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28Jul/111

Create a PDF of images (PNG, JPG, GIF etc) on Mac OS X with Preview

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I recently wanted to compile several images into a single PDF document - after searching for a relevant tool and discounting Word or iWork as too time consuming I hit upon the following very simple solution...

  1. Open one of the images you want to put into your document in Preview
  2. Now open the 'Sidebar' (if it isn't already open)
  3. Drag the rest of the images into sidebar in the order you wish them to appear in your PDF document
  4. Select all the images in the sidebar (Cmd+A)
  5. Do 'File -> Print' and click the 'Save as PDF'
  6. Follow the prompts to save the file and you should now have a PDF containing all your images!
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17Jul/1012

Netgear Stora and Time Machine Setup

Netgear Stora NAS boxHaving just got a Netgear Stora I wanted to use it as my time machine backup (I have an old ibook G4 and 10.5 so some of this may or may not work for 10.6 - i haven't tried it!). It turns out this isn't a simple operation (despite ease of use supposedly being a big selling feature of the Stora...). Here are the steps I eventually worked my way through to get this working:

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