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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.5
Apple has released the latest Leopard update, Mac OS X 10.5.5 which is available through Software Update. The 10.5.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. Apple details the updates at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2405 as well as [...]
Continue reading...iTunes 8 hidden import settings
17. September 2008
Apple has changed the preferences in iTunes 8. Several readers have complained that they cannot find the import settings anymore. To make sure you import higher-quality MP3s (or AAC, Lossless, etc.), go to iTunes: Preferences: General Tab: Import Settings. The default is the old-fashioned and lower-quality 128 kbps MP3. We recommend changing it to the [...]
Continue reading...Our top pick for FTP program: Transmit
14. September 2008
Our number one pick for FTP application is Transmit. It is solid, and quite full-featured: Column view. iDisk. sidebar. ftp/ssl. search. zooming. it even has tabs. What is FTP? FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is the universal way to send, receive, and manage your files and folders using the internet. If you manage a web [...]
Continue reading...Automountd trying to connect to Backups.backupdb
12. September 2008
Little Snitch’s outbound firewall tells me that automountd wants to connect to Backups.backupdb on port 111. We found out that this is caused by our switch to the free OpenDNS service. It is Time Machine trying to mount a remote NFS (network file system), but cannot. We told Little Snitch to Deny, but you can [...]
Continue reading...Mac Maintenance: Repair Disk Permissions
11. September 2008
As in all Unix-based systems, Mac OS X assigns specific access privileges, known as permissions, to each of your programs, folders, and documents, which are associated with a particular owner, a group, or groups. When an error in your permissions settings occurs, it may cause significant problems. For example, your applications may not launch or [...]
Continue reading...What is the best application ever created?
10. September 2008
No one agrees with me. My vote for the best software ever created may surprise you. Maybe not. I have used SO much software, between Office, Graphics/Video, Internet, Sound, and Utility apps. There are so many great applications. TextWrangler or BBEdit. VMWare. Photoshop. Dreamweaver. InDesign. Illustrator. Flash (OK, Adobe, stop showing off). Aperture. Final Cut [...]
Continue reading...Critical file backups
9. September 2008
It’s sad to think about. You will only know how valuable something is until you lose it. I’m sure many of you have lost a file, or some data, or A LOT of data, like your whole hard drive. So we talk about backing up. But where do we backup? Not on the same drive [...]
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Macintosh News
- Yahoo! Contributor Network - Yahoo! Sports
- Stange facts about the big game - Montreal Gazette
- iPad 3 absent from Super Bowl 2012 but release date soon plus iOS 5.1 - Beatweek Magazine
- Apple's Corporate Imitators are Borrowing, Not Stealing - Cult of Mac
- Dear Super Bowl Advertisers: No Spoilers! - New Yorker (blog)
- Apple already investigating Mac OS X 10.7.3 CUI, application crashing issues - 9 to 5 Mac
- After 1984: The Super Bowl Ad That Almost Killed Apple - Forbes
- Will Apple Kill the Macintosh? - PC Magazine
- Apple Beats Own Sales Records of iPad, iPhone, Mac. - X-bit Labs
- Cube: The Apple Macintosh of 3D printers has finally arrived - DVICE
17. September 2008
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