OS X Lion Tips & Tricks

Protecting your data from prying eyes can be as simple as turning on Apple's FileVault 2 full disk encryption system. FileVault 2 protects your data from easy access by data thieves.

The OS X Resume feature can be a help or a hindrance, depending on how you work with applications. With this guide, we will show you how to gain some control over how Resume works.

OS X Lion now lets you resize a window by dragging from any edge or corner. Did you know that Lion also has secret modifier keys that can change the default behavior of a window when you change the window's size?

AirDrop is designed for use over a wireless connection, but with a bit of a tweak, you can get it working on your wired Ethernet network as well.

The new 'Arrange By' feature in Lion offers a bit more control over how items display in the Finder. Learn how to use the Arrange By option, and discover a few of its hidden secrets.

Smart searches are missing from OS X Lion's Finder sidebar. But just because Apple thinks you don’t need them, doesn't mean you have to do without them. This guide will walk you through recreating the smart searches and adding them to the Finder's sidebar.

Wi-Fi Diagnostics is a new application built into OS X Lion. It provides the tools you need to monitor and troubleshoot your Mac's wireless connection.

Getting your files organized is a much simpler process with Lion's New Folder with Selection option. This guide will show you how to use this Lion feature.

OS X Lion changed the default behavior of scrolling within a window or application. Scrolling is now performed using what Apple calls a "natural" scrolling method. You can change how Lion scrolls using the system preferences.

OS X Lion changed not only how scrolling works, but if and when scroll bars appear. You don’t have to live with Lion's scroll bar defaults; you can change them to meet your needs or preferences.

Have you noticed something missing? OS X Lion hides your Library folder. It's not clear why Apple decided to hide the users Library folder, but there are two ways to get it back; one provided by Apple and one by the underlying file system. The method to use depends on whether you want permanent access to the Library folder, or only when you need...

If you find that OS X Lion's sidebar font and icon size is a little too large, as it is for me, it's easy to change it to one that's a better fit for you.

OS X Lion provides quite a few new features; it also made some changes to how the OS works. For most users, the changes will be well received. For a few, they will present some difficulties. For the rest of us, they're a mixed blessing, with many changes being difficult at first, but then becoming second nature. No matter which camp you fall...

OS X Lion offers a new, easy way to set up an application to open in all of your desktop spaces.

OS X Lion supports the same method of adding diacritical marks to characters that is found in iOS devices. Now when you need to add an umlaut, trema, or other glyph to your writing, you no longer have to use a font character viewer to gain access to the appropriate diacritical mark.

OS X Lion has the ability to display how much space various file types are taking up on your hard drives. When you want to know what's taking up the most room on a drive, this new System Profiler capability will be helpful.

Secrets to using the OS X Lion Recovery Disk Assistant. The Recovery Disk Assistant is a welcome utility for OS X Lion users, but it has limitations that can get in the way of its use. This guide provides tips for the best use of the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant.

You can use this step-by-step guide to create a Lion Recovery HD volume on any internal or external drive that's connected to your Mac.

The search criteria we used to recreate the lost Search For section in the OS X Lion Finder Sidebar, can be found here.