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Precipitate Shines Mac Spotlight into Google's Cloud
If you're using Google Docs, a new Mac OS X preference pane called Precipitate enables you to find text in them with Spotlight or Google Desktop.Read more...
AT&T Waking Up Early Friday for iPhone Sales
If you were dreading camping out all day next Friday for an iPhone 3G, you may or may not be glad to hear AT&T will start selling the highly anticipated phone at 8am at each store's local time. Meantime, don't get confused: a no-contract iPhone is not an unlocked iPhone.Read more...
Current iPhones Keep Cheaper Plan on Reactivation
Sell or give away your 2G iPhone, and the new owner can still get a 2G pricing plan. They won't have to pay the higher rate for 3G service without being able to use the higher speed.Read more...
Mac OS X 10.5.4 and Security Update 2008-004 Fix Bugs
Mac OS X 10.5.4 is out, with fixes for a variety of bugs, many of which are in iCal, though the recent ARDAgent security vulnerability remains open. We suspect that the update was prompted by the fix that resolves problems with saving and reopening Adobe CS3 files on remote servers.Read more...
TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 30-Jun-08
Notable software releases this week include Simon 2.4.1, Keyboard Maestro 3.2, MarsEdit 2.1.4, Final Cut Server Update 1.1, and Pro Applications Update 2008-002.Read more...
Critical Updates for Microsoft Office 2008 and 2004
If you're using Microsoft Office 2008, run, don't walk, to download and install the 12.1.1 update, which fixes the problem with downloaded or attached Word and Excel documents not opening when double-clicked, along with other troublesome bugs in Word, Excel, and Entourage. Office 2004 also receives some important fixes for crashing bugs and interoperability with Office 2008 applications. Read more...
TidBITS Issue Hiatus for 07-Jul-08
Although articles will continue to be published on the TidBITS Web site, there will be no email issue for 07-Jul-08, as we take a break to try out this newfangled concept of the "summer vacation."Read more...
The Hole in My Backup Plan
Joe Kissell has good backups of his data, but his backup plan had one crucial missing element: an adequately powerful second Mac to use when his main computer is on the fritz.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/30-Jun-08
In this week's TidBITS Talk discussions, readers share their experiences with Firefox 3, debate the merits of AppleCare, examine the latest Mac OS X Trojan vulnerability, solicit suggestions for hands-free Bluetooth speaker systems for cars, and query about an unresolved PowerPoint 2008 bug.Read more...
Microsoft Needs to Empty Windows Trash, Reboot
Mr. Ballmer, tear down this operating system! Seriously: you have virtualization software. Vista is bloated, but not bad. Don't make Windows 7 continue to carry the water for 15 years of old, sometimes bad decisions. Just a suggestion.Read more...
Discovering Sparse Bundle Disk Images
A new disk image format introduced in Leopard is backup-friendly, because it doesn't require huge files to be backed up when only a small change has occurred. Now we just need more developers to catch on.Read more...
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Print Custom Text & Photo M&M's
Who knew you could now print photos on custom M&M's? Well, you do now, but good luck getting a photo to print well in half the size of a dime.Read more...
Linksys Gateways Gain Mac Configuration Software
Mac users with popular Linksys Wi-Fi gateways can now use real Mac configuration software from the company instead of the awkward Web-based configuration interface.Read more...
Take Control News: Better Backups with New Ebooks and Free Content
In conjunction with the third edition of Joe Kissell's best-selling "Take Control of Mac OS X Backups," we've released the biggest feature comparison of Mac backup apps ever, along with an update to "Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard."Read more...
Vanity Spreads to Top-Level Domain Names
Have you ever wanted to see your name in dot-lights? The group that oversees domain names will allow vanity and corporate top-level domain registration. Is .coke, .pepsi, and .7up in our future?Read more...
How to Protect Yourself from the New Mac OS X Trojans
Take a few simple steps to understand and protect yourself from the latest malicious software targeting Macs.Read more...
Symbian Smartphone Platform Goes Free, Partly Open Source
Nokia buys out its partners in Symbian, the world's most popular smartphone platform by far, and may change the whole nature of competition for these intelligent communicators by making it even more accessible to more handset makers. It's a shot across the bow to Apple, RIM, Microsoft, and Google, but it won't reach fruition til 2010.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/23-June-08
Readers are talking about old Macs this week, wondering which versions of the Mac OS can run on outdated systems (and whether it's worth the trouble). Other discussions focus on the iPhone 3G (its industrial design and performance in Australia), using online banking within Quicken 2007, possibilities for next year's Snow Leopard release, using Entourage with MobileMe, removing items from the Recent Items list, and more.Read more...
Making AppleCare Worthwhile: MacBook Pro Battery Replacement
Buying AppleCare with a new Mac can seem like an unnecessary extra cost, but for Jeff, AppleCare's replacement of his MacBook Pro's weak battery made the service worthwhile.Read more...
Firefox 3 Bounds Forward
Firefox 3, the latest version of the Web's second most popular browser, looks like a significant upgrade, with features like bookmark tags and increased performance making Adam wonder if it deserves to be his default browser.Read more...
Does Your Network Have a Public IP Address?
Back to My Mac relies on a public IP address being available on the router to which your Mac is connected. How do you find out if you have a public IP address - and why is it so danged hard to make connections like this over the Internet?Read more...
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