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The Missing Manual: Mac OSX Leopard Edition
Unlike Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide, this is the book you really should buy if you are running Leopard. At almost 900 pages, this is wonderfully complete; everything you need to know, everything you should know, and more..
Date: 2007-12-27
Improve QuickLook In Leopard
Leopard's new "Quicklook" is a nice tool, but for stubborn old command line types like me, it has some limitations: it won't show me plain text files unless they have the extension ".txt". It's possible that somewhere there's a preference you could add to Quicklook, but I haven't heard of it yet..
Date: 2007-12-12
On Leopard Compatibility
I know a lot of people rushed to installed Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) last night and my friends found it very odd that I was not one of those early adopters.
Date: 2007-11-15
On Leopard Compatibility
I know a lot of people rushed to installed Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) last night and my friends found it very odd that I was not one of those early adopters.
Date: 2007-10-29
Can Macs Log Out Automatically After Inactivity?
Hi Dave. I run a network of Mac computers at a high school in Oregon and find that the kids often leave their computers running after class. This means the next time someone goes to use the computer they're in the wrong account. Lots of lost files! Any way to remedy this?
Date: 2007-10-15
The K.I.S.S. Approach To RSS / Atom Feed Reading For The Mac
One of the things that I have been very conscious about this time around over the last few weeks, while I am putting things together to make my MacBook Pro my default work machine vs. the Windows notebook, is to actually apply the K.I.S.S. principle.
Date: 2007-10-02
Installing A Trusted Root Certificate On My Mac?
I keep getting errors about not being able to establish a secure connection with my mail server in Entourage because of a bad root certificate. My ISP has sent me the necessary "trusted root certificate" file, but I have no idea how to install it. Help!
Date: 2007-09-12
10 Essential Windows Tools For The Mac
After the initial couple of weeks using more and more the MacBook Pro I must say that I am still enjoying the experience quite a bit. I have already started the migration of most of the productivity tools that I use at work and over the next few weeks I shall be sharing some further thoughts on what the new environment is like.
Date: 2007-08-31
Having Email From My IPhone Automatically Saved On My Mac
I have a new Apple iPhone and have been greatly appreciating all your iPhone help, but am still a bit baffled by one thing: when I send mail from my iPhone, I can see how I can Cc myself, but then I see my own messages in my [Microsoft] Entourage mailbox.
Date: 2007-08-14
Parallels On Mac: Connect USB Devices & Right Click?
I have a macbook pro. Recently I installed parallels desktop on it. But the problem i have is when I connect a usb device to my macbook it is not being detected in the windows parallel desktop.
Date: 2007-07-26
Getting Rid Of An Unnecessary Firmware Update
Okay, this is driving me crazy! I applied an update a few days ago to my Mac OS X system (version 10.4.10), I think it was for a SuperDrive driver on my MacBook Pro, and it came up with an error message indicating it wasn't necessary for my system.
Date: 2007-07-10
Using A Creative Zen Vision On A Mac?
Like you, I am highly impressed with the Creative Labs Zen Vision:W [see my review] but it's darn frustrating that Creative only makes its software available for Windows computers, not Mac.
Date: 2007-06-25
Restoring The Dock "Spring Icon" URL Shortcut
Where do I find the @ sign on a spring Icon. It was at the bottom
right of the dock. It took me to the Mac OS X website.I deleted it
and would like to restore it to the dock.
Date: 2007-06-11
Copying A DVD On A Mac Using Toast
I'm trying to figure out how to make a copy of a (yes, legal) DVD disk on my Mac and am stumped. I have Roxio Toast 7 Titanium, and I can see that it has a "Copy" mode and works with DVD data, but I can't figure it out!
Date: 2007-05-31
Investors Suckered By Fake Apple News
Engadget ended up with egg on its face after a phony email purportedly from Apple led them to believe the iPhone and OSX Leopard would be delayed.
Date: 2007-05-17
Apple's
New iPhone - Will it Change Everything?
Recently, Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's new iPhone, a touch screen
smartphone running a version of Mac OS. Though it will not be available
in the US till June this year it has created a lot of hype in the
media.
Date: 2007-05-03
Apple
Doing Virtual RAID In Leopard
Robin
Harris has an article about ZFS, an open source file system that
will be available to users of Apple's upcoming Leopard service pack.
It will include a number of exciting file system features, including:
Prevents data corruption through smart use of checksums for every
block on every hard disk, self-validating every single bit of your
data.
Date: 2007-04-18
Tweaking Mac OS X
What's the first thing any self-respecting Mac-head does when they get a new computer? Customize it so it's your very own "personal" computer! I've been relying on a work-provided computer for quite a while (since I joined Macromedia nearly seven years ago) so I haven't paid...
Date: 2007-04-02
Apple, Google Ready To Make "New Things"
Rumors of a Mac Tablet spurred a question to Google CEO Eric Schmidt about what his company and Apple may be doing to make that product a reality. The answer, of course, did not directly address the question..
Date: 2007-03-15
Microsoft's Owen Disappointed In My Switch To Mac
My friend Charlie Owen, who works on the Media Center team over at Microsoft, is out with a post saying he's disappointed with my post where I suggest to Chris Pirillo that it's time for him to ditch Windows and move on over to a Mac.
Date: 2007-03-01
Want Vista On A Mac? Pay Up
The less-expensive versions of Microsoft's latest operating system will not be eligible to run on a Mac using virtualization software like the popular Parallels suite.
Date: 2007-02-15
Will Steve Jobs Let Mac OS Run On Intel Boxes?
An interesting development, tucked away in an article at Fortune magazine about the company behind the Parallels software program, which allows Mac users to run Windows in a virtual machine and switch back and forth (relatively) seamlessly.
Date: 2007-01-23
Cisco Calls Apple On Trademark Infringement
Cisco has sued Apple over its use of the term iPhone for its newly announced mobile device, despite reports that they were near an agreement with Apple to share the name.
Date: 2007-01-11
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