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NewsAdelaide Apple Store tipped to sell out
After offering odds on Nokia’s smartphone Q2 market share a fortnight ago, Sportsbet has turned its hand to Apple’s latest retail store...
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HelpClearing up Mac App Store confusion
Reader Jack Sanford is being lied to by the Mac App Store and would like to do something about it. He writes: When I checked for Mac App Store updates...
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HelpHow to sync an Android phone to your Mac
Thanks to iCloud, syncing an iPhone with a Mac is a piece of cake. But Mac users who don’t buy into the whole ‘one vendor to rule them all’...
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Features100 more things every Mac user should know: Desktop & Dock
The second part of our updated ’100 things every Mac user should know covers numbers 22 to 29 – all related to Desktop & Dock. Five...
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NewsDeveloper-signed Mac spyware found on Angolan activist’s computer
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights...
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HelpGetting started with Messages
If you thought the only way you could use your Mac to communicate with other people was to send email messages, I’m about to brighten your day....
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Gadget GuideASUS Designo MX Series AH-IPS monitor
ASUS’s Designo MX Series monitor boasts a 178-degree wide view angle panel and Bang & Olufsen ICEpower-derived dual 3W stereo speakers. The...
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Help10 tips for mastering Microsoft Outlook 2013
Keeping track of emails, calendars and contacts can suck untold time out of any workday. Anything that speeds up your work in Outlook can boost...
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HelpSeeking a simple movie editor? Try QuickTime Pro 7
Reader Cameron Chang seeks a simple movie editor. He writes: I have some video clips that I’d like to lightly edit. For instance, I want to cut...
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NewsiTunes 11.0.3 enhances MiniPlayer, tweaks album options
If you were hoping that the next update to iTunes might reverse some of the drastic changes Apple made in last year’s version 11, don’t hold...
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BlogsNow you see it: how Apple’s Retina display is a boon to accessibility
iOS’s accessibility features are great, particularly on the iPad – as I’ve written elsewhere – but for disabled users, accessibility is...
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BlogsDon’t fear the touchscreen MacBook
If you’re just tuning in, please update your most-rumoured-Apple-device status board to ‘watch’. Repeat: ‘watch’ is the...
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HelpHow to install Linux on a vintage 68K Mac
If you’re like me and happen to have a bunch of vintage Macs powered by Motorola 680×0 CPUs lying around, then you probably like to tinker...
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BlogsApple and the file system: skating to where the puck might go
Since the introduction of the Mac, Apple has waged a steadily escalating war against the file system. While the ability to organise files hierarchically...
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HelpFive overlooked OS X system tweaks
If you like to find new ways to tweak OS X, you sometimes need to look in unexpected places. For example, the Accessibility pane of System Preferences...
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App GuideDelineato Pro 1.1 for Mac
There’s an endless array of minimalist, ‘distraction free’ text editors to capture notes and ideas, but what about more visual, free-form...
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BlogsFour things Apple could do to improve iPhoto right now
The last major version of iPhoto – iPhoto ’11 – came out in October 2010. Since then, I find myself spending less time working with family photos...
