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Safari Top Sites no longer blindly runs into hotspot pay walls

15. Mar, 2010 3 Comments

In the past, Safari’s Top Sites feature updated its preview icons with any old URL it ran into. Apple finally fixed the problem.

Safari

hotspots, Safari, Top Sites, Wi-Fi

The new Apple Remote and its unibody construction

11. Mar, 2010 1 Comment

Just don’t hold your breath for Jonathan Ive to lovingly speak in front of a white background about what a revolution this will be for the remote industry.

Apple TV, Hardware

Bodega can find app updates, install some

01. Jan, 2010 2 Comments

Bodega brings a little more of “The Future™” to your Mac by automating some third-party software updates.

3rd-Party Apps

Bodega, updates

iTunes doesn't like wasting music space

21. Dec, 2009 12 Comments

iTunes is eager to put all that free space on your iPhone or iPod to work with a simple syncing preference.

iTunes

Right-click to uninstall third-party System Preferences panes

04. Dec, 2009 4 Comments

You don’t need to dig into the Finder to remove third-party System Preferences panes like Growl or Flip4Mac.

3rd-Party Apps, System Preferences

file management

Socialite: Navigate between services with arrow keys

01. Dec, 2009 1 Comment

You can use custom keyboard shortcuts to swap between important features in Socialite, but you can also use simple arrow keys to switch between the services sidebar and events.

3rd-Party Apps

keyboard shortcuts, social media, Socialite

MarsEdit's got your back in a crash

21. Nov, 2009 1 Comment

OSes crash sometimes. Fortunately, MarsEdit is prepared.

3rd-Party Apps

backup, blogging, crash, MarsEdit

Transmit: Display both drawers simultaneously

20. Nov, 2009 4 Comments

Transmit, an FTP client, offers two useful drawers that display extra tools and information. Here’s how to display both of them on either side of Transmit’s window.

3rd-Party Apps

drawers, FTP, Transmit

SD versions of HD iTunes Store movies improve in quality

13. Nov, 2009 2 Comments

It seems like some SD versions of iTunes Store HD films got a quality bump. In May 2007, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl was 1.64GB with a 1632Kbps bitrate and 640 pixel resolution. Now when purchasing the just-released HD version, the extra SD version that comes along for the ride is [...]

iTunes

HD, iTunes Store