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Latest iMacs Offer Faster CPUs and Nvidia Graphics Option
Apple has refreshed the consumer desktop iMac line with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors and availability of a high-end Nvidia graphics card.Read more...
Back to My Mac Leads to Remote Observation, Arrests
Curses, foiled by Back to My Mac, I say, twirling my moustaches! Two men are arrested for theft after stolen laptop with Back to My Mac enabled allows the computer's owner to take pictures and copy files of the alleged burglars.Read more...
Take Control News: Find 200+ Tips in the Mac OS X Hints Superguide
In this ebook, Macworld's Rob Griffiths, editor of MacOSXHints.com, presents a cornucopia of over 200 tips to help you maximize your mileage from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The book covers a wide range of topics and experience levels, from basic tips anyone can implement to power user tweaks employing Terminal, AppleScript, and Automator.Read more...
Apple Releases Various Firmware Updates
If you have a MacBook Air, or a recent MacBook, MacBook Pro, or iMac, Apple has a firmware update for you that supposedly improves stability. But that's all Apple's saying.Read more...
Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software?
Antivirus software may not be the answer for most Mac users, but some of you will need it, and all of you should follow these security precautions to reduce your chance of becoming infected by malicious software.Read more...
Take Control News: Updated Help for Switching to the Mac
Tired of helping the huddled masses switch from Windows to the Mac? Help is here in the form of a significantly updated "Take Control of Switching to the Mac," by Scott Knaster.Read more...
Bedding Down with a MacBook Air
The MacBook Air is the sleekest Mac yet, making it ideal for use in bed, but does it meet the needs of a mobile professional? Angus Wong isn't giving up his MacBook Pro just yet.Read more...
Take Control News: Get Up-to-Date Help Customizing Mac OS X 10.5.2
Apple has made some significant changes in updating to 10.5.2, and Matt Neuburg is all over them in a free update to his latest ebook, "Take Control of Customizing Leopard."Read more...
Leopard's iChat Screen Sharing Perfect for Quick Collaboration
In which Matt and Tonya find editorial happiness, doing in five minutes together (although 3,000 miles apart) what might have taken two days separately, and having a heck of a lot more fun too.Read more...
New MacBook Pro Gains Multi-Touch Trackpad, MacBook Speed Bumped
Apple has released new MacBook and MacBook Pro models that offer faster CPUs, larger hard drive options, and - in the MacBook Pro - the multi-touch trackpad that debuted with the MacBook Air.Read more...
More MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Problems Fixed
If your MacBook or MacBook Pro has been dropping the first key press after having been idle, rejoice, because Apple has a fix for you. Alas, if you're experiencing this problem on any other Mac, you're still out of luck.Read more...
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Take Control News: Learn to Wrangle Permissions in Leopard
Permissions are among the most complex and confusing aspects of Unix that Macintosh users are forced to deal with, but thanks to Brian Tanaka's clear explanations in "Take Control of Permissions in Leopard," working with permissions no longer has to feel like a game of "Mother, May I?".Read more...
Linotype FontExplorer Broken by 10.5.2, Fixed Already
Version 1.2.3 of FontExplorer adds Leopard compatibility, and fixes problems introduced by Mac OS X 10.5.2.Read more...
Leopard 10.5.2: TidBITS Complains, Apple Listens, Sort Of
With the release of the recent 10.5.2 update, how does Leopard stand up under the criticisms I leveled at it in my article, "Six Things I Hate About Leopard"? Hint: Two out of six isn't bad, but it isn't good either.Read more...
Leopard Emerges from Beta as 10.5.2 Ships
The release of Mac OS X 10.5.2 brings Leopard much closer to being sufficiently reliable for production tasks. Some showstoppers have been fixed, many bugs squashed, and cosmetic problems cleaned up.Read more...
For Want of a File, an Operating System Was Lost
Glenn finds that Leopard heads into an infinite Setup Assistant loop due to a single damaged file. He feels like a Windows user for a moment: the only way out is to reinstall the operating system.Read more...
New Leopard Ebooks Help with Backups, Maintenance, and More
Our authors have been hard at work exploring Leopard's ins and outs, and we have three new ebooks for you that tell you what you need to know about Time Machine, maintaining your Mac, and using the big new features in Leopard.Read more...
QuickTime 7.4 Improves Security, but Not Enough
Apple released QuickTime 7.4 to coincide with the latest update to iTunes and to provide a handful of important security fixes. However, QuickTime is still vulnerable to a new exploit discovered just before version 7.4 was released.Read more...
iMovie 7.1.1 and Front Row 2.1.2 Released
iMovie '08 and Front Row were both updated with minor bug fixes and improved compatibility, but for some reason the MacBook Air received all the attention.Read more...
Taste of Macworld Keynote Day Podcast
Get an inkling of what keynote day at Macworld Expo is like through a short audio adventure before and after the big news.Read more...
MacBook Air Introduced as World's Thinnest Notebook
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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