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Part 2: Compress pictures to reduce PowerPoint file size in Office 2016 for Mac Step 1: Open the PowerPoint presentation. Step 2: Click File and then in the File menu select Reduce File Size. I use Apple's iMessage across several devices, including my (OS X Lion) Mac, using the recent Messages beta. However, the application has some undesired behaviour. When I quit Messages, it will relaunch itself when I receive new messages.
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Is it possible to mute just a single application (ex. Safari) on Mac while letting other application's sound continue to run through?
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You could use Audio Hijack Pro:
It's an advanced mixer initially meant for recording an application's audio.
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You can adjust the volume of each application separately and also mute them. It's also fully AppleScriptable, so I guess you could associate keyboard shortcuts to mute a given set of apps.
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IvanIvan
If you have the (mis-?)fortune to be running 10.4 on a PowerPC Mac, then you can still use Rogue Amoeba's old Detour product (now free.)
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You can also accomplish this with their Airfoil product, in a roundabout way, by hijacking Safari and then not enabling any Airfoil speakers.
(It's a shame they didn't revamp Detour, once they'd come up with a new way not using APE, to instantly hijack the sound. I too used to divert Safari to shut up annoying embedded MIDI and Flash. But I can recommend ClickToFlash for handling the latter!)
jrgjrg
If you are looking for something simpler (and cheaper) than Audio Hijack, I just came across an app called SoundBunny. I have not tried it, but it looks like a good alternative for those who just want to control apps' volumes and don't need the recording capabilities of Audio Hijack.
J.D.J.D.
I tried BackgroundMusic and it works like a charm (and it's free!)
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If you have an iPad 2 or iPad 3 you may be wondering just where the heck the mute button is. On the iPad, original flavor, it used to be that little slider button next to the volume up and down rocker button. But now that button has been changed to the “lock/don’t lock” screen orientation button (while on the iPhone that button is the mute button and you’ll be looking for how to lock your screen orientation). But fear not, there is a mute button, it’s just, well, hidden. Here is how to mute your iPad 2 or iPad 3:
Click your home screen button twice:
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..which will pull up the “most recent apps used” bar at the bottom of your iPad, just above the home button.
Now, swipe that “most recent apps used” bar to the right, and it will give you the music control bar which, if you look closely, has a mute/unmute button at the far right!
Have fun muting!
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