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27 Aug 2009The Finder lets you organize, view, and access practically everything on your Mac, including applications, files, folders, discs, SD memory cards, and shared drives on your network. It is represented by a blue smiling face icon on the Dock, as shown below (clicking the Finder icon in the Dock brings the Finder to the foreground). The desktop is the space on your screen where you see file, folder, and volume icons. When you connect a hard disk, DVD or SD memory card to your Mac, its icon shows up on the desktop and Finder window sidebars. Summary of improvements in Snow Leopard The Finder has been completely rewritten using the modern Cocoa framework in Mac OS X, taking advantage of the new technologies in Snow Leopard–including 64-bit support and Grand Central Dispatch
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11 Aug 2009Filed under: Software , Odds and ends , iPhone , iPod touch People who fly airplanes, either professionally or for fun, are an interesting bunch. When they’re not flying, they are usually doing something to keep their skills sharp or to learn something new. This selection of five Mac and iPhone applications is a sampling of what’s available for Apple platforms for the very frequent fliers who read
Filed under: Multimedia , iPhone , First Look I’m a big David Bowie fan, regardless of the era.
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23 Jun 2009Just a few days after releasing its latest iPhone, Apple has quietly dropped the space that used to separate the “3G” and “S” in the product’s name.
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19 Jun 2009This article explains some common issues and troubleshooting when using international keyboards for non-Roman alphabets such as Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, or Ukrainian. When using one of the international keyboards, a QWERTY keyboard may temporarily appear (the title “QWERTY” appears on the Space key): When using the QWERTY keyboard, it may unexpectedly change to the other international keyboard.
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19 Jun 2009This article explains some common issues and troubleshooting when using international keyboards for non-Roman alphabets such as Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, or Ukrainian. When using one of the international keyboards, a QWERTY keyboard may temporarily appear (the title “QWERTY” appears on the Space key): When using the QWERTY keyboard, it may unexpectedly change to the other international keyboard.
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27 Mar 2009Filed under: Tips and tricks , Mac 101 Have you ever needed more room on your screen? Or have you ever needed a way to organize all the stuff you are working on with your Mac? Mac OS 10.5, aka Leopard , debuted a feature called Spaces : a way of creating extra screens on your Mac
The outside of the box said "Windows base machine or better", so I bought a Mac.