Jun 07 2007
OpenOffice.org has released their first Aqua based version for Mac. Of course, in big red letters, they warn you that this version could trash your system and/or delete your data. It is, of course, an alpha version. However, considering how long we have waited, I think I will take the risk and try it out.
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Dec 09 2006
Macworld is reporting that H&R Block will be bringing its do-it-yourself tax preparation software back to the Mac platform. It will be available in three versions:
For more information, check out the Taxcut web site.
May 13 2006
I found this article on switchtoamac.com. Read the excerpt intro and continue on to the article.
Aside from an awesome user interface and a great underlying architecture, Apple built OS X with security in mind. As part of that central security theme, OS X has been designed using three key isolation features:System IsolationUser IsolationMemory and Application Isolation.
May 12 2006
Apple released an upgrade to QuickTime 7.1 and Security Update 2006-003 today. You can get it from Software Update on your Mac or from Apple Downloads.
Feb 16 2006
Tivo today released Tivo Desktop version 1.9.2. This release includes support for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Currently, it is only available for G5 based systems. They do not have a version that supports the Intel based Macs as of yet.
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Feb 15 2006
Apple has released an update for Mac OS X 10.4.5 today. The update is available via the Software Update command. The following is information from Apple about this update…
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
- iDisk and Portable Home Directory syncing
- time zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007
- VPN connections to Cisco servers when using NAT
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous standalone security updates
For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n303179.
For detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798.
Jan 19 2006
I had a situation tonight where Mail was crashing on my Power Mac when I tried to launch it and check my mail. I have several email accounts setup and I could see that it was coming up and trying to show the last message that I was viewing in my Gmail account before I closed it previously. Just afterwards, it would crash.
After several times of trying to launch Mail and clicking on a different mailbox to no avail, I started poking around in my ~/Library to see if I could find anything. I came across ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist.
At the top of the preferences file is a string named AccountInfoLastSelectedAccountId. I soon discovered that the mailbox ID that this was pointing to matched the uniqueid for my Gmail account under MailAccounts. So, I copied the uniqueid string from my primary mailbox to the AccountInfoLastSelectedAccountId field. I saved the preferences file and relaunched Mail.
Unfortunately, my happiness turned to disappointment not too long afterward, because it died again just as it had been doing. So, I went back to the pref file for Mail and poked around some more. This time, I came across an array field named SelectedMailboxes which is in the first dictionary under the ActiveViewers array field.
I noticed that the string value for the first selected mailbox pointed to my Gmail account. This time, I copied the mailbox account string for my primary mailbox and replaced this string in the SelectedMailboxes section.
I saved the preferences file, relaunched Mail, and to my joy, it is working without crashing again.
Just a note, please make a backup of a .plist file before editing it. This way, if you make a mistake, you will have the original copy to revert back to.
Hopefully this tip will help someone in the future who might have this same problem.
Dec 17 2005
I was reading some posts at MacCast forums today and learned some new tricks to working with OS X using the keyboard.
Update: I came across another tip tonight if running a Power Mac. Use Option-Command-Eject to put your Mac to sleep.
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Dec 16 2005
Briefly: Mac OS X 10.4.4 development winding down
By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 05:45 PM EST
The development of Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update appears to be in the final stages at Apple Computer, as tipsters say the latest developer builds of the software are accompanied by only a few outstanding issues.
According to sources and reports …
Dec 13 2005
I came across a small trick tonight. If you happen to load a page in Safari that ends up being wider than your current width, you can hold the Shift key and then scroll horizontally if you have a scroll wheel on your mouse.