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This week we continue to take a look at some the new features of Mavericks. We take a look at the Maps app which is new for the Mac.

This week we start to take a look at some the new features of Mavericks. We take a look at iBooks which is new for the Mac.

This week we walk through the new feature called AirDrop which allows you to transfer files between macs safely.

This week we show you how to get information on a file.

This week we show you how to set the default application for a file type. We also show you how you can open a file with a different program.

This week we walk through the security settings and show you how you can help to stay safe.

As we have mentioned before, OSX is a version of Unix under the hood which means that OSX has the same powerful security features that unix has as well. This week we show you how you can take control of who can see and open what.

Do you know what all you can do with spotlight search? This week we show you some of the power behind Spotlight Search.

Think that because you have a Mac you cannot get a Virus? WRONG. It is less likely but no where near impossible. This week we talk about some FREE anti-virus tools for your Mac.

So we have been focussing on sharing between Mac the last couple of weeks. This week we walk through how easy it is to share with Windows too.

This week we show you how you can setup folders, printers, etc on your mac so that they are shared. be sure to listen to the warning about doing this though.

This week we show you how easily you can connected to another mac to share files or take remote control if you have permissions.

This week we walk through the settings for screen savers and and desktop settings. The Mac comes with a pre-defined set of screen savers. We walk through some of the options for those screen savers as well as the options and settings for the desktop including changing the desktop image and color.

This week we walk through the options you have to help save your battery life as well as save power when you are plugged in.

Most people have probably heard that the mac run on Unix but never understood what that really meant. It means that the mac user interface that you are used to is running on top of a stable operating system. Because unix was originally a text based operating system there is a command line just there is in windows. We show you how you can access it.

This week we show you how to setup a wireless network connection on your Mac.

We continue this week from last week and show you how you can quickly change users on your mac.

In this episode we demonstrate how to add and remove users from your Mac. We also discuss why you might want to add users to your mac and the benefits it provides.

This episode we talk about the different options for running windows on your Mac and demonstrate multiple windows machines running at the same time while the Mac is still running.

So you have a program stuck and you just want to kill it but you cannot get the apple menu to work so you can force quit. What do you do? On a Windows machine you would just simply do the 3 finger salute, CTRL-ALT-DEL. There is an equivalent on the Mac. We show you in this episode.