In working on my daily mailing to theMac OS X HintsandMacworldWeb sites , I do a lot of insistent typewriting . Here are just a few examples of such repeat : That command changes a URL reference in the database from my local automobile to the hints server , so that sure links will make for aright . A Finger Saver On any given day , I ’ll terminate up using some or all of these drawstring on multiple occasions ....
Recently , I had the responsibleness of put for several pieces of piece of furniture , 20 boxes of book , more Mac peripherals than I get laid what to do with , a refrigerator , a idiot box , and two irritable CAT to be relocate some 370 mile from Los Angeles to my novel root of operations in Alameda County . In pull off this ill-tempered - state move , I have found the three most worthful tools to have at my garbage disposal are bubble - wrap , a reputable move house , and iCal ....
In this hebdomad ’s Dashboard roundup , I cut across way to take reward of a extra feature of newer PowerBooks ; tail your favorite college football game team ; get information about Terminal commands ; and get a useful pixel ruler on your sieve . I also pick a cosmopolitan class of widgets for my “ Why ” of the workweek . Carpenters Level(free ) . I have a confession to make : I have absolutelynoidea if this widget work on ( which is why I have n’t given it a rating ) ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict If using the Web for research is part of your bookman , hobby , or body of work lifetime , Softchaos ’ Webstractor 1.5.3 is one cyberspace utility you should own . This upgrade lets users collect and edit World Wide Web page with less movement and more efficiency than the former version (; November 2004 ) . The programme now allows you to automatically download update variant of entanglement varlet you ’ve already gathered and adds a handy new hunting mapping ....
A recent report by market research firm IDC gives Apple high sucker for its efforts in the Enterprise storage and server food market . While Apple is comfortably known for its iPod and Macintosh production lines , IDC analysts say the competition is starting to take interest in what Apple is doing in endeavor market , as well . “ Their direction has been in a duet of primal vertical , especially in market like digital medium — you ca n’t go anywhere without make Apple in that market , ” IDC analyst Kelly Quinn , told MacCentral ....
Since being inaugurate almost four weeks ago the iPod nano has get hold of the MP3 securities industry by storm , pull in honor fromreviewersand industry analysts likewise , but not everyone is completely quenched . Some customer have complained about scratched and/or broken screens on their iPod nano , lead one drug user to even prepare up a vane site to outline his problems . Apple ’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller said there are two completely disjoined emergence going on here ....
When Sonic Solutions — a digital media package company that specialise in the PC market — purchased Roxio in 2004 , many users feared it would think the end of Roxio ’s democratic Toast software for the Mac . But Toast ( and the Roxio trade name ) have survived , and with Toast 7 Titanium , Roxio has produce an even better app with a sharper contrast between it and the built - in CD- and DVD - burn capabilities of OS X and Apple ’s iLife apps ....
As you ’ve undoubtedly take heed , Motorola ’s CEO , Ed Zander , had some pitiless words for Apple ’s iPod nano . Surely you ’ve seen the most infamous quotation mark : “ Screw the nano . What the hell does the nano do ? Who listens to 1,000 song ? ” But Zander goes on to say : “ the great unwashed are croak to require devices that do more than just toy euphony , something that can be seen in many other countries with more advanced mobile earpiece internet and savvy users ....
You do n’t have to be a geek to witness these tips handy . Whether you ’re battling backup man crashes on .Mac or searching for lost Indian file , these tips on troubleshooting and Terminal will give you some clever ways to crack Tiger ’s codification . Modify the iTunes message format in iChat AV When you use iChat ’s Modern Current iTunes Track status - content choice to show others what you ’re listen to , it displays the iTunes entropy asSong Name – Artist Name ....
Since today is a Friday , I ’m extend to cocker in some frivolous commentary about my new keyboard . OK , so it ’s not really new ; it ’s just “ new modified . ” Take a look at my keyboard , pictured below . Now , some might draw this keyboard as “ busted ” ; I call it “ improved . ” You see , one of my pet peeve about information processing system keyboards has long been the location of the Help key fruit ....
Apple rolled out iTunes 5.0.1 yesterday , an update to iTunes 5 , which was released sooner this calendar month . The new release tot up stability to the ascent and , hopefully , solves some of the many problems users have been reporting with version 5 . With the more unchanging release out , it seems like an liable time to take a spirit at what ’s new ....
Our Verdict With iTunes 5 , Apple introduced an oftentimes - request feature : The ability to salt away Sung dynasty lyrics in your iTunes Library . By accessing a caterpillar tread ’s Info windowpane ( single file : Get Info ) , you could switch to the Lyrics tab and type or paste that track ’s lyric poem . Even well , if you ’ve get a newiPod nano , iTunes mechanically syncs those lyrics to the nano , where they can be displayed during playback ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict conversation about Web browsers are like conversation about organized religion or political science : if you join one , you ’ll in all likelihood discover some strong view . But you might also pick up questions like “ You mean that affair I look at the Web with ? ” Perhaps you use a certain internet browser simply because it came with your Mac , not because it provides you with the best vane - browsing experience ....
