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Fri, 11/20/2009 - 1:18pm
When Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) was first released, I noted that many (maybe even all) third-party screensavers would no longer work in the new OS. This was because 10.6 required 64-bit compatible screensavers, whereas existing screensavers were 32 bit.
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:24pm
When I publish hints here on Macworld, I usually try to walk through and explain how they work, so as to help you understand what's going on behind the scenes. Sometimes, though, I'll just present a solution without much of an explanation, such as with today's hint.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:49am
Among the many improvements in Snow Leopard is the ability to use the Tab key in user-created keyboard shortcuts. In OS X 10.5, pressing the Tab key while creating keyboard shortcuts (in the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel) didn't work; the system would just beep and not accept the Tab key.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 4:50am
Microsoft has cut the price of Office 2008 for the Mac by between $20 and $50 as part of its annual holiday sale.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 1:22pm
Snow Leopard changed a lot of small things in the system, and not all of these were detailed by Apple. One such change occurs when you use minimized windows with Spaces (Apple's tool to create virtual desktops). In OS X 10.5, when releasing (unminimizing just sounds so...wrong) a minimized window from the Dock, it would spring back into whatever Space it started on, switching to that Space as it activated the newly-released window.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 9:49am
From Garry Trudeau to Al Gore, these notable quotes have become legendary sound bites.
Sat, 11/14/2009 - 9:16pm
A federal judge has dealt a crushing blow to Mac clone maker Psystar by ruling that the Florida company violated Apple's copyright as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act when it installed Apple's OS on Intel-based computers.
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