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Make 10.6′s List Stacks look like Grid Stacks
If you use Stacks in Grid mode in OS X 10.6, and you’ve read this hint, then you know you navigate into (and out of) folders in Grid mode Stacks...
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Review: Sims 3: World Adventures
I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t review every Sims 3 expansion pack that comes out. The Sims, as a money-making enterprise, is brilliant....
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New: Itsy is a compact and streamlined Twitter client
Mowglii, developer of the iPhone app Worm, has just released Itsy, a free Twitter client for the Mac.
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Use mouseover highlights in Snow Leopard’s Stacks
One of the more-popular Dock modification hints in OS X 10.5 enabled a Stack target highlight on mouseover. With that hint in place in 10.5, when...
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Enable better font smoothing on some LCD displays in Snow Leopard
One of the unwelcome changes in Snow Leopard, at least for myself and others who use certain third-party LCD displays, was the gross simplification...
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Review: Bioshock
“I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?” So begins the player’s descent into the...
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New: Holiday software bundles now available
Here’s your chance to snag more Mac software. Two new package deals are available for the discerning shopper: the MacUpdate Holiday Bundle and the...
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Adobe dropping Flash support for older Macs
Were Macworld prone to tabloid-style controversy, we might use this paragraph to boldly declare that Adobe is dropping Mac support for Flash!
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Start a new Mail message from any application
Does your Mac usage involve sending lots of e-mail messages? So much so that you’d love to be able to send an e-mail from any application, regardless...
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Review: PDFpen 4.5.2
If you work much with PDF files, you may find that Preview isn’t quite powerful enough for your needs. While Preview, especially in 10.6, includes...
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Ten quick Calculator tricks
The lowly Calculator sits there in your Applications folder. It’s so unassuming you barely notice that it has menus and little interface details...
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Third-party screensavers return to Snow Leopard
When Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) was first released, I noted that many (maybe even all) third-party screensavers would no longer work in the new...
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Hack brings 10.6.2 back to Atom processors
Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the...
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Update: Camino 2.0 adds Tab Overview, improved annoyance blocking
Safari may have stolen much of the browser thunder in recent years, but that doesn't mean that other players aren't still plowing ahead, as evidenced...
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Review: Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning doesn’t give you a pony to ride. When you first enter the game, you won’t be greeted by a smiling, reassuring...
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Open minimised windows in current space in Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard changed a lot of small things in the system, and not all of these were detailed by Apple. One such change occurs when you use minimised...
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Update: Runtime Revolution 4.0 offers new Web-authoring option
Runtime Revolution has released version 4.0 of its self-titled application-authoring software. New in this release is the ability to deploy...
