhoto Library to Photos for OS X

Posted on July 21, 2015July 22, 2015 by IT Layman

The problem:  Apple Photos for OS X isn’t automatically finding and importing your iPhoto library The scenario:  When the new Apple Photos came out with the release of OS X v.10.10.3 , I was super excited.  iPhoto had become a clunky

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Super Easy! Customizing Names and Icons in Mac OS X

Posted on July 20, 2015April 13, 2018 by IT Layman

The problem:  Change the name and icon of a Finder item in Mac OS X The scenario:  I bought a Transcend JetDrive Lite for my MacBook Air (What’s that, you say?  Read my review here), but when I connected it to my

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Hardware Review: Transcend JetDrive Lite

Posted on July 20, 2015July 22, 2015 by IT Layman

The problem:  Running out of storage space on MacBook Air (or MacBook Pro) The scenario:  I love my MacBook Air, but the problem with the drives in these thinner, sleeker computers is that the storage space is WAAAYYY less than their larger predecessors.  Even

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External Storage, Product Review, Saving Space
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About Layman Tech Tips

Posted on July 20, 2015July 22, 2015 by IT Layman

Hello internet! You’ve probably found my little site because you had some sort of Apple-related computer problem that you Googled and now you’re working down the search results page until you can find an answer that 1) you can understand and

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Recent Posts

  • Solved! Permanently Cropping a PDF in macOS
  • Do it For Free: “Send Mail As” an Alternate E-Mail Address Using Gmail (Part 1: Setting it Up)
  • Do it For Free: “Send Mail As” an Alternate E-Mail Address Using Gmail (Part 2: On an iPhone)
  • Do it For Free: How to Download Streaming Video for Offline Viewing in OS X
  • But it was Supposed to be Automatic! Migrating iPhoto Library to Photos for OS X

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