Thursday, December 20, 2007

Mac OS X 10.5.2 is packing hefty fixes

due January-ish - Engadget
Apple seems to be addressing most of those remaining bugs with its 10.5.2 update, which it just seeded to developers. There are apparently 76 fixes listed in the release notes...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Software Updates in Leopard (And How Lucky We Are To Use Macs)

artice by Dan Wells - Barkings! | The Small Dog Apple Blog
First, and annoying only to technically savvy users, Leopard no longer tells you what it’s installing in an automatic update by default. If you choose Software Update from the Apple Menu, Leopard acts just like Tiger and presents a series of updates, allowing you to check or uncheck individual updates before you download them. If, however, Software Update runs as scheduled each week, its default behavior is to download all updates, THEN ask you if you want it to install them – without telling you what the updates are (there is a details button you can click to check).

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Emailing Web Pages

Apple - Pro - Tips - Emailing Web Pages
If you run across a web page you want to share with a friend, don’t send her a link to it — send her the page itself. Just press Command-I and a dialog will appear, asking for the email address of the person you want to send this web page to.

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Mouse-Free Folder Moves

Apple - Pro - Tips - Mouse-Free Folder Moves
Try opening and closing folders with the left and right arrow keys instead of double-clicking...(more)