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In Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard, by Joe Kissell, you'll learn how to make your email come and go as it should and easily find the email that you want to read. You'll also get help with Time Machine backups of email and much more. $10.
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Notable software releases this week include PageSender 4.3, CrowzNest 2.0, Captain FTP 5.3, and AOL Desktop 1.0.Read more...
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Notable software releases this week include DocHaven 2.0.5, Caboodle 1.1.4, Opal 1.2, CopyPaste Pro 1.0, Fusion 2.0 Beta 1, Freeway 5.1, Quay 1.1, FoxTrot Professional Search and Personal Search 2.0b3, Comic Life Magiq 1.0, MacGourmet 2.3, and Parallels Desktop Build 5600.Read more...
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Notable software releases this week include Keyboard Maestro 3.0.1, Firmware Restoration CD 1.7, MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1, ScreenFlow 1.1, Default Folder X 4.0.5, TextExpander 2.1, VMware Fusion 1.1.2, and Boot Camp Update 2.1.Read more...
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Notable software releases so far this week include Airfoil Speakers for Linux 1.0, Apple's Aluminum Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0, iGlasses 2.1, OmniWeb 5.7, Pro Applications Update 2008-01, Photoshop Lightroom 1.4.1, and Camera Raw 4.4.1.Read more...
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Read on for a look at some suggestions for future Take Control titles. Finding authors to write some of these may be tricky, but we'll do our best.Read more...
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Interesting updates so far this week include SOHO Organizer 7.0, SOHO Notes 7.0, MailTags 2.2, Moneydance 2008, Freeway 5, and a variety of highly specific updates from Apple.Read more...
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Notable updates so far this week include Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil (and Audio Hijack Pro and Nicecast), Apple's Security Update 2008-002, SmileOnMyMac's PDFpen, Dejal Narrator, BeLight's Disc Cover, Toast 9 Titanium from Roxio, 1Password from Agile Web Solutions, Geophoto from Ovolab, and Apple's Time Machine and Airport Updates.Read more...
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Every year at Macworld Expo, the TidBITS staff keeps an eye out for the most interesting products, booths, and events - the things that we'd have told you to go check out if you'd been there. Read on for a picture-laden tour of our favorites!Read more...
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Combining the backup power of Time Machine and 802.11n wireless networking, Apple's new Time Capsule is an AirPort Extreme Base Station with either 500 GB or 1 TB of internal hard disk storage.Read more...
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Apple announced movie rentals through the iTunes Store (including HD rentals), and unveiled Apple TV 2.0, a free software update that adds direct purchase or rental of media and a new interface.Read more...
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The January '08 updates to the iPhone and iPod touch bring improved Google Maps that can pinpoint your current location automatically, Web Clips for saving portions of Web pages, a new home screen with icons that can be repositioned or assigned to up to nine home screens, and more.Read more...
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Claiming the title of "world's thinnest notebook," the MacBook Air is a sub-notebook without the cramped screen and keyboard of other models of its class. It also lacks Ethernet, FireWire, and an optical drive, making wireless Apple's preferred state for this little marvel.Read more...
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Curious about what programs have been updated for Leopard? Look inside for a list of the important or interesting programs that specifically claim Leopard compatibility.Read more...
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Only two bonus stories this week, as we wind down to our end-of-year holiday hiatus.Read more...
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It's not too late to buy holiday gifts for your favorite Mac-using friends and family members! Based on last week's gift guide survey, we've compiled a best-of collection of gift ideas.Read more...
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Our bonus stories this week focus largely on fixing some of the irritations with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's transparent menu bar and Stacks feature.
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As is our custom this time of year, we won't be publishing next week's emailed issue of TidBITS on 26-Nov-07 due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. But new content will still appear on our Web site, though.Read more...
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Apple has come under fire for "bricking" unlocked iPhones - rendering them unusable - with the latest iPhone update. Is that reasonable behavior? Our editors universally think not, and they aren't wild about the way Apple has made it difficult to develop native applications for the iPhone either.Read more...
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Instead of resting on its laurels, Apple continues to break new ground in the iPod world, releasing the iPhone-like iPod touch, putting a 160 GB drive in the new iPod classic, enabling the new iPod nano to play video, and giving the iPod shuffle new colors. Other announcements included the capability to purchase custom ringtones for the iPhone from the iTunes Store, the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, and a price drop - $200! - for the iPhone.Read more...
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