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Despite my childlike attraction to most Apple technologies, I didn't get an iPhone until last summer. Initially I was going to wait until about a year ago when my T-Mobile family plan contract ended, but after that deadline passed, I still balked at purchasing one primarily because the iPhone ...
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Uncomplex has released a minor maintenance update to Mailplane , its WebKit wrapper for Gmail that maintains Gmail's interface while adding standard Mac OS X features like drag-and-drop attachments, Growl notifications, and screenshot capabilities. The latest version adds support for Flash 10.1 ...
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We took a week off from publishing our email newsletter due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, but TidBITS Talk discussions continued during the break. In this week's roundup, we touch on working with small screens, creating slideshows and presentations, putting an old Apple ...
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Over the past two weeks, TidBITS readers around the world have been suggesting ideas for this year's 2009 TidBITS Gift Guide. Suggestions have included Apple hardware, games, utilities, USB devices, speakers, laptop bags, iPhone apps, and many more esoteric items. Now it's time to whittle down ...
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Articles about Apple's missteps with the App Store approval process continue to attract our attention this week, but we also have links to a fun game for designers who are also foodies, a collection of manuals for the iMac and Mac mini, a pointer to a Microsoft Office Holiday Sale, and an ...
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Server Admin Tools 10.6.2 -- Apple has released an update to its Server Admin Tools package that enables users to manage Mac OS X Server 10.6.2. In the latest version, the Server Admin application is more stable, the Setup Assistant now enforces LOM password length requirements during setup, ...
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Apple has released an update to its Server Admin Tools package that enables users to manage Mac OS X Server 10.6.2. In the latest version the Server Admin application is more stable, the Setup Assistant now enforces LOM password length requirements during setup, Server Preferences now includes ...
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Rogue Amoeba has released an update to Airfoil Speakers Touch, the iPhone app whose update Apple delayed by 100 days because of an objection to the use of "Apple-owned graphic symbols" (despite the fact that the symbols, provided by a public function in Mac OS X, were fulfilling their intended ...
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Agile Web Solutions has released a significant update to the popular password management utility 1Password . Version 3.0 includes an overhauled interface, a new 1PasswordAnywhere feature that enables you to access all your information securely from other computers, a new interface for ...
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Ah yes, the time-honored tradition of holiday sales, shopping sprees, and stampedes is here once again, and starting the season off with a bang is Black Friday. The final Friday in November, like every Friday-after-Thanksgiving for the last 40 years, is known as Black Friday (followed shortly ...
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Apple has released iPhoto 8.1.1 , a maintenance update to iPhoto '09 that addresses accuracy and performance issues with the Faces feature, improves the book-ordering process, and enhances iPod touch support.
A month ago we covered reports of the widespread bug that prevented the Faces ...
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Ambrosia Software has released a minor maintenance update to Snapz Pro X , the popular still image and video screen capture utility. Version 2.2.2 updates the program's framework to maintain compatibility with the new 13-inch MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.2 and fixes an issue with console ...
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Ambrosia Software has released a maintenance update to WireTap Studio , the company's tool for recording and editing audio. Version 1.1.0 primarily updates the program's framework to maintain compatibility with the new 13-inch MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.2. Other changes include the ...
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Ergonis Software has published a maintenance update to PopChar X , the long-standing tool for finding and inserting special characters anywhere you can type text. The latest version improves Snow Leopard compatibility, adds support for font collections in Mac OS X's font panel and Font Book, ...
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Apologies for the tardy notification, but we're taking a break from assembling and publishing a TidBITS issue in email this week, so our staff can spend more time with their friends and families over the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. We'll be back with the next email issue on ...
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Think you're a foodie? Think you're a type snob? Give your self-assessment a test at the new Cheese or Font? Web site, which presents a single word and asks you whether it's the name of a cheese or a font. Be warned that it may make you hungry. Read and post comments about this article ...
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iFixit, the Mac repair and troubleshooting blog, has announced the release of over 200 repair manuals for the iMac and Mac Mini. The manuals, all free for download, cover every iteration of the iMac and Mac mini produced since 2004. The manuals provide detailed disassembly guides, ...
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Scott Draves has released the latest official version of the dazzling community-based screensaver Electric Sheep . The update adds two distinct modes for the program's multiple display support, the capability to switch VBL synchronization on or off, more precise information in the download ...
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In my article " Snow Leopard Snubs Document
Creator Codes " (6 September 2009), I described, and...
discussed the implications of, a change in Snow Leopard's Launch Services behavior, where double-clicking a document in the Finder ignores the creator ...
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Snow Leopard's Creator-Code Snubbing Now Official
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Circus Ponies Software usually updates its popular notetaking software NoteBook quietly, with upgrades noted primariy via the application itself. The list of features and bug fixes has grown significantly since TidBITS last covered the program (3.0v335; the current version is 3.0v366). Added ...
