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going away to college is a hectic but
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exciting time with lots of work to get
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done and fun to be had having the MAC at
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the top of your list of things to pack
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is really important whether you're hard
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at work on an all night study session or
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just relaxing understanding how to use
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your Mac in the college setting is
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pretty important so here are five Mac
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tips for college students to make your
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breeze now as a student myself I found
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that iCloud is my best friend with this
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cloud service you can not only back up
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important information like notes
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contacts and more but by doing so you
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can automatically access and work on it
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all from your favorite iOS devices users
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automatically get 5 GB of storage free
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from the start but larger plans are
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pretty affordable to your college budget
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too don't worry about losing your flash
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drives anymore back it up to the cloud
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automatically thanks to iCloud and it's
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almost guaranteed that you'll be
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creating lots of documents this school
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year so knowing your keyboard is pretty
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important so if you need characters with
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specific symbols simply hold the letter
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key that has the symbol then tap the
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corresponding key for the one you need
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whether you're in Spanish French or even
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any other language course this tip will
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definitely come in handy and hey Apple
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products don't tend to come cheap so
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you'll definitely want to be prepared if
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your Mac gets stolen by knowing its
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serial number for reports by clicking
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the software version under the about
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this Mac tab you can quickly pull it up
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and keep it for your records but another
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tip you'll want to make sure to do do is
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to have the F my Mac feature turned on
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so you can locate it whenever you need
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to and you are bound to be busy and
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you're going to want to get a lot of
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things done time management is key in
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college use the Calendar app and put in
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your homework assignments it's free it's
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easy to do and even has alert
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notifications that SN across all of your
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devices so if you have a big test don't
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forget it by using calendar get your
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timing setup so you can study and then
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make a little more time for fun and
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lastly airdrop is a a great feature for
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your Mac but also your friends in your
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classes that have Macs too Miss a class
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have them air drop the notes to you next
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time you're there and don't worry about
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falling behind use these five Mac tips
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and being a college student will be that
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much easier and you can check out more
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cool tips and more always right here on
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cam.com now that was a look at some mac
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tips that can specifically help you out
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as a college student but what tips do
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