Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
(Via The Mac Observer.)
Mac OS X 10.5 includes some pre-made Smart Folders that find all of the images, movies, and documents on your computer. That's a really cool feature -- unless some of those files aren't supposed to be seen. If you need to keep Spotlight from including certain directories ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
(Via Deep Thought.)
It’s been almost a month since Leopard made its debut and I’m just now writing up the conclusion to my review. What gives, you ask? I wrote it as several parts over about three weeks. I actually planned a couple more sections, but stuff happens, time marches on, ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
(Via Editors' Notes Weblog.)
Rob Griffiths is having a harder time finding commands lately, and he thinks Apple's failure to stick to its own Human Interface Guidelines is the main reason why.
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.)
There are dozens of little niceties in Leopard: like how Front Row now lives on my iBook (sans remote) and allows me to operate the thing as a sort of thin-client media jukebox (courtesy a Mac mini server). Or how Font Book now prints books of ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
(Via Infinite Loop.)
Many Leopard users are still unhappy with the translucent menubar, and a few dirty fixes have been floating around for some time. But there's a one-line Terminal command that makes the menubar solid for good. No more editing all of your desktop backgrounds!
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
(Via Mac OS X Hints.)
In OS X 10.4, there were a few special operators you could use to narrow your results. For instance, kind:pdf or date:tomorrow were acceptable search terms. In 10.5, the number of such operators has been greatly expanded, though there's little to no documentation on what's available.Early ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
(Via Apple Support - Most Recent Mac OS X Articles.)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard includes a new technology called the Application Firewall.
One of the basic purposes of a firewall is to control connections made to your computer from other computers on the network. In most firewall software, you must know ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
(Via Apple Support - Most Recent Mac OS X Articles.)
This document describes the security content of the Mac OS X 10.5.1 Update (both client and server), which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads.
For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
(Via MacWorld.)
See how to make OS X 10.5's Finder searches more useful through the use of a hidden feature.
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
(Via MacDaily News.)
The more time I spend with Leopard, the more convinced I am that it is the most...
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