Category: Mac News

Apple release details in relation to ‘Snow Leopard’

9 June, 2008 (23:13) | , | 2 comments

Well, as you’ll no doubt be aware, all the recent OS talk has been of Mac OS X 10.6, codename Snow Leopard.
According to the Soothsayers over at TUAW, who first broke the 10.6 story, Apple have released details of the forthcoming OS.
After some further digging, its clear that OS X 10.6 will not include many […]

.mac is now MobileMe

9 June, 2008 (22:47) | , | No comments

Another piece of news to come out of WWDC is the re-branding of .mac (dotmac). Renamed MobileMe, the service will be a subscription service offering ‘Exchange for the rest of us’.
Users can expect Push Email, Push Calendars and Push Contacts, with all this information stored on a central ‘Cloud’. From here your mac, […]

iTunes movie rental - my experiences

6 June, 2008 (23:38) | , | No comments

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It always seems to be the way that here in the UK, we get all the good stuff after the US. Yes we do better than most places, but it still riles us Brits, and rightly so. Apple’s iTunes movie rental is a case in point. Having been […]

10.5.3 - Better Spaces

4 June, 2008 (00:05) | , , , | 1 comment

For those of you that didn’t notice, 10.5.3 included a new space feature, which is very handy.

The new tick box in the Spaces options allows you to do, as it says on the tin really, ‘when switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application’.
I’ve never really used Spaces, but […]

xMod - gets under the skin of Leopard

3 June, 2008 (23:23) | , , , | 3 comments

I‘m a tweaker. I admit it. I take something that works perfectly well, and usually break it when trying to do something that really doesn’t need doing.
With this in mind it will come as no surprise that I like to play with OS settings. THe only thing better than that? […]

Leopard Docks.app - mod your OSX dock to fit your mood

2 June, 2008 (18:27) | , , | No comments

If you’re the kind of person that likes to have your computing experience your way, chances are you spend hours looking for or creating wallpapers for your desktop. Maybe you use Customize on your iPhone too? I’m one of those people….
Last night I discovered a neat little app called Leopard Docks App that […]

Why I love Time Machine

31 May, 2008 (00:27) | , , , , , | 1 comment

Before I get into my little story from the last 24 hours, let me first say this: I don’t do backups. Well, I should say I didn’t do backups. Leopard’s Time Machine has changed that, and this is why….

Yesterday I decided it would be a good idea to update OS X to 10.5.3. […]

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