Senior editor Chris Breen can help you avoid , which ideally means you won't be showing your Mac any unkind gestures of your own. His fellow senior editor, Dan Frakes, wrote up an app that helps you make various Lion tweaks; the app is creatively named .

Contributor Sharon Zardetto , at which point they promptly stopped being secrets, and her otherwise excellent feature suddenly became a paradox. Mr. Breen jumped on the Spotlight bandwagon with advice for folks whose , if I remember correctly.

We also offered up a hint about . When real Lions start hiding tools, that's when I'll panic.

Don't, yet. But do read up an ongoing iTunes gift credit theft we're calling ; it's written by one of my all-time favorite writers. If you prefer your lengthy articles in audio form, senior associate editor Dan Moren and I recorded a , too.