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It also more general-interest topics, like building a wireless network, system security, and system maintenance. The Designeris Guide to Mac OS X Tiger is priced at US$29.99 ($18.99 – Amazon), and is available in bookstores such as Barnes & Noble, Borders, and other retailers, and online at Amazon.com.

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He added, however, that Appleis official position on the matter is that the OS X x86 kernel is “in flux,” and his hope is that when the company ships Intel-based Xserves and Power Macs, its “flux settles into a strategy that favors demanding users and developers.” Thereis more in his opinion column, which is available…

Other changes include “upside-down path” menus at the bottom of all hierarchical menus, enabling users to navigate into enclosing folders of the current folder, as well as the ability to create .zip archives from open and save dialog boxes. The applicationis “Finder-click” feature has been enhanced with the ability to respond on clicks on the…

Other changes in DEVONthink Personal 1.97 and DEVONnote 1.9 include easier to use import and index options, a redesigned search window, and revised and simplified preference panels. DEVONthink Personal also offers searching for items by labels, lock status, or state and Finder comment recognition when indexing files. Both applications offer performance improvements as well. The…

DrunkenBlog had previously posted about what he called the Safari Image of Doom, although he said that this problem isnit exactly the same as the last one. (That offending image isnit included in the post; itis on a separate page.) “Belay the hysterics,” he wrote, “but do take it seriously. I wouldnit be the least…

” I can understand and applaud the goal, but not the methods,” said Mr. OiGorman. “By limiting published source code to that which is iinfectedi by the GPL [GNU General Public License — editor], Apple is, in my honest opinion, scoring an own goal,” he added, referring to the soccer term that describes a team…

Hereis the deal: Thereis a Library folder sitting at the root level of your hard drive. This is where Dashboard widgets, Screen Savers, some startup items and several other things get installed by default. Any item that gets installed into this Library folder affects every user on your Mac. Since your Home Directory also has…

Appleis update notes: The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: iChat video conferencing Safari rendering of web pages usability of Dashboard and widgets viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall printing to some Epson printer models…

The statistical change is small enough that each of the browsers essentially held its own for the month.

“Attackers have been focused on the [Intel] x86 for over a decade,” Oliver Friedrichs, a senior manager at Symantec Corp. Security Response, told the reporter. “Macintosh will have a lot more exposure than when it was on PowerPC.” Mr. Friedrichs pointed out that hackers “have access to hundreds of documents and examples of how to…

Mr. Archibald added that Apple has left its code “relatively under-audited, which leaves a lot of low-hanging bugs.” As an example, he cited the now-patched “dsidentity” bug, which affected Mac OS X v10.4. It “could have easily been exploited to grant a non-privileged user with admin rights and allow that user to create and remove…

Users enter their queries into DEVONagent as they would with any search tool, using special qualifiers such as NEAR to gain even finer control over what theyire looking for. The software then presents the query to about 135 search engines. Once the tool gets results, it doesnit just display text and links, but also displays…

In addition, Salling Clicker 3.0.1 features better support for controlling EyeTV, DVD Player and QuickTime. This is a free upgrade for registered users. The full software sells for US$23.95 and requires Mac OS X v10.3.9, along with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity between the device and the computer.

"The ease with which the customer can set up a Macintosh network, the ease with which a Macintosh computer can find and connect to hardware on the network," Salon Transcripts Chief Technology Officer Aaron Conti said in the article, "those aspects are critical to customers in the beauty industry. Most salon owners donit have an…

The 10.4.3 Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It includes fixes for: AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP network file services AirPort and Bluetooth wireless access Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, and RAW camera support disc recording when creating and burning media .Mac…