Macworld articles from March 2008

Macworld archives from March 2008

Apple's latest moves: analyzing the announcements at Macworld Expo.(FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK)(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... Macworld Expo is without a doubt the high point of the year for anyone who follows Apple. While this year's announcements were not on a par with last year's mind-blowing unveiling of the iPhone, they were still fascinating to behold. ...

You've got the touch.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2008... I was surprised by the modest rating you gave the iPod touch (GOOD 1/2; "iPod Evolution," December 2007). I bought the 16GB version, which I take with me on my frequent trips to Europe, and I think it's fantastic. Videos I've ripped from my...

In the Pocket.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2008... Your "Pocket-Friendly Compact Cameras" review (December 2007) included the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100. Readers interested in a similar compact camera should consider Panasonic's DMC-LX2. It's slightly more expensive (about $60 more on the...

Adobe versus Apple?(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)(Column)
March 1, 2008... Pamela Pfiffner's article about Adobe's history ("Adobe Turns 25," Mac Beat, December 2007) ended by telling us that Mac users "are the beneficiaries of [Adobe's] record of excellence." Huh? The latest PC version of Photoshop Elements is...

The new Windows.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... The December Mac 911 column made me very sad. The answers to the various "vexing Mac problems" reminded me of Mac discussion forums 10 or 15 years ago: Someone would compare the instructions for doing something--anything--in Windows, a...

Praise for a genius.(FEEDBACK)
March 1, 2008... In the Dallas airport recently, I turned on my iPod. Some sort of test screen showing many types of numbers appeared. My efforts to get to my iTunes playlists were unsuccessful. Fortunately, I am a ProCare member and have the number of Apple's...

Welcome back.(FEEDBACK)
March 1, 2008... Things I never expected to happen in my lifetime: the Red Sox winning a World Series, and my owning another Macintosh. In the mid-1990s, I jumped to Windows and never expected to look back. It took a decade for me to come around, but in the...

Overheard on the forums.(FEEDBACK)
March 1, 2008... I get the most work done in the shed at the back of the yard-partly because it's quiet, but mostly because my wireless connection doesn't reach it and so there's no e-mail checking or news-site reading to distract me. FortranGuy...

Leopard: your take.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Having spent the last two days in Apple's discussion forums reading about the many problems Mac users have had when upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5, I am still very leery of installing it on my PowerBook G4. I have never seen such problems with...

Apple introduces iTunes movie rentals: despite some minor glitches, iTunes rentals work well.(MACWORLD EXPO)
March 1, 2008... In the weeks leading up to Macworld Expo, widespread reports predicted that Apple would abandon its hard-line stance against rentals and begin offering movies for rent on the iTunes Store. Those reports proved to be dead-on. [ILLUSTRATION...

Apple TV gets updated.(Mac Beat)
March 1, 2008... During his keynote, Jobs showed a remarkable amount of humility about the Apple TV's first iteration, though he did suggest that Apple was not alone in having failed to solve the issue of providing digital downloads to the living room. But that...

Music matters.(TECH TRENDS)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Mac users are not only more likely than PC users to listen to digital music, they are more likely to pay for it as well. An NPD Group study of U.S. Internet users age 13 and older found that 50 percent of Mac users had bought music online...

iTunes Digital Copy.(Mac Beat)(Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... During his keynote, Steve Jobs invited Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, to speak about the movie-rental partnership between the two companies. Gianopulos also told the audience that Fox would begin including an iTunes-and...

Amazon Album Art 2.12.(WIDGET OF THE MONTH)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... iTunes can find album art for tracks in your library, but only if those tracks are labeled exactly as in the iTunes Store. For other tracks, the Widget Foundry's Amazon Album Art 2.12 (payment requested) can help. Type the artist and track...

Netflix offers unlimited streaming--still Windows-only.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Movie rental company Netflix has announced unlimited streaming of movies and TV episodes to the PCs of all subscribers on an unlimited rental plan (previously it handled streaming as a metered service). Netflix currently offers 6,000 movies and...

DRM in its death throes?(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Amazon.com Inc.)(Sony BMG Music Entertainment)(digital rights management)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... In January, Amazon announced that it was adding music from Sony BMG to its Amazon MP3 digital music down-load service. Amazon MP3 sells all its songs in the MP3 format, which eschews any sort of digital rights management (DRM) technology. The...

Best of show: our favorite products from Macworld Expo 2008.(MACWORLD EXPO)
March 1, 2008... Every January, Macworld's editors scour the Expo show floor for the most intriguing new products we can find. This year, these 11 products stood out from the rest of a very large, very full field. (For video of our "Best of Show" ceremonies, go...

First look: Photoshop Elements 6.0; Image-editor update delivers welcome additions.(GRAPHICS)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2008... Patience can indeed have its rewards, and when it comes to the newly unveiled Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0, the payoff promises to be big. In fact, it's been so long since Adobe has come out with a Mac release that Elements skipped version 5...

Eudora Mailbox Cleaner 4.8.(What we're raving about this month)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... I've been using Eudora for my e-mail ever since I gave up on Pine in the early 1990s. The thought of moving to another e-mail client was too daunting until two pieces of software gave me the courage to enter the modern age--Leopard's version of...

Waterproof Data Storage Chest.(What we're raving about this month)(Information storage and retrieval systems from Sentry Software Corp.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Although a good backup system includes keeping an off-site copy of your data, protecting your on-site backups is important as well. SentrySafe's $170 QA0121 Waterproof Data Storage Chest is a compact media safe that holds up to 60 CDs and DVDs,...

Warp.(What we're raving about this month)(Kent Sutherland's new services)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Let's be honest--not everybody loves Leopard's new Spaces feature, which gives you multiple virtual desktops; users who rely heavily on the mouse to get around may find it downright inconvenient. From Kent Sutherland, who brought us the very...

Anxiety.(What we're raving about this month)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... With my upgrade to Leopard, I've vowed to start making better use of iCal, but I haven't quite gotten around to managing my to-do lists. Both iCal and Mail now have the ability to handle to-dos, but neither of them integrates very well into my...

MicPort Pro.(What we're raving about this month)(CEntrance's small USB preamps)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Are you ready to take your podcast on the road but don't want to lug along the bulky USB interface required to move your voice from mike to Mac? CEntrance provides a portable solution in the form of its $150 XLR-to-USB microphone preamp, the...

2-Port Dual-Link DVI KMP & Multimedia Switch.(HARDWARE)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... 2-Port Dual-Link DVI KMP & Multimedia Switch, from logear (www.iogear.com): Device shares a dual-link DVI display, USB keyboard and mouse, and surround-sound system between two computers ($400).

DroboShare.(HARDWARE)
March 1, 2008... DroboShare, from Data Robotics (www.datarobotics.com): Companion product to Drobo storage device lets users share and store files over a local area network ($199).

eGo USB 2.0/FireWire.(HARDWARE)(Iomega Corp. (San Diego, California))(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... eGo USB 2.0/FireWire, from Iomega (www.iomega.com): Flask-shaped USB 2.0 and FireWire hard drive includes Drop Guard feature to protect against falls, and comes in different colors (160GB, $189; 250GB, $229).

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M.(HARDWARE)(Fujitsu America Inc.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M, from Fujitsu (www.fujitsu.com): Mobile scanner measures 11.2 by 3.7 by 3.0 inches and can scan paper documents, receipts, bills, invoices, and business cards ($295).

Photosmart Pro B8850.(HARDWARE)
March 1, 2008... Photosmart Pro B8850, from Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com): B-size printer uses eight pigment-based inks; bottom-feed paper tray can handle approximately 50 sheets of standard photo paper ($549).

Podcast Studio.(HARDWARE)(Belkin Corp.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Podcast Studio, from Belkin (www.belkin.com): Two-channel iPod-based audio mixer offers two XLR inputs, two 1/4-inch inputs, two 1/8-inch inputs, left and right built-in microphones, and a built-in speaker and headphone jack for live monitoring...

SeriTek/5PM SATA enclosure.(HARDWARE)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... SeriTek/5PM SATA enclosure, from FirmTek (www.firmtek.com): Hard-drive enclosure can hold up to five hot-swappable Serial ATA drives ($540; also available with 500GB, 750GB, and iTB drives).

Tango X2.(HARDWARE)( XtremeMac )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Tango X2, from XtremeMac (www.xtrememac.com): Updated iPod speaker system adds an AM/FM tuner supporting six user presets and a blue LED display tucked behind its front grille ($150).

Doozla.(SOFTWARE)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Doozla, from Plasq (plasq.com): Drawing program for kids includes Coloring, Drawing, Webcam Drawing, and Draw On Background modes; creates resizable vector drawings; and works with tablets and iSight cameras ($25).

EyeTV 3.(SOFTWARE)(Elgato Systems's television software )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... EyeTV 3, from Elgato Systems (www.elgato.com): This television software gets an iTunes-like interface, including a customizable sidebar and Cover Flow mode, plus sharing and Smart Guides features ($80; upgrade, $40).

Interarchy 9.(SOFTWARE)
March 1, 2008... Interarchy 9, from Nolobe (www.nolobe.com): File-transfer program adds support for a new SSH protocol that's faster than SFTP, among other enhancements ($39; upgrade, $29).

LightWork 7.8.(SOFTWARE)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... LightWork 7.8, from LightWork Design (www.lightworkdesign.com): Updated rendering program offers improved accuracy and performance, plus easier-to-use lighting, global illumination, tone mapping, and gamma correction tools (contact LightWork...

NetNewsWire 3.1.(SOFTWARE)
March 1, 2008... NetNewsWire 3.1, from NewsGator (www.newsgator.com): RSS reader, which previously sold for $30 but now costs nothing, adds tabbed browsing (free).

PDF2Office Personal 4.(SOFTWARE)
March 1, 2008... PDF2Office Personal 4, from Recosoft (www.recosoft.com): PDF-to-Word converter adds complete integration with Microsoft Office 2008 as well as full support for Leopard ($59; upgrade, $29).

Phlink 4.(SOFTWARE)
March 1, 2008... Phlink 4, from Ovolab (www.ovolab.com): Updated telephony software gets revamped interface and adds call-screening and talking caller-ID features ($150; upgrade, $40).

Universal Type Server.(SOFTWARE)(Extensis Inc.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Universal Type Server, from Extensis (www.extensis.com): New client-server font-management program supersedes the company's existing Suitcase Server X1 and Font Reserve Server products (contact Extensis for pricing).

Huge hard drives: desktop drives help Time Machine move forward (and back).(Reviews)(DriveStation TurboUSB)(Mercury Elite-AL Pro)(My Book Studio Edition)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2008... While the improvements in Leopard (aka OS X 10.5) are many, they're anything but cosmetic. This is nowhere more evident than in Time Machine, Leopard's powerful automated backup feature. For some people, Time Machine has been the most hotly...

Mac OS X Server 10.5.(SOFTWARE)(Apple Mac OS X 10.5 from Apple Inc.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: ten clients, $499 COMPANY: Apple URL: www.apple.com Mac OS X Server 10.5--popularly referred to as Leopard Server--is the sixth major update to Apple's server operating system, and Apple's strongest...

Sound Studio 3.5.(SOFTWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $80 COMPANY: Freeverse URL: www.freeverse.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sound Studio 3.5.5, an easy-to-use program for recording, editing, and applying effects to digital audio, can help you do...

Final Cut Express 4.(SOFTWARE)(desktop video software)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $199 COMPANY: Apple URL: www.apple.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the past, Apple offered three tiers of video-editing software. iMovie HD catered to beginners. At the other end of the scale, Final...

Madden NFL 08.(SOFTWARE)(video game)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $40 COMPANY: Electronic Arts URL: www.madden08.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Only once in a blue moon does the storied Madden gridiron football game come to the Mac. In this case, it's been seven...

Colin McRae Rally Mac.(SOFTWARE)(video game)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $50 COMPANY: Feral Interactive URL:www.feralinteractive.com Colin McRae Rally Mac is unarguably the most realistic and intense auto-racing game on the Mac right now--this game re-creates the thrills...

VectorWorks 2008.(SOFTWARE)(CAD software)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $1,195 to $2,395 COMPANY: Nemetschek North America URL: www.nemetschek.net [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VectorWorks has been one of the premiere CAD (computer-aided design) programs for the Mac for...

DiamondVest for iPhone.(HARDWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $25 COMPANY: Agent 18 URL: www.agent18.com A ruggedly designed skin case, the black DiamondVest for iPhone is a single piece of silicone that slips easily onto your iPhone. A tactile pattern...

imagePrograf iPF6100.(HARDWARE)(digital printing system)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $3,495 COMPANY: Canon URL: www.canon.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The imagePrograf iPF6100 should put an end to talk that Canon can't compete in the professional photo-printer market. With a better...

Leather Folio for iPhone.(HARDWARE)(leather mobile case)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $40 COMPANY: Incase URL: www.goincase.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A leather, horizontal holster-style case, the Leather Folio offers quick access to your iPhone while you carry it on your belt....

Laser printer.(PRINTERS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... C6100dn RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $799 COMPANY: Oki Data URL: www.okidata.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The C6100dn, from Oki Data, produces great-looking prints and includes built-in duplexing. It also offers easy...

Ink-jet photo printer.(PRINTERS)(Epson's Stylus Photo 1400 )(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Stylus Photo 1400 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $276 COMPANY: Epson URL: www.epson.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Epson's Stylus Photo 1400 prints photos rich in color and detail. Capable of printing photos as large as 13 by...

Compact photo printer.(PRINTERS)(PictureMate Zoom)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... PictureMate Zoom PM 290 RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $200 COMPANY: Epson URL: www.epson.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Affordable, problem-free, and fun to use, the PictureMate Zoom is the best and fastest portable photo...

Multifunction ink-jet.(PRINTERS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Photosmart C7180 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $320 COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard URL: www.hp.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The HP Photo-smart C7180's features, connection options, and solid print and scan quality make it an...

Multifunction laser.(PRINTERS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... X500N RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $396 COMPANY: Lexmark URL: www.lexmark.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NEW Don't let the Lexmark X500N's low price tag fool you. This all-in-one color laser printer, scanner, and copier...

Perfection V700 Photo.(FLATBED SCANNER)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $478 COMPANY: Epson URL: www.epson.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Epson Perfection V700 Photo is an excellent midrange scanner for people who need to scan both reflective media and transparencies,...

Digital SLR.(DIGITAL CAMERAS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... D40 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $470 COMPANY: Nikon URL: www.nikonusa.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Nikon D40 is a great value. This 6.1-megapixel camera comes with every feature you'd desire in a DSLR, such as...

Compact digital camera.(DIGITAL CAMERAS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... NV11 RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $263 COMPANY: Samsung URL: www.samsung.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An excellent all-around camera, the Samsung NV11 is equally accommodating of beginners and advanced shutter-bugs...

PV-GS320.(MINIDV CAMCORDER)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $359 COMPANY: Panasonic URL: www.panasonic.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Compared with other 3-CCD MiniDV camcorders, the Panasonic PV-GS320 is a bargain. And it's a good choice for people who want a...

Large display.(LCD MONITORS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... LP2465 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $589 COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard URL: www.hp.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The LP2465 is an affordable and flexible 24-inch desktop LCD with a 16:10 wide-screen aspect ratio that immediately...

Medium display.(LCD MONITORS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... MultiSync 2190UXi RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $977 COMPANY: NEC URL: www.necdisplay.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 21-inch NEC MultiSync 2190UXi does not come cheap, but it offers vivid and accurate colors, as well...

d2 DVD+/-RW with LightScribe.(DUAL-LAYER DVD BURNER)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $97 COMPANY: LaCie URL: www.lacie.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Speedy and versatile, the LaCie d2 external rewritable drive has the added bonus of being able to burn LightScribe images--a cool...

Desktop drive.(FIREWIRE HARD DRIVES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... G-Drive Q 500GB RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $279 COMPANY: G-Technology URL: www.g-technology.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The G-Drive Q SATA hard drive has nearly every type of connection you could want. It operates...

Portable drive.(FIREWIRE HARD DRIVES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Rocbit 2B RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $213 COMPANY: Rocsecure URL: www.rocsecure.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Rocbit 2B is a fast and pleasantly quiet portable hard drive featuring real-time encryption. It's well...

Macs.(Top Products)(Statistical table)
March 1, 2008... PRODUCT PROCESSOR RATING PRICE (A) DISPLAY DESKTOP iMac Intel Core 2 VERY GOOD $1,194 20 inches Duo/2GHz Intel Core 2 VERY GOOD $1,490 20 inches Duo/2.4GHz ...

iPODS.(Top Products)(Statistical table)
March 1, 2008... PRODUCT CAPACITY RATING PRICE (A) DISPLAY iPod classic 80GB VERY GOOD $230 2.5-inch color iPod classic 160GB VERY GOOD $329 2.5-inch ...

Audio: Amadeus Pro 1.2.(Mac Gems)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $40 COMPANY: HairerSoft URL: www.hairersoft.com With the increasing popularity of pod-casting and do-it-yourself movie- and music-making, audio-editing software is finding its way into the mainstream....

Utility: BetterZip Quick Look Generator 1.1.(Mac Gems)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2008... RATING: GOOD 1/2 PRICE: free COMPANY: MacltBetter URL: macworld.com/3334 Quick Look is one of my favorite Leopard features; select a file and press the spacebar, and you get an instant preview of the file's contents. Or at...

Interent: Domainer 1.1.(Mac Gems)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2008... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $40 COMPANY: Rage Software URL: www.ragesw.com If you design Web sites for a living, or you're a prolific blogger with a lot of domains, you likely want to get a better grip on how popular they are...

Leopard tweaks.(Mac Gems)(Apple Mac OS X 10.5 (Operating system))(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Whenever Apple releases a new version of Mac OSX, there will be things about it that people don't like. In Leopard, many of those things relate to the new interface. Here are a few utilities for tweaking the most controversial interface...

Thin air: we answer your questions about the MacBook Air, Apple's slimmest laptop ever.(FEATURE)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2008... The arrivals of the MacBook and the MacBook Pro in 2006 meant the demise of the 12-inch Power-Book G4. Ever since, fans of small, light laptops have been hoping that Apple would come out with a Mac that was smaller and lighter than the 13-inch...

A smarter iPhone: Apple's phone gains slick new features.(FEATURE)
March 1, 2008... As well designed as the iPhone is, fans and critics haven't been shy about pointing out the device's limitations. Two of the most commonly heard complaints involved the lack of GPS and the limited options for customizing the iPhone's features....

Better backups with Time Machine: Leopard's backup program makes it easy to rescue files thought lost forever. But is it all you need?(FEATURE)
March 1, 2008... We all know we should back up our data, but too few of us actually do. According to a Harris Interactive poll, 35 percent of American computer users never back up their files. And as for those people who do, 76 percent of them only do so once a...

Spice up your slides: take advantage of new animation tricks in Keynote '08.(Working Mac)
March 1, 2008... Tired of rehashing the same static presentations? Consider adding movement. Used judiciously, animations can add power and pizzazz to your presentations, and they can often illustrate a point better than words alone. Keynote has long been able...

Sing along with your iPod: how to find lyrics and add them to your songs.(Playlist)
March 1, 2008... Music and lyrics--these are equally important parts in the composition of a song. But while you can tap your foot or strum along with a tune on your air guitar, you can't sing along if you don't know the words. And how frustrating is that? ...

Master your library: explore hidden powers in iPhoto '08.(Digital Photo)
March 1, 2008... Much of the attention for iPhoto '08 has focused on the new Events pane, which organizes your photos based on when they were taken. But Apple's newest photo manager has many more tricks up its sleeve. Import Photos Intelligently In...

File sharing in Leopard: Mac OS X 10.5 makes it easier than ever to share files.(Mobile Mac)
March 1, 2008... If you want to share files with other people (and who doesn't these days?), you can always send the files via e-mail or iChat. But it's far more efficient just to give your collaborators shared access to the files, folders, and volumes on your...

Leopard power tips: 8 tricks from the readers of MacOSXHints.com.(Geek Factor)
March 1, 2008... Faster Screen Sharing You probably know that you can share screens with another Mac from iChat and the Finder. But a more powerful tool for this purpose, cleverly named Screen Sharing, is hidden in /System/Library/CoreServices. When you...

Mac OS X Hints: the insider tips you won't get from Apple.(Help Desk)
March 1, 2008... Get Leopard's Help in Finding Buried Menu Items In the past, I rarely used OS X's Help system because it was slow and, well, unhelpful. But in Leopard, things have changed. Now, whenever you select the Help menu (or press [??]-shift-forward...

Mac 911: solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.(Help Desk)
March 1, 2008... Quickly Rename iPhoto Images Q: My family has five different Canon cameras, all of which name photos with sequential numbers. iPhoto handles this just fine, but trying to back up or copy the pictures produces error messages about duplicate...

Developer showcase.(POS/OE 4 Mac)(Drobo)(Hi-Res Video Uploads)
March 1, 2008... As seen in the Mac Developer Boulevard at Macworld Conference & Expo MacQuisition CF MacQuisition CF is a forensic acquisition tool used to safely and easily image Mac drives using the source system. Government and Educational...

User input: test your Mac know-how and cruciverbal skills.(SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2008... ACROSS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Type of lily 6 Temple teacher 11 Pre-AGP graphics interface 14 Was feeling under the weather 15 Epps and Sharif 16 Ball or bass follower 17 Take along for the ride? 19 PC...