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Parallels is offering a US$15 rebate on its Desktop 3.0 Premium Edition until March 31st. The full premium package includes Parallels Desktop 3.0 plus the Kaspersky Internet Security for Windows, Acronis Disk Director Suite, and Acronis Image Home. Parallels Desktop 3.0, for US$79.99, already includes the Coherence, SmartSelect, Parallels Explorer and Snapshot Manager. The Premium…

The firmware update also includes other bug and security fixes. The update requires an AirPort Extreme (802.11n) Base Station, AirPort Update 2008-001, and Time Machine and AirPort Update 1.0. It is available via the Software Update application, or as a downloadable installer at the Apple Support Web site.

Safari 3.1 also supports CSS Web fonts, and Apple claims it loads Web pages 1.9 times faster than Microsoftis Internet Explorer 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. The browser requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher, or Windows XP or Windows Vista. Safari 3.1 is free and available via Appleis Software Update application,…

Most Mac users get at Network Diagnostics like this: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences to launch the System Preferences application. Select the Network Preference Pane. The Network Preference Pane is the normal route to Network Diagnostics.

Hereis what to do: You need an Open or Save dialog open, so either choose File > Open, or create a new document and then choose File > Save in the application of your choice. Changing icon size in the Open/Save dialog.

Just hop on over to the Finderis Edit menu and select the Undo option or use the Command-Z keyboard short cut. This will revert the most recent Finder action you performed on an item back to its original state, which is really handy if you accidentally move a file or folder and donit know where…

My w ife uses Linux, Java, Perl, and C++ at work. Recently, she wanted to get a new PC with Fedora 8 so that she could do work and research at home on a fast system. Her old custom built PC was aging and is really only suitable for interface testing. The local shop that…

iPhoto makes it easy to import just the images you want from your digital camera. After you connect your camera to your Mac, select the pictures you want to add to iPhoto, and then click the Import Selected button instead of the Import All button. Importing selected images into iPhoto.

In his “I, Cringely” column at pbs.org on Friday, Robert X. Cringely has reiterated his belief that Apple is working on a mechanism to allow Windows applications to run natively within Mac OS X. Amongst his predictions for 2008, Mr. Cringely said, “Apple will build into some Macs support for the Windows API, allowing Mac…

One application that returns hierarchical menus to Leopardis Dock is the free HierarchicalDock from Eternal Storms Software. This app creates special folder icons for your Dock that act like the hierarchical menus from pre-Leopard days. Just drag a folder into the HierarchicalDock window, and then drag it to your Dock. Leopardis Stacks…

If you donit want the printer spool icon to stay in the Dock after you are done printing, you can force the icon to behave just as it did in pre-Leopard days. Hereis how: Click and hold on the printer icon in the Dock. Choose Auto Quit from the pop-up contextual menu. Auto quitting a…

Leopardis Accounts Preference Pane also hides a set of advanced options you can use to customize user account settings. To get at the advanced options, Control-click a name in the Accounts Preference Pane, and then choose Advanced from the pop-up menu. Control-click an account to see the advanced settings.

In a continuing series of The Festive Mac, Charles Moore at Applelinks has posted mini-reviews of five applications that will bring Christmas lights to your Mac OS X desktop. The featured applications are: Festive Lights 3.1, Nightlights, MacLamps X 1.2, Christmas Lights 2.1 and Holiday Lights 5.2 MacLamps X 1.2

The update also fixed a QTL flaw that an attacker could use to cause applications to crash or run arbitrary code on the victimis computer, and patched several security holes in the QuickTime Flash media handler by limiting playback to known safe formats. QuickTime 7.3.1 updates are available for Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and…

In a continuing series of The Festive Mac, Charles Moore at Applelinks has posted mini-reviews of seven applications that will bring snow of some kind to your Mac OS X desktop. The featured applications are: Snow 1.2, Sno 2006.12.8, Snow 2.4, and Snowied 1.0. The others are screen savers previously mentioned by Mr. Moore. Snow…

Whatis IDLE, you ask? Itis a protocol that lets an IMAP email server tell your email client when you have new messages instead of waiting until your client app checks. When your email gets the signal telling it that you have new mail, it automatically updates your inbox. Think of it as proactive email checking…

The new version also added the ability to export scripts in the .sex format for production scheduling applications, added iScript support, improved file import performance, fixed several bugs, and more. Montage 1.3 is priced at US$139.95 The upgrade is free for version 1 customers.

The version 4.0 update also added a new HUD-style user interface, a preview window that floats below Open dialogs, full-screen previews, and more. Default Folder X 4.0 is priced at US$34.95 and is available for download at the St. Clair Software Web site. The upgrade costs $14.95 for users that purchased their copy of Default…