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The problem was first reported in Apple’s own discussion boards, with many users reporting the problem, though it received little initial attention from the press. For instance, user Rattymouse wrote in Apple’s support forums, “Add my parents to the list of people waxed by this bug. Brand new iMac, less than 1 month old, EVERYTHING…

Start by choosing Apple menu > System Preferences. Select the Displays PreferencePane. Click the Color tab. The Color tab kills washed out display colors Your display’s colors should return to normal as soon as you click Color. This is an issue I’ve seen most commonly on Mac laptops that also use an external display. Regardless…

 Terminal PreferencesTry as you might, you won’t find a setting for transparency anywhere until you come here and click on the Background control. That brings up not only a way to set the background color but also set the transparency at the bottom. Terminal background color has opacity controlThat’s all there is to it, but in…

Apple ships a lot of free software with Mac OS X. Some of those apps aren’t considered world-class, so doors open for developers. iCal is one of those apps that has limped along and created an opportunity for BusyMac. The bottom line: if you’re a serious calendar user, you should upgrade immediately to BusyCal. Preamble…

Psystar filed a new lawsuit against Apple in Florida over Mac OS X 10.6 at the end of August claiming Apple is violating antitrust laws by locking Snow Leopard to its own hardware, and that a new case is reasonable since it has to use different methods to install the new OS on its PCs.…

 Date & Time Preferences – Setup Note, however, that if you aren’t using AirPort/Wi-Fi, this service is unavailable. If Wi-Fi is in use, it works, and you’ll see a red pushpin that identifies your geographic location and sets the time zone. At first, that seems like a mystery because there are well known databases on…

Share iTunes Store links with your friends You can share iTunes Store links for albums, movies and TV shows. Just click the little triangle to the right of the item’s price and choose Share on Facebook or Share on Twitter. Of course, you’ll need a free Twitter or Facebook account to share iTunes Store links.…

Changes according to the patch notes: Improves compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems Addresses an issue in which some printer compatibility drivers might not appear properly in the Add Printer browser Addresses an issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly Addresses an issue that might make it difficult to remove an item…

Bugfixes and improvements in Parallels Desktop 4.0 Update (build 4.0.3846) Support for creating virtual machines with Mac OS X Leopard Server and Snow Leopard Server on Nehalem-based Mac Pros and Xserves – added. Support for creating Boot Camp virtual machines with Windows Vista SP2 – added. – Support for creating Boot Camp virtual machines with…

Our Mac Geek Gab team, Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun, cranked out great articles on what this whole 64-bit thing means and what apps you need to be worried about in Snow Leopard. John Martellaro offered up a great primer on preparing for the Snow Leopard upgrade at the beginning of the week, and…

The Big Event The other day, I was working with some very old financial archive files on my Mac. I was curious, so I double-clicked one .sit file and nothing at all happened. So I dragged the archive to Stuff Expander 12, the latest version I had, and got this error message:The Error that got…

I’m about to install Snow Leopard. What’s essential for me to know about the installation process? The good news is that the odds of a successful install on your first try are quite high, probably better than for any previous OS X version. And if something does go wrong, just try again. The install should…

According to Code Line, also available are elements which offer Exif data, camera settings, a Loupe View with high resolution zooms, and a large Histogram to see the blueprint of your shot. If the photo is geotagged, you’ll not only see the coordinates, but a nifty map of where the picture was taken, and a…

Changes in version 1.4b1: [FEATURE] Snow Leopard compatible Universal Binary (ppc, i386, x86_64). [FEATURE] Includes MenuCracker 2.x for Snow Leopard and for better long-term compatibility with other menubar add-ons. [FEATURE] Hide more inactive statistics on inactive network interfaces. [FEATURE] Simplified Intel CPU naming (“Intel” not 80486). [FEATURE] Support for IPv6 addresses in the network menu,…

The Snow Leopard install has, if you will, four install phases. After clicking the install icon on the DVD, files are transferred to the internal drive. Then, there is a reboot. Then, files that were loaded onto the hard disk are installed. Then, there’s a final reboot. For two of us on the TMO staff, the…

Apple knows best on this. By default, your Snow Leopard system (except for Xserves) boots into a 32-bit kernel, even on the latest Macs. That doesn’t keep you from running 64-bit applications and addressing more than 2 GB of RAM. The problem is that you may have some kernel extensions that are not 64-bit capable.…

Descriptions, as provided by Peachpit: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series (List: $34.99 – Amazon: $23.09) is the latest update of Robin Williams’ bestselling guide that will have readers working miracles in no time with Snow Leopard. With this book, readers can learn in their own way, whether it’s working through the…

Considering the length of the list, there’s a good chance most Snow Leopard users will find that an appropriate driver is already available, but for instances where software isn’t available, be sure to check with the device manufacturer to see when new drivers will be released.

On the surface, Snow Leopard may not seem like a big upgrade, but under the hood Apple did some major reworking to improve performance and stability, and to set the foundation for future software and hardware updates. Those changes can potentially trip up app developers, but many companies have found that their products are ready…