Snip It, Clip It and Whip It!

From Mrs. Scheiring:

To capture a portion of the screen on a Mac (just like using the Snipping tool in Windows), use Command + Shift + 4.

This will allow you to drag a box around an area that you want to capture. It will save it as a jpeg on the computer’s desktop.

This is not intended for an entire screen shot, just a selected area.

PowerPoint and the Mac's!

There seems to be a sweep of Powerpoint programs crashing on the Macbooks.

The immediate fix is to have the students use Powerpoint within their Windows installation. If they are having problems doing that, they should first restart the Windows side, but not the entire Macbook.

If that doesn’t or can’t work, they should come see me . I will need their computers at least 90 minutes to complete the fix, if they need a full install.

Microsoft programs have a history of not playing nicely with Apple, so I cannot say I am truly surprised.

It seems to be confined to the Macbooks that have the new Lion OS. Once again, we see that using the latest and greatest machine or software does not always benefit us. Waiting a little while before adopting a new operating system, just to see how it "plays with others" is usually a great idea!

What do you think?

Thanks to Grace: New Macbook Tip!

Grace's Macbook saw our network and "claimed" it was connected, but NO INTERNET. Research revealed a fix. It may be temporary, but it got the job done today!

Open: System Preferences>>Network

At the left, there should be a pane listing ways in which your computer connects to the internet (Ethernet, VPN, AirPort, etc.)

At the bottom of this pane there are (+)(-)(cog) buttons that correspond to (add method)(remove method)(other options dropdown)

Highlight: Airport and hit - to remove.
Immediately hit + and choose AirPort (on mine it is default) for the interface type.
Click: Create

Then Click: Apply

That somehow allowed AirPort to fully connect again.

You may have to wait a moment or two for it to complete the connection, but you will see under the STATUS:

Connected
AirPort is connected to TAWE

Thanks for helping out, Grace! Researching your connectivity issues helped us find a solution.