Mac 101: Switching apps within Exposé (3)
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Filed under: Mac 101By now, everyone knows about the awesome power/productivity achieved by using Exposé. Well, here is one time saver that Apple built into OS X which you might not have known about. After you invoke Exposé by using either the Exposé key, F9, or F10, pressing the tab key will cycle through your open windows, one application at a time (all the Safari windows, then all the Mail windows, then... etc.). Keep pressing ...
September 9th Apple Event confirmed (6)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Other Events, Apple According to Ars Technica and our own tipster Matt, Apple has sent out invitations to the media confirming the much anticipated September 9th iPod event. The invitation features an iPod screen with the words "Let's Rock" on it. According to the invite, the event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (located in San Fransico) at 10 am PT next Tuesday. We have reason ...
Back to School: iPhone applications to help you make the gra (4)
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Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App StoreTUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings. With students heading back to school around the country today, many are heading back with an iPhone (possibly a iPhone 3G, no doubt). In this post, I'm going to suggest a few iPhone applications that you can use to stay on task, and, of course, "make ...
Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac and Windows (8)
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Filed under: Multimedia, Software UpdateEarlier tonight we saw the release of the ProRes Decoder tool for QuickTime. According to Apple, this tool will allow QuickTime to play Apple ProRes 422 files, using the codec that provides "visually lossless, uncompressed HD video at SD data rates" for Final Cut users. This is the first version of the codec that includes playback on Windows machines."It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to ...
Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac and Windows (1)
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Filed under: Multimedia, Software UpdateEarlier tonight we saw the release of the ProRes Decoder tool for QuickTime. According to Apple, this tool will allow QuickTime to play Apple ProRes 422 files, using the codec that provides "visually lossless, uncompressed HD video at SD data rates" for Final Cut users. This is the first version of the codec that includes playback on Windows machines."It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to ...
Terminal Tips: Disable annoying application crash dialogs - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (7)
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Filed under: Terminal Tips Don't you hate it when an application becomes unresponsive and crashes? Are you even more tired of reading annoying application crash dialog boxes? A simple Terminal hack allows you to never see these dialogs again. Just open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type: defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType noneThis will disable the "...unexpectedly quit" dialog that normally appears when an application crashes. If you ever want the dialogs to start appearing again, ...
Google Gears beta for Safari (17)
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Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools Google Gears has been around for Firefox on the Mac for quite a while. However, Safari users have been left in the cold. Google Gears allows you to access certain Google services, most notably Docs and Reader, offline (as well as other offline-enabled web services like Remember The Milk). This week, a beta for Safari has become available.With Google Gears, for example, you can view all of your Google Docs ...
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booyaa said:
YES! I CAN HAZ OFFLINE GOOGLE ON SAFARI!
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sc said:
the future of iphone apps?
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Seth said:
interesting development for sure.
Steve Jobs: Still Not Dead. Film at 11. (11)
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Filed under: Apple Corporate Bloomberg seems to be having an extremely slow news day. Its obituary update for Steve Jobs has turned awry. The obituary, a copy of which was sent to Gawker, contains a list of contacts that could be used for an extended story. Soon after the obituary was published, Bloomberg issued the following retraction: Story Referencing Apple Was Sent in Error by Bloomberg News Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) - An incomplete story referencing ...
Steve Jobs: Still Not Dead. Film at 11. (1)
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Filed under: Apple Corporate Bloomberg seems to be having an extremely slow news day. Its obituary update for Steve Jobs has turned awry. The obituary, a copy of which was sent to Gawker, contains a list of contacts that could be used for an extended story. Soon after the obituary was published, Bloomberg issued the following retraction: Story Referencing Apple Was Sent in Error by Bloomberg News Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) - An incomplete story referencing ...
Beta Beat: Delish (3)
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Filed under: Software, Beta BeatIf you're a Del.icio.us fanactic like I am, then you have hundreds, going on thousands of bookmarks. How do you view your 1,000+ bookmarks? If you use a web browser, then you're living in the dark ages. I am going to show you a better way to view your bookmarks that may leave you speechless.Delish is a completely new way to view your Del.icio.us bookmarks. You may ask, "What's so special ...
Adium 1.3 released (2)
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Filed under: Software, Open SourceMulti-service, open source and free chat client Adium received a new point release tonight, with new features and a redesigned interface for viewing contact information. Adium 1.3 features the following goodies: Get Info Window is now called the "Contact Inspector" The aforementioned Contact Inspector has a newly redesigned interface that allows for faster retrieval of contact information Facebook chat is now integrated into Adium 1.3 Standard contact window list now features ...
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Now if they got the functionality of Digsby with it's Facebook integration, this would be a much better app. In the meantime, it's just "eh" to me.
Rapidweaver 4.1 released (5)
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Filed under: Software, Internet ToolsRapidWeaver is our "favourite" WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) web design tool that gives you more flexibility than what iWeb. Realmac Software, the developer of RapidWeaver, has updated the software to version 4.1, and included some new features that are worth a look, including: QuickLook support is now standard .Mac references have been changed to show "MobileMe" Images pasted into a Styled Text area keep their names as ...
Rapidweaver 4.1 released (1)
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Filed under: Software, Internet ToolsRapidWeaver is our "favourite" WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) web design tool that gives you more flexibility than what iWeb. Realmac Software, the developer of RapidWeaver, has updated the software to version 4.1, and included some new features that are worth a look, including: QuickLook support is now standard .Mac references have been changed to show "MobileMe" Images pasted into a Styled Text area keep their names as ...
Apple's tasty calculator mistake (14)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Bugs/Recalls, iPhone In a recent tip, TUAW reader Dr. Drang told us about a bug he found on the iPhone/iPod touch's calculator. According to his research, when you type π × 2 + 5 = into the calculator you get 11.283... (the correct answer). However, when you reverse the Pi and 2, entering 2 × π + 5, the answer given is 7. This error can be demonstrated by entering Pi ...
Apple's tasty calculator mistake (4)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Bugs/Recalls, iPhone In a recent tip, TUAW reader Dr. Drang told us about a bug he found on the iPhone/iPod touch's calculator. According to his research, when you type π × 2 + 5 = into the calculator you get 11.283... (the correct answer). However, when you reverse the Pi and 2, entering 2 × π + 5, the answer given is 7. This error can be demonstrated by entering Pi ...
Dev Team Releases PwnageTool 2.0.3 Jailbreaks Latest 2.0.2FW (40)
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Filed under: iPod Family, iPhoneIf you are the iPhone jailbreaking type, then you might want to know that Pwnage Tool from the iPhone Dev Team has been updated to version 2.0.3.This version includes the following new features: Support for iPhone/iPod touch firmware 2.0.2 5C1 Updated version of Installer.app beta 6 New .de localization for German speaking users Pwnage Tool 2.0.3 can be downloaded from the iPhone Dev Team's blog, or via the Pwnage Tool updater.Thanks ...
PwnageTool 2.0.3 (2)
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Filed under: iPod Family, iPhoneIf you are the iPhone jailbreaking type, then you might want to know that Pwnage Tool from the iPhone Dev Team has been updated to version 2.0.3.This version includes the following new features: Support for iPhone/iPod touch firmware 2.0.2 5C1 Updated version of Installer.app beta 6 New .de localization for German speaking users Pwnage Tool 2.0.3 can be downloaded from the iPhone Dev Team's blog, or via the Pwnage Tool updater.Thanks ...
Adium 1.3 released (28)
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Filed under: Software, Open SourceMulti-service, open source and free chat client Adium received a new point release tonight, with new features and a redesigned interface for viewing contact information. Adium 1.3 features the following goodies: Get Info Window is now called the "Contact Inspector" The aforementioned Contact Inspector has a newly redesigned interface that allows for faster retrieval of contact information Facebook chat is now integrated into Adium 1.3 Standard contact window list now features ...
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Tom said:
This means those of us who have been using the beta releases to access Facebook chat can finally switch back to a stable release again.
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Boxpuppy said:
Now if they got the functionality of Digsby with it's Facebook integration, this would be a much better app. In the meantime, it's just "eh" to me.
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Marco Ponce said:
Awe shizzy! This is my most used mac app fo sho! Nice to see the improvments :)
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George Tziralis said:
facebook chat now working
Apple seeds Safari 4.0 dev preview 2 (12)
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Filed under: OS, Internet Tools, DeveloperApple has started seeding developers with Safari 4.0 preview 2. You may recall that the last developer preview was issued in June after the WWDC.Safari 4.0 DP2 has a build number of 40A12. Just like the last build, this edition scored a perfect 100/100 on the Acid3 test. Developers with access to the Apple Connect website can download Safari 4.0 preview 2 for Mac OS X Leopard, Tiger, and for ...
Terminal Tips: Make your Screensaver a desktop background (1)
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Filed under: Terminal Tips Have you ever wanted your screen saver to appear as a background image? Probably not. But if you like to show off to your Windows-using friends, then this tip can definitely help you out. By typing the following command into Terminal (Applications > Utilities), all on one line, and hitting enter, you will instantly see your screen saver displayed as a desktop background:/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -backgroundTo get things back to normal (which you ...
