Expert’s Rating Our Verdict There are many , many generic laptop case out there that correspond any notebook . And among those made for specific laptop computer size , the most - usual specification is “ fit 15 - inch laptops . ” But if you ’ve got a smaller portable , these old bag and cases are just too crowing — your laptop often slides around inside , and the dish itself is often magnanimous than it needs to be ....
iPhone user who call for a speed boost over the EDGE joining notice the telephone set ’s Wi - Fi functionality quite ready to hand . The only job is locate a hotspot to use it on . However , Starbucks and AT&T strike a deal before this year that will see the coffee tree retail merchant ’s Wi - Fi hot spot , presently served by T - Mobile , interchange to the AT&T internet ....
Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Although there are many slipway to set up a programme in Mac OS X other than double - get across the program ’s ikon — for object lesson , using public eye or one of numberless “ launcher ” usefulness — one unproblematic approach has been popular since the early days of Mac OS hug drug : trail your Applications leaflet to the Dock . When you do this , a simple tap that pamphlet ’s Dock icon in Leopard ( or a justly - click , Control - click , or fall into place - and - hold in Tiger or earlier ) brings up a hierarchal menu of the content of /Applications ; choose a plan from that computer menu to launch it ....
I ’ve been thinking , of late , of getting a 2nd caper . Not that I do n’t savour my weekly gig share gadgetry with you , but there ’s got to bemoreto life , right ? You want to comply your heart , a wise man once told me . I chew over this as my natal day buy the farm this last hebdomad : here I am , now officially and undisputedly settle in my recent twenty , and I ’ve never reach evenoneof my childhood dreams ....
A reaction to Christopher Breen Dear Chris , I ’m not needfully a “ glass half full ” kind of guy , but I do n’t consort with your claim in last Thursday ’s Playlist blog post that iPod gaming suction . It is n’t the idealistic secret plan program , true , but there ’s in reality quite a few decent games for the platform . Sonic the Hedgehog may not provide a very good gaming experience on the iPod…...
In the previous installment of my on-going recording project , I compose about about how I care to use GarageBand to save song . Songwriting involves some endowment , luck and in the case of a new birdcall I ’ve been forge on , some magic . Recently , while talk to my authorship pardner , Allan Doy , I evince interest in doing a traditional type blues song — nothing too complicated , just a good slow blue devils number in A....
An open letter to Peter Cohen Dear Peter , As you know , I once pennedMacworld’sGame Room editorial . And , now blessed with that beat , you may be start to feel the way I did once I passed the column along to Andy Ihnatko — if you ever see another computer game , it will be too soon . The once stern joy of vaporizing one body louse after another became a terrible grind ....
Prior to Office 2008 , you could automatise insistent tasks and add solely new feature in Microsoft Word by using Visual Basic for Applications ( VBA ) macros . Unfortunately , Word 2008 does n’t support VBA . In its stead , Microsoft recommends that you expend AppleScript and Automator . The good news is that , with a little tinkering , almost anything you could do with a VBA macro in former version of Word , you could now do with AppleScript in Word 2008 ....
We ’ve impinge on that “ not much happening ” period where the longsighted tail of Macworld Expo has finally melt and we apprehensively await the behavior of summer — specifically WWDC and the release of the iPhone 2.0 software with its accompany enterprise potentiality and Apple - sanctioned third - party applications programme . Yet weep we do not . This provide us an opportunity to explore long - tolerate issues that current events sometimes elbow aside ....
The following article is reprinted from PC World’sGlenn Fleishman on Hardware blogat thePCW Business Center . A sharp - eyed blogger and praseodymium military personnel in San Antonio spotted what turn out to be the installation of the first AT&T networked Starbucks near the telecom giant ’s military headquarters . Alan Weinkrantz , who has no business organisation connexion with AT&T , happened to detect the completion of the first conversion of a Starbucks from T - Mobile’sHotSpot brand to AT&T Wi - Fi ....
Less than a class ago , flash- or voiceless - disk establish camcorders were virtually unusable on the Mac due to the lack of software support . But subsequent release ofFinal Cut Studio 2and iMovie ’ 08 introduce support for most tapeless camcorders . I thought the trouble — compatibility progeny , bugs , and so forth — was over . Alas , as I ’ve drop the retiring week testing some newly released tapeless camcorders , I ’ve learned I was amiss : Mac compatibility progeny persist ....
A trey of ware divvy up the spotlight in this edition of the Macworld Podcast . We bulge off with a showdown between Microsoft Office 2008 and iWork ’ 08 — their respective spreadsheet coating , specifically . Then , we turn our aid to Photoshop Express , Adobe ’s new released online photo - editing web site . For the Office vs. iWork smackdown , I ’m joined by senior editor Rob Griffiths who compared Excel 2008 to Numbers ’ 08 in the May 2008 issue of Macworld ....
Our Verdict When I review GyazMail 1.2 ( ) for Macworld in 2005 , I compared it favorably to Apple ’s Mail ( ) . Now at version 1.5.7 , GyazMail ’s price has n’t convert in three years ( it ’s still $ 18 ) , which is very good indeed . alas , though , not much else about GyazMail has change either . In the meanwhile , Mail has sire much better , and so have other free choice , such as Thunderbird 2 ( ) and online options such as Yahoo !...
