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Thank you!

Today marks the fiftieth Facebook fan for In Home Answers. We are grateful for the support. To say thank you, we’re giving away 10 songs on iTunes to 10 lucky individuals who either comment on the Facebook post “iTunes Giveaway” or mention @InHomeAnswers on Twitter.  Read Official Rules below for complete instructions.

 

Official Rules:

There are two ways to enter:

(1) Comment on the Facebook post, “iTunes Giveaway” and include in the comment the song name, album, and artist of any song on iTunes. Participant must be a current Facebook fan of facebook.com/inhomeanswers to enter through Facebook.

(2) Mention @InHomeAnswers in a tweet, include #iha50fans and the song name, album, and artist of any song on iTunes. Participant must be a Twitter follower of twitter.com/inhomeanswers to enter through Twitter.

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Individuals can enter once (1) through Facebook and once (1) through Twitter.   Duplicate entires will be invalid.  Award requires a valid iTunes account.  Song selected must be currently available on iTunes to win. Ten (10) winners will be selected at random from valid entires, after the contest closes.  Entries must be submitted by March 6, 2012, 11:59 MST.  Winners will be notified on March 7, 2012 through Facebook or Twitter and must respond within 7 days with a valid iTunes account email address for award to be given.  Each winner will receive one (1) song of their choice from iTunes (approximate retail value $1).  Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Promotion open only to residents of Utah, who are 13 or older.  Sponsor: In Home Answers, PO Box 2457, Salt Lake City, UT 84110

 

]]> http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/03/05/50-fans/feed/ 0 Quick Tip: Drag from Spotlight http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/02/27/quick-tip-drag-from-spotlight/ http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/02/27/quick-tip-drag-from-spotlight/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:55:39 +0000 Answers http://inhomeanswers.com/?p=468 Continue reading →]]> Spotlight in Lion now allows you to drag a file right from your search results, just like you were dragging it from a Finder window.  This action will not move the targeted file, but will create an additional copy of the file in the destination.

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“Brian was quick and efficient. Very helpful!”

“Quick response time, great job with data recovery.”

—Wendy W.

Salt Lake City, UT

]]> http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/02/12/thoughts-from-wendy-2/feed/ 0 Quick Tip: Using the dock in fullscreen apps http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/02/10/quick-tip-using-the-dock-in-fullscreen-apps/ http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/02/10/quick-tip-using-the-dock-in-fullscreen-apps/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:28:57 +0000 Answers http://inhomeanswers.com/?p=438 Continue reading →]]> One of the great new features in Lion is the ability to use many of your apps in a new fullscreen mode.  This mode makes your Mac apps much like those on iPad or iPhone.  You can’t see the menu bar or dock.  The app fills the screen, edge to edge.  If you need access to the menu bar, just move you mouse to the top of the screen and it slides back into place.  If you need to use the dock, just move your mouse to the bottom of the screen and then move it down again.  The dock comes right up.

]]> http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/02/10/quick-tip-using-the-dock-in-fullscreen-apps/feed/ 0 Quick Tip: The Silent Volume Change http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/29/quick-tip-the-silent-volume-change/ http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/29/quick-tip-the-silent-volume-change/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:26:58 +0000 Answers http://inhomeanswers.com/?p=430 Continue reading →]]> When you turn the volume up and down on your Mac, it makes increasingly louder or quieter sounds to help you track the change.  What if you’re turning down the volume to avoid make extra noise?  If you want to change the volume without that feedback, just hold down Shift while you push the volume up or down keys.

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“It is important to me to hire a service provider who educates me on how to better use my devices. This website, as well as the technician, fulfilled this desire.”

—Melissa F.

Pleasant Grove, UT

]]> http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/27/thoughts-from-melissa-f-of-pleasant-grove-utah/feed/ 0 Quick Tip: Application Switcher http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/23/quick-tip-application-switcher/ http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/23/quick-tip-application-switcher/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:38:05 +0000 Answers http://inhomeanswers.com/?p=421 To quickly switch from your current app to the most recently used app, you can use ⌘Tab If you need to switch the other direction, use ⌘`

]]> http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/23/quick-tip-application-switcher/feed/ 0 Quick Tip: Close All Finder Windows http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/21/quick-tip-close-all-finder-windows/ http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/21/quick-tip-close-all-finder-windows/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:25:25 +0000 Answers http://inhomeanswers.com/?p=400 Continue reading →]]> If you’re like me, you often have too many windows open for an individual application. In certain apps you can close all app windows by holding down ⌥ and clicking the close button on one of the windows. In Finder, you can also use ⌘⌥W to close all windows.

]]> http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/21/quick-tip-close-all-finder-windows/feed/ 4 The Hard Drive Simulator http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/14/the-hard-drive-simulator/ http://inhomeanswers.com/2012/01/14/the-hard-drive-simulator/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:44:49 +0000 Answers http://inhomeanswers.com/?p=253 Continue reading →]]> You things you store on your computer are possibly the valuable part of the system.  Your hard drive is given the task of hanging on to all of that, but—for many different reasons—your hard drive can fail and your data could be lost.  That’s why backup is so important.  Even still, sometimes backup isn’t enough, or you haven’t backed up your hard drive.  That’s when data recovery comes into play.

We have included DriveSavers Hard Drive Simulator to help you learn more about this important part of your computer.

Get the DriveSaver app!Brought to you by DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery

 

 
 

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MacBook Pro with a bullet hole through the screen MacBook Pro with bullet holes View of bullet holes from the top

 

 
 

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