News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
As noted in our iTunes 8 first look and review, iTunes 8 features a new default visualiser that many people—myself included—find much more visually interesting than the version in prior releases. But you won’t find the following keys listed in help.
Rob Griffiths | Sep 30, 2008
As with any OS update, Mac OS X 10.5.5, released nearly two weeks ago, is a bit of a trade-off. While the update fixes a slew of bugs, it inevitably introduces a few new ones.
Ted Landau | Sep 28, 2008
If you’re running OS X 10.5, you’re probably aware of the new “data detectors” feature in Mail (and in iChat via a Terminal command). Data detectors see dates, times, and addresses in e-mails, and provide the ability to add those items to iCal or your Address Book, as appropriate.
Rob Griffiths | Sep 26, 2008
The Web is a breeding ground of new ideas and collaborative resources—you simply need to know where to look. But while there are plenty of great Web sites aimed at giving advice to creative professionals, sometimes you simply need to play around.
Macworld Staff | Sep 25, 2008
As regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of using the keyboard whenever possible, so I usually assign shortcuts to often-used menu items via the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel. But how do you create a keyboard shortcut for a menu item that uses smart quotes?
Rob Griffiths | Sep 24, 2008
The days when a household had one central stereo in the living room are long gone. Today you’ll find receivers and speakers scattered throughout—and sometimes, outside—the house. Yet, as many of us move from room to room, we switch one music system off and another on. Wouldn’t it be simpler to feed each system the same music and channel it to different rooms as you move around the house? And, better yet, have a way to control what plays and on which speakers? Of course you can. And you can with some tools you might already own. Here’s how.
Christopher Breen | Sep 24, 2008
App Store developers will now be able to reach customers in 13 new countries, according to an announcement on the iPhone Developer Program news page.
