Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 1 views
(Via The Unoffical Apple Weblog.)
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools
If you're a social-network-junkie (and most of us here at TUAW are to a certain extent), keeping all the services up to date has always been a bit of a chore. Thankfully, MoodBlast (written by our very own Brett Terpstra) arrived on ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008 0 views
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It's not uncommon to see Mac users living and dying by Apple's Safari browser that comes built in OS X, but in a surprising bit of news today, PayPal is warning users that they are better off using an alternative if they want to avoid fraud. Just like the ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 0 views
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Having lost part of a Sunday getting a hardened SSH to work between my various machines, it was a pleasure to recover by writing a Python script to create an /etc/sshd_config file I could actually read. Here's the script, which I've named sshd_config.py, to transform /etc/sshd_config ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 0 views
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A new version of the DVD ripping tool, HandBrake v0.9.2, has been released. HandBrake is open-source utility that converts DVDs into the MPEG-4 format. The new release incorporates many major and exciting changesóincluding full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. This release is ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008 1 views
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Being short on coin is no longer a valid excuse for not backing up regularly. Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich Software and SuperDuper from Shirt Pocket Software are two inexpensive but capable backup utilities that will help you keep more of your cash?and all of your data.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008 0 views
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Sometimes backing up your crucial files is not enough. Ordinary backup programs may copy your files and Time Machine can retrieve files that you may have changed or deleted. Unfortunately, if your Macintosh hard disk completely fails, backups and Time Machine can only recover your data, but they wonít ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008 0 views
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iTunes has become more popular than illegal file sharing according to a new report from market research firm NPD.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008 0 views
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Skype Technologies recently unveiled Skype for Mac 2.7.0.257, bringing with it 38 bug fixes, and much tighter compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Among the Leopard-specific fixes, Skype would sometimes crash when ending video calls, or when moving the "Send Video" windows. In addition, chat window emoticons would ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008 0 views
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Amazon's S3 is an online storage solution; you pay for only what you use ($0.15/GB/month, plus some transfer costs). I wrote a simple step-by-step guide to setting you a Mac to sync with Amazon S3; here's the executive summary version:You need an Amazon Web Services account. ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008 0 views
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The gang over at Iconfactory has released a new beta of Twitterrific, the slick Mac Twitter client. The update adds some handy new features like more fine grained Growl control (it no longer takes over your entire desktop with a million notifications when you log in ...
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