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Leopard

Four unit conversion options in OS X

December 6, 2009

Number conversions are always convenient to have around. There are many times when you may need to convert grams to pounds, miles to kilometers, or see the latest exchange rates. In OS X there are some convenient ways to convert numbers that are readily available.
Calculator
The OS X calculator has a decent number converter in it. [...]

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Coming soon to a Mac near you: Snow Leopard!

August 25, 2009

Mac OS X 10.6 ships August 28
Warning – this is a long post
Friday is the day… Pre-orders are scheduled. Amazon tells me that I should see my copy on Sept. 1 or so, and I’ll be reporting my experiences here in the next couple of weeks.
Most of the changes are under the hood… speed improvements, [...]

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Snow Leopard to ship August 28!

August 24, 2009

It’s official. Snow Leopard will ship in 4 days.
Apple Computer, 8/24/09:
Apple Announces Release of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
Apple announced the release of Mac OS X v10.6, Snow Leopard. Mac OS X Snow Leopard is a powerful and refined version of the world’s most advanced operating system, Leopard, with hundreds of refinements, out-of-the-box support [...]

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10.5.8 Update Issues and Answers

August 6, 2009

Problems after the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update
There are always some problems reported after every software update. More often than not they are in a distinct minority of users, but I like to report the more common ones, with solutions if I can. I’ll update this as more problems come up in the next week [...]

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Mac OS X 10.5.8 update released

August 5, 2009

Apple posted the new updated today, in a 10.5.8 Combo installer and a Server Combo installer, as well as incremental updates available through Software Update. As always, I recommend using the Combo updaters rather than Software Update for System updates, as it seems to provide less chance for instability.
You should back up your system before [...]

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Tip: Double-up the backups instead of backing up the backups.

June 4, 2009

From MacFixIt today, 06.04.09
Backups have always been a cumbersome thing for most home computer users to take the time to set up and maintain. Before Leopard, you had to install a third-party backup program and deal with proprietary formats, data structure, and compression. Apple recognized these problems with the implementation of Time Machine, and the [...]

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Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update Cautions

May 22, 2009

I always recommend that clients stay up to date with security updates, bug fixes and application updates, but some users have had problems following every OS X 10.5 system update, including the latest, 10.5.7.
To avoid problems, follow the following steps, and you should be trouble-free:
1. Don’t use Software Update. Instead, download the standalone “Combo” updater.

2. [...]

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Finder Tip – Super Large Video and Image Icons in Leopard

May 5, 2009

I just had one of these moments… you know, the ones where you say “I didn’t know that!” Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
Macworld.com, April 30, had a great tip. It turns out that Leopard has the capability of presenting preview icons for videos and images up to 512×512 pixels, as [...]

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Snow Leopard: Fast, Reliable… Coming Soon?

December 21, 2008

Possibly as soon as the first quarter of this year we’ll see the release of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Apple says there won’t be a lot of new features in their latest release, but that reliability and speed will be the main qualities of Snow Leopard.
One of the ways Apple will do this [...]

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Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update… Apple Confirms Software Update Glitch

December 21, 2008

Apple posted a tech note the other day confirming what many users had experienced, and copping to the problem, which is refereshing. They also posted a solution to get around the problem.
It turns out that the update process hangs while “Configuring Installation: is shown in the update window. Apparently, the download is incomplete, but the [...]

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