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20 Tips to Speed Leopard use

August 8, 2008

Make Leopard leap: Time-saving tips for OS X 10.5is the title of a Computerworld article dated August 5. The sub-head reads: More than 20 ways to get things done faster with Leopard It is accompanied by an image gallery with screenshots to illustrate the story. Spaces, QuickLook* (my personal favorite), Spotlight and other search utilities, [...]

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Updates, updates, who’s got the updates? Apple, that’s who!

May 28, 2008

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Update! Apple released a boatload of updates today, starting with the Leopard update, OS X 10.5.3. The 536 MB Combo Updater (I find fewer overall problems downloading the Combo Update instead of using Software Update) can be found on the link above. For detailed information click here: Mac OS X [...]

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Time Capsule Special Report

March 26, 2008

Macintouch just posted a comprehensive review by Robert Mohns on Time Capsule. The full article can be found here. The review notes various issues, best practices, tips, pros and cons, conclusions and links to more info.

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Time Machine tips and troubleshooting

February 25, 2008

Macworld.com has been busy, with lots of great info posted this week. One of my favorites is this article on Time Machine tips and troubleshooting. It covers setup, file exclusion (and why you may want to exclude files), controlling when Time Machine runs, and what to do if your external FireWire or USB disk is [...]

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10.5.2 Finder issue, and slow Adobe fix

February 25, 2008

MacFixit’s lead article today addressed a couple of dissimilar subjects, unusually. First, in some cases the finder may not load after connecting a 3rd-party external drive. The menu bar may “flicker” or desktop icons may disappear and reappear. The article has a link to solutions, which include making sure the computer name in Sharing prefs [...]

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Mac OS X 10.5.2 update explained

February 25, 2008

Macworld has posted a very interesting movie, with senior editor Rob Griffiths, who explains the changes in 10.5.2. For the first time in my memory, Apple has actually changed the OS in a minor update. Changes include the ability to change the translucent menubar, and the translucent menus are much less translucent, and much easier [...]

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PC Magazine Review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

February 22, 2008

I was a bit surprised to read this review, in a PC-centric publication, but for anyone still on the fence regarding upgrading to Leopard, it is very valuable. This is an in-depth review, quite glowing, but pointing up minor glitches and negative opinions without reservation. My personal experiences mirror the content of this review very [...]

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Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 issues reported

February 20, 2008

The Mac OS X 10.5.2/Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 combination has spawned reports of various problems. MacFixIt has been reporting them regularly, and a MacFixIt Forum thread is tracking the problem of previously available screen resolutions disappearing. Fixes reported to work are found on the Article Page, as is the full article. This is a tough [...]

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MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard 1.0 released

February 20, 2008

Apple released MacBook/Pro Keyboard Firmware 1.0 to address an old issue where if the computer has been idle for a while, the first key press may be ignored. The update addresses other issues, as well. The update is available as a standalone download. or via Software Update. The update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2, and [...]

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Time Machine problems for some 10.5.2 upgraders?

February 20, 2008

Thanks again to MacFixIt, who has been reporting some users are having a variety of problems with Time Machine following the Mac OS X 10.5.2 upgrade. Common problems are: the error message “Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume.” Time Machine is “preparing” the backup but never actually [...]

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