Issue 215 – The 20 biggest Mac problems solved

Don’t give up on your ailing Mac – we show you just how easy it is to get back up and running!

If you spend your day using PCs, dealing with infuriating glitches becomes second nature. But Apple has made things so straightforward that you get used to stuff just working. When it doesn’t, it comes as a nasty shock. Fortunately, the brick walls you may occasionally run up against will generally turn out, on closer inspection, to be mere ha-has in the garden of Mac. So next time you find yourself staring at the screen with a mounting sense of horror, take a deep breath and read the article. We’ll take you calmly through the steps you should follow to resolve the issue.

Also in the issue, from troublesome screensavers to crashing apps, we answer your top 20 upgrade questions with our Snow Leopard Q&A special. We ditch the road maps and take the latest GPS apps for iPhone out on the road; find out which apps get you from A to B and which ones take the long way round. Plus the issue's packed with tutorials too; here's just a sample:

• Make a podcast jingle
• Record and share video
• Add a watermark to photos
• Protect your Mac
• Speed up your workflow
• Edit your photos for free
• And more…

On the disc

• Twit Menulet 4
• GrupaDupa 1.0.3
• SWF Encrypt 4.0.6