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10 Second Tip: Customize Your Toolbars

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by Wyn Matthews on March 11, 2010

When Apple releases a product, they have to set the interface in such a way that it’s “fits” a broad range of user ability and experience.  Once you own the product, it’s time to make it “yours” by customizing the way it looks and works. One cool place to do that is the Finder and [...]

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NetNews Wire for iPhone

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by Chris Foley on September 28, 2009

Do you use RSS?  Do you know what that is? For those of you who do not know,  Wikipedia defines RSS as a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video – in a standardized format. In short, there are a bazillion excellent [...]

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Snow Leopard is here

by Chris Foley on September 5, 2009

The wait is over, Apple’s OSX 10.6, code name: Snow Leopard has arrived and is available for your immediate install. However, be warned, you’ll definitely want to make sure that the applications you use every day are compatible with the new OSX. In this post, you’ll find a few of my own observations about Snow [...]

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10 – Second Tip: Change Your Default Web Browser

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by Chris Foley on July 12, 2009

With the release of Safari 4, Apple has given us some very compelling reasons to stick with Safari as our default web browser.   But perhaps you’re still running OSX 10.3 or 10.4 and can’t get the newest version of the fastest web browser.   Or perhaps you simply prefer to use another browser such as [...]

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iMovie '09 8.0.3 Adds New Hidden Features

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by Chris Foley on June 6, 2009

This article comes to us from TidBITS.com, which is a resource I enjoy very much. by Jeff Carslon Apple released iMovie ’09 8.0.3 this week, a seemingly minor update that “addresses general compatibility issues, improved overall stability and fixes a number of other minor issues.” However, I’ve discovered that this small iteration turns out to [...]

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10-Second Tip: Fix your Smashed Spotlight

by Chris Foley on June 6, 2009

Is your Spotlight utility acting wacky lately? It happens a lot, don’t feel too bad.  If your Mac is in otherwise good working order, it’s likely that Spotlight’s Index file has broken.  You can force Spotlight to re-index your computer’s hard drive in a few short steps. Here’s how to fix Spotlight: First, click on [...]

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