Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Mac OS X Leopard - Technical Specs

Apple Canada - Mac OS X Leopard
General requirements
*Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
*512MB of memory
*DVD drive for installation
*9GB of available disk space

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Canada to tax legal digital music downloads

Electronista - Friday, October 19th
This decision follows a related move in July, in which the Copyright Board had tentatively approved a media player and memory levy that would add to the price of iPods and removable flash storage under the assumption that the devices were being used to carry copyrighted material.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Leopard Officially Shipping on October 26

The Apple Blog

Rotate individual PDF pages in Preview

Macworld: Mac OS X Hints - Nov. 2007
So here’s how to make Preview rotate just the currently displayed page in your PDF: hold down the option key before selecting Rotate Left or Rotate Right (either the toolbar buttons or the menu commands). With the option key held down, only the current page will rotate. (And if you save the document, it will be saved with the single page rotated.)

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Hide in Plain Sight

Apple - Pro - Tips
"Whether you have a sudden desire for privacy, want to conceal confidential information, or just like to feel organized, sometimes you need to clear your Mac’s desktop in a hurry. Here are some handy methods."

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Mac OS X Installation Methods

Barkings! | The Small Dog Apple Blog
Method #1: This method is for people who do not have a DVD drive. It requires that you have a second Macintosh computer with a DVD drive.

Almost all, if not all Macintosh computers built since the colorful iMacs come with a feature called Target Disk Mode. This ‘mode’ turns your Macintosh computer into a giant hard drive and when connected to another Macintosh via a Firewire cable will act just like a giant hard drive!

Saturday, October 06, 2007

A New Mac Tip Every Day

iTunes: Opening a playlist in a new window!
"The obvious way of opening a playlist in a new window would be to double-click on the name of the playlist, but it doesn't work. When you double-click on it, it lets you rename the playlist. The way to do it is to double-click on the icon that is at the left of the name of the playlist."

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Website Value Calculator

CyberWyre - Making A Living 100% Online
way fun, if you paste in kootenaymac.blogspot.com/ the results are: "Your site is valued at: $59,449,903"