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Putting a Bootable Lion Installation on a Flash Drive This process has a few steps. Finally, use your bootable flash drive to install Lion on your Mac. Here’s how: This process will erase any data currently on the USB drive. Pexels Insert the USB flash drive into your Mac’s USB port. FromApplications/Utilities, launchDisk Utility. In theDisk Utilitywindow, selectyour flash drivein the list of attached devices. Use theVolume Schemedrop-down window to select1 Partition....

Once you download it, the installer will start up automatically. What if you want to perform a clean install, completely erasing your startup drive? The problem is you cannot upgrade another Mac without downloading the installer all over again. Lifewire / Alex Dos Diaz The workaround is to create a bootableUSB flash drivecontaining the OS X Yosemite installer. The first is touse a hidden Terminal commandthat can handle all of the heavy lifting for you....

Use theRefine Edge toolwith theLasso toolto refine your selection. Right hit the object and selectLayer Via Cut. SelectFxat the bottom of the layers panel, then chooseDrop Shadowfrom the list. Yevgen Romanenko / Getty Images If the layers panel isn’t visible, selectWindow>Layer. With the shadow layer selected, right click theFxbeside the layer name and selectCreate Layerfrom the list. SelectOKto ignore the warning. grab the shadow layer, and then selectEdit>Free Transform. Right snag the object and selectDistort....

Press theF11key on your keyboard. A chart is created and added to a separate worksheet in the current workbook. If the default parameters haven’t been changed, acolumn chartis created by pressing F11. Mac users may need to hold down theFnkey while pressing any function keys, such as F1. Here’s how to add a chart to the same worksheet: Press and hold theAltkey. If you are on a Mac, substitute theOptionkey....

Here are several suggestions on controls to put in place when creating a child Instagram account. Make these adjustments to prevent them from encountering sensitive content. Set your teen’s profile to private, so only followers can see their posts and stories. Inti St Clair / Getty Images New users who decide to follow a private profile must be approved first. Delete unknown follower suggestions. Avoid including personal information in the profile’s bio description....

Begin by setting up a spreadsheet with your data, making sure to create a column for each category. In the above example, the columns contain categories for Chocolate, Lemon, and Oatmeal cookies. The steps below create a basic column chart. Highlight therangeof cells that contain your data. In the Charts group, select theInsert Column or Bar Chartto open a list of available chart types. In the 2-D Column section of the list, chooseClustered Columnto add this basic chart to the worksheet....

It includes information on viewing your lists and adding or removing a friend from a friend list. Custom friend lists in Facebook can be created only via Facebook on a computer. Use customfriend liststo post updates only for specific people. Select any friend list to see a mini News Feed of posts made by just those friends. Here’s how to make a custom friend list on Facebook. Sign in to Facebook on a computer....

Open a New Document Firstly we can set up a blank page. When you openInkscape, a blank document automatically opens. To check it is the correct size, go toFile > Document Properties. We’ve selectedLetterfor the size and have also setDefault unitstoinchesand clicked thePortraitradio button. When the parameters are as you need, end the window. Prepare the Document Before starting, we can prepare the document. This will represent the fold line of the card....

you’ve got the option to only create custom routes with My Maps from a desktop web client. However, it’s possible for you to view the routes youve made on both Android and iOS devices. How Do I Create a Custom Route in Google Maps? Creating a custom route in Google Maps is a two-step process. First, you’ll need to create a new map in My Maps and add a custom route....

Enter the Data The basic format for storing data in an Excel database is a table. To follow along with this tutorial, enter the data as it is shown in the image above. Also, check that that you don’t leave any empty cells. ​ Data errorscaused by incorrect data entry are the source of many problems related to data management. Rows Are Records Each row of data in a database is known as a record....

Thankfully, most of these missing keys can also be mimicked by using the following shortcuts. Log into your Chromebook, if necessary. Click theTimeindicator in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. The Chrome OS configs interface should now be displayed. ClickDevice, located in the left menu pane. The Chromebook Keyboard tweaks will now be visible. Once satisfied with your updates, click theXin the upper right-hand corner to wrap up the parameters interface....

Other devices capable of streaming to your TV areGoogle Chromecast,Amazon Fire TV, andRoku. If your dorm TV is a smart TV, you likely won’t need to buy much. Does Your Dorm Have a Smart TV? Manysmart TVscome with streaming apps likeNetflixandHulupre-installed. The smart TV’s app menu should mention if this particular feature is available. Try it and you could take your projector anywhere. Newer portable projectors should support a Wi-Fi orBluetooth connection....

Create links that download files rather than display them It’s interesting how some things come full circle. Then, browsers became so advanced that they were able to open nearly any file in real-time. That created a problem for developers, though. How would you force a web client to download a file, instead of opening it? A bunch ofhacksand workarounds sprung up to solve the issue, but none were a true solution....