Take a screenshot on your Mac

Capture Screen Shots

In Mac OS X, you can use simple keyboard shortcuts to do all sorts of things, including capturing images of what’s on your Mac screen. For example, you can take a screen shot of your entire screen by holding down the Command and Shift keys and pressing a 3.

If you hold down the Command and Shift keys and press 4, Mac OS X turns the cursor into crosshairs you can use to select whatever portion of your display you’d like to capture in a screen shot.

If you immediately hit the Spacebar after typing Command-Shift-4, Mac OS X replaces those crosshairs with a little camera. Using the camera, you can take a screen shot of the Dock, the entire menu bar, a single open menu, the desktop, or any open window.

Featured App-VOXER

By far, one of the favorite apps of the team at iOSolutions4u is Voxer. This app turns your iPhone or iPad into a Walkie-Talkie. There is a "push-to-talk" button that records your voice and sends it to an individual or group of your choosing. This is handy for situations where a quick message is all that is needed, and a phone call is not practical.

Believe it or not, the app is actually FREE. That is right, it costs nothing. You can even use it to send text messages or photos.

The coolest feature is that your contacts do not even need to be online or available for you to send them a message. They will simply be notified on their iOS device and can choose to listen to the message at their convenience.

Have you tried Voxer yet? Let us know about your Voxer experiences!

Here is the link to the page in the App Store

Airport Express-mid 2012

      Alongside a refresh of new MacBook computers, Apple also updated its router lineup. The Airport Express was upgraded to now appear similar in shape and size to the third generation Apple TV. The changes were not all cosmetic, however. An ethernet network output was added so now your desktop computer can be connected via wired connection while all your mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, and MacBook can connect via the simultaneous dual-band wireless connection. The USB port on the rear is so that you can connect any USB-connectable printer and automatically share it with all of your networked computers. Using Apple's AirPlay technology, a set of speakers or a sound system can be connected via the 3.5mm audio minijack.
      One possible use for the Airport Express is as a companion device for a mobile professional. If you spend a lot of time in locations with wired connections or are charged per device you connect to the hotel's wired connection, try the Airport Express instead. This router can be configured so that all you need is one initial setup, then just Plug-and-Play.
      Another use would be for someone in a small apartment. While not as powerful in range or speed as the Airport Extreme, it will cover an apartment, condo, or hotel room with ease. If you are a student living in a dorm with wired connections, try the Airport Express so you can have one less cord connected to your laptop.
      What do you think? Have you tried the Airport Express or Airport Extreme? Could this device help you either for work or home?

Welcome - our vision for this blog

Thanks for visiting iOSolutions4u.

We are excited to be offering local services in the Rochester, MN area and hope to develop online services in the future.

We will be bringing you current content and tutorials from the three main Apple avenues:

- iOS
- OS X
- Xcode

Our current areas of service are community education and personal consultations.

Since Nov 2011, Karl and Colin have co-taught 10 courses with 200+ participants and have collectively done over 40 hours in personal consultations ranging from Apple ID and iCloud ID quick fixes to "how to use your iPad in public presentations".

We will continue with the two areas of service listed above, and hope to move into education, helping educators excel in the classroom with their iPad's.

We will offer basic hardware services as well, such as memory upgrades, hard drive upgrades, optical drive for SSD swap outs, etc.

We are looking at a developing a local meetup group in Rochester, MN.  Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.