Apple - Pro - Tips

Move All Your Stuff to a New Mac -- Quick - From Scott Kelby’s “Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips”
Now, when it’s time to make the “big move,” just connect the two Macs with a FireWire cable, then go to your new Mac and look inside the Applications folder, then go to the Utilities folder, where you’ll find an application called Migration Assistant. Double-click on it and since it’s an assistant, it will lead you through a series of screens with questions about what you want to do.

Apple TV OS running on MacBook and booting from USB drive

AppleInsider
Apple Inc.'s new Apple TV runs a modified version of the Mac OS X operating system that hackers have already managed to extract and boot on an Intel-based MacBook and an external USB drive.

Lack of Mac malware baffles experts

By Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com
Apple's Mac OS X remains almost completely free of any sort of malware threat despite several years of availability, a significant market share, and even an entire month dedicated to pointing out its flaws.

And security experts are not exactly sure why. In an article for the McAfee Avert Labs blog, security researcher Marius van Oers pointed out that Mac malware is 'pretty much non-existent at the moment'.

The researcher said that out of 236,000 known pieces of malicious software, only seven affect Mac OS X.

Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard and the Vista-compatibility delay myth

MacDailyNews Saturday, March 24, 2007
'When is Apple's new Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard arriving? The rumor mill has lately consumed itself with reporting a flurry of dates,' Daniel Eran writes for RoughlyDrafted. 'Most recently, it has invented the absurd idea the Leopard is hung up on Vista compatibility. Why make crazy stuff up when the truth is so much simpler?'

Apple - Pro - Tips

Spotlight: Get to Your Top Hit Fast
"So basically, just press Command-Return to instantly open the Top Hit."

Crash Different

Mac Parody - YouTube

10.4.9: Mac OS X update weirdness?

TidBITS Talk Discussion List
If any weirdness is experienced, I'd strongly recommend using the Combo update.

Grab Bag of Security Fixes and Patches for Mac OS X
As always, if you experience any unusual problems after updating, particularly with applications not launching, download and install the combo updater for your Mac, since it can provide a cleaner installation.

Unsanity.org: Shock and Awe
How Installing Apple's Updates can Render Your Mac Unbootable and How You Can Prevent it

kootenay mac "desktop pick of the week"

Japan Rising by ~Spawnof - on deviantART
follow the artists comments to "Gulloh's work"

Apple Tower Letterbox

Flickr - Photo Sharing
(mislabeled on Flickr as an iMac)

Latest reports on Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update

MacInTouch Reader Reports: Mac OS X 10.4.9
worth reading before installing...
MacSlash | Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update

Wired News: Photoshopped

Adobe Tackles Photo Forgeries - Among other things, Adobe is developing a tool that will detect the use of the copying tool known as the 'clone stamp.' The tool will identify when two areas in a photo are 'impossibly similar,' Story said.

Re-imaging History - A picture is worth a thousand words, and Photoshop and similar tools have made it easier than ever to make those words fib. But while computers enable easier and better photo manipulation, it is hardly a new phenomenon. Here is a sampling of some of the more famous altered photographs from the last century.

mactactic - know when to buy your mac

buying guide & replacement estimates
"We estimate the release date of new macs so you get a chance to buy when they are the best value."

About the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update (delta)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304821
The Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update (delta) updates Mac OS X 10.4.8 to version 10.4.9 on both Intel-based Macs and PowerPC-based Macs. (If you are updating from a previous version of Mac OS X 10.4.x to 10.4.9 see this article.)

hat tip: MacMinute

MacInTouch: timely news and tips about the Apple Macintosh
We have added more reader reports this afternoon about Apple's brand-new Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update, noting new fixes, along with several update problems and other experiences and observations. [This is likely to be Apple's final update (aside from security patches) to Mac OS X "Tiger", as the debut of Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" approaches.]

iTunes 7.1 Prepares for Apple TV

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Apple has released iTunes 7.1, an update that doesn't appear to offer much on the surface, but incorporates compatibility with the upcoming Apple TV. A new Apple TV section in the preferences displays Apple TV units that have been authorized to work with iTunes.

Become the Ultimate Menu Master!

Barkings! | The Small Dog Apple Blog
Want to really speed things up? How about jumping right to the Apple menu without even clicking the mouse? Just press Control-F2, press Return, and the Apple menu pops down (if you’re using a MacBook, press Function-Control-F2). Oh, but there’s more! Now that you’re in the Apple menu, press the Right Arrow key on your keyboard to move to the other menus (Finder, File, Edit, View, etc.) and the Left Arrow to move back...

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build 9A377a

Think Secret - Gallery
A new seed of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard found its way to developers hands last week sporting a number of improvements over previous builds.

Jump directly to the 9A377a gallery

Apple - iPhone - Hello

Hello - iPhone ad link - via Apple eNews
Hello. Did you see the new ad for iPhone? It premiered during last weekend's Academy Awards, but if you missed it, not to worry. You can pick up your mouse and say "hello."

If Google Was Like OS X

via Barkings! | The Small Dog Apple Blog
This is a nifty website that makes use of OS X’s dock idea.