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Tech Review: Apple's Magic Mouse

Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:23 pm PST

The curvaceous top of the mouse is a multi-touch surface.Apple’s new Magic Mouse is a very nice mousie indeed. No obvious buttons, no scroll wheel, just a sleek multi-touch surface and some groovy new software that lets you scroll with momentum — similar to the way scrolling works on an ...

Review, Computers, Mouse, Magic Mouse, Amazon, Snow Leopard, Software, mac os x, Apple, Gross Finger Oil

Snow Leopard Installed

Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:42 pm PDT

Took the plunge and installed the latest version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, and it went off without a hitch. I had to upgrade three utilities to the latest versions: Snapz Pro X, Default Folder X, and Little Snitch. Apart from that, everything seems to be working beautifully. Yes, ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Snow Leopard, Amazon

More Details on Snow Leopard

Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:56 pm PDT

TidBITS has a couple of good articles on the new features — some of them hidden — in the latest version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard: What’s New in Snow Leopard More Hidden Refinements in Snow Leopard

Apple, mac os x, Software, Snow Leopard, Amazon

Video: Snow Leopard's Hidden Features

Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:05 pm PDT

The latest version of Mac OS X (10.6), Snow Leopard, was released into the wild today as announced earlier this week. My copy is scheduled to arrive Monday so I can’t give you a review yet, but here’s a MacWorld video showing some new features that may not be obvious ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Snow Leopard, Amazon

Snow Leopard This Week

Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:43 pm PDT

Apple’s latest performance-oriented version of OS X (10.6), Snow Leopard, will be released ahead of schedule this Friday, August 28, 2009. I’ve already pre-ordered mine, after getting enthusiastic thumbs-up reviews from developer pals with pre-release versions: Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Apple, mac os x, Software, Snow Leopard, Amazon

Snow Leopard on the Horizon

Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:17 pm PDT

Amazon now has Mac OS X Snow Leopard available for pre-order; the upgrade price if you’re already using Leopard is a very reasonable $29. Apple has announced it will be available sometime in September. Snow Leopard doesn’t add a lot of new features; the emphasis with this new version of ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Snow Leopard, Amazon

Safari 4 New Version

Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 6:13 pm PDT

There’s a new release of Safari 4 (4.0.2) featuring improved stability in the “Nitro” Javascript engine and “the latest compatibility and security fixes” according to Apple: Apple - Downloads - Application Updates - Safari. I have been noticing some Javascript problems with the release version of Safari 4 - sometimes ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Safari, Web Browser

Safari 4's Developer Tools Rock

Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:47 pm PDT

Apple’s recently-released Safari 4 web browser features a major update to its developers’ tools, and if you have anything to do with designing websites you’ll find some of these new abilities very handy. You can inspect the HTML structure of the page and alter CSS properties on the fly, profile ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Safari, Web Browser, Javascript, Debugger, Developers

Apple Announcements Imminent

Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:58 am PDT

Apple’s WWDC conference keynote speech is due to begin at 10 am Pacific time, and it’s being liveblogged at Engadget and Gizmodo. (Looks like Gizmodo’s page is Ajax-driven for auto updates...) Apple’s expected to announce new versions of the iPhone, the new iPhone OS 3.0, and possibly the latest upgrade ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Hardware, iPhone, WWDC

The Great Adobe Flash Downgrade Maneuver

Sun, May 17, 2009 at 5:42 pm PDT

OK, so I upgraded to Adobe’s latest version of the Flash plugin recently, version 10. Big mistake. My Intel Mac desktop machine promptly started getting very cranky. Safari slowed down. Video playback was jerky and slow. Other applications were affected too; the excellent utility Keyboard Maestro became almost unuseable, it ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Flash, Adobe, Downgrade

Mac OS 10.5.7 Security Update Available

Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:45 am PDT

Apple users: run, don’t walk, to your Software Update application and grab the latest update to Mac OS X, with important security enhancements: Apple Unveils Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Safari Updates. The security update for the beta version of Safari 4 is available at the Apple website: Apple - ...

Apple, mac os x, Software, Safari, Web Browser

Tech Note: Safari 2 Snafu?

Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:15 pm PDT

I’ve received a few emails from Mac users who are still running version 2 of the Safari web browser with Mac OS 10.4, saying that Safari is crashing at LGF. I’ll check into it, but the best way to get it working immediately is to upgrade to version 3 of ...

LGF, Tech Note, Javascript, Web Browser, Safari, mac os x

Lost in Linux Land 2

Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:41 pm PDT

Some observations after a couple of days experimenting with installing different Linux versions under VMware Fusion in Mac OS 10.5.2: * So far, I’ve had the best success with Fedora Core 8 (version 9 is only a few days away), and Ubuntu 8.04. If you prefer the KDE desktop, Kubuntu ...

LGF, Technology, Linux, red hat, fedora, mac os x, ubuntu

Lost in Linux

Sun, May 4, 2008 at 3:32 pm PDT

One of the coolest things about Intel-based Macs is that with the aid of Boot Camp or VMware Fusion, you can easily have several different operating systems running at once, all of them working pretty much at full speed with full compatibility. I’ve had a copy of Red Hat Linux ...

LGF, Technology, Linux, red hat, fedora, mac os x