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DiskWarrior 4.1 update adds Leopard compatibility

by Christina Warren (Jan 24th, 2008)

DiskWarrior, my personal favorite disk repair utility (especially if the problem drive is the startup disk) has just been updated to Version 4.1. The new version is now fully compatible with Leopard (there were some issues with repairing disk ...

TUAW Tip: Assigning apps to Spaces

by Cory Bohon (Jan 24th, 2008)

Spaces, Leopard's virtual desktop feature, is excellent for expanding your desktop by up to 16 workspaces, however, it would be really cool if you could assign specific applications to always open in the same space. Well, you can! All you have to ...

After Effects 8.02 now available

by Christina Warren (Jan 23rd, 2008)

Note: This update does NOT fix the conflict between AE and QuickTime 7.4 that we reported here. Adobe's recommendation is still to avoid the 7.4 QuickTime update. Good news users of Adobe After Effects CS3 (8.0) who are running Leopard -- 8.02 is now ...

Eye-Fi gains Mac and iPhoto compatibility

by Mat Lu (Jan 16th, 2008)

The Eye-Fi is an interesting concept: it integrates a WiFi radio into an SD memory card, allowing you to upload images directly from your camera to your computer or to a web photo service. In conjunction with Macworld, the company has announced an ...

Time Capsule backs up your Macs

by Mike Schramm (Jan 15th, 2008)

Apple has released Time Capsule, a NAS (network-attached storage, I'll admit I'm so far from an IT guy that I had to look it up) unit that will wirelessly sync with multiple instances of Time Machine, all the while also working as an 802.11n base ...

FlickrBooth gets Leopard compatibility

by Cory Bohon (Jan 11th, 2008)

We covered FlickrBooth a while back, when it was first released. FlickrBooth is a plug-in for Apple's PhotoBooth that allows you to instantly upload your creations to Flickr after taking the snapshot. The best thing about FlickrBooth 1.2 is that it ...

Showcase Quicksilver interface

by Mat Lu (Jan 11th, 2008)

A reader tipped us off to this very cool new interface for Quicksilver called Showcase from Julius Eckert. It's basically pure eye-candy, but what eye-candy it is! Taking its cue from Cover Flow it leverages Leopards Core Animation technologies to, ...

Beta Beat: Parallels Server beta begins

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2008)

The long history of the Parallels Server release is moving ever closer to an end: SWsoft (which is changing their name to Parallels) has announced that the product has moved into beta. This thing is the holy grail for Mac server administrators, ...

Usable Keychain Scripting updated for Leopard

by Mike Schramm (Jan 8th, 2008)

Daniel Jalkut put together a little app called "Usable Keychain Scripting" a little while ago that was designed (what else?) to make scripting the Keychain a little more usable -- the interface included in OS X is bad, to say the least. He was ...

10 ways to get the most out of Quick Look

by Dave Caolo (Jan 5th, 2008)

When Steve first demonstrated Quick Look, I though it looked gimmicky. Interesting, for sure, but nothing I'd use regularly. Much like Star Wars Episode I: Fun when viewed for the first time, but I'll never watch it again. Three months later, Quick ...

Using Data Detectors in Leopard's iChat

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 5th, 2008)

I'm always, well, tickled by the things that can happen when you use Terminal commands that begin with "defaults write" -- thus changing the preferences for applications, the Finder, and more, often in ways that you can't accomplish via GUI pref ...

XBMC being ported to Leopard

by Mike Schramm (Jan 3rd, 2008)

Xbox Media Center (or XBMC) is an open source media program designed to run on an original Microsoft Xbox game console-- for an open source app designed on a "hostile" platform, it's actually got one of the better media center interfaces around (and ...

Mini-review of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition

by Lisa Hoover (Jan 2nd, 2008)

If you're trying to figure out what to buy yourself with the gift card you got this holiday season, let me recommend David Pogue's Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition. I was fortunate to get a copy of it for Christmas this year (thanks, ...

Leopard Tweaking Guide

by Mat Lu (Jan 1st, 2008)

We've covered many of these piecemeal over the last few months since Leopard was released, but the guys over at Appletell have put together a nice Leopard Tweaking Guide bringing many great tips together in one place. It covers both terminal commands ...

OnyX 1.9

by Cory Bohon (Jan 1st, 2008)

A new year, a new software update. The creators of OnyX and Maintenance, Titanium Software, updated OnyX today. As you probably know already, OnyX is the ultimate Mac customization / optimization utility. In addition to this new version being ...

Permanent Eraser 2.3.3

by Cory Bohon (Dec 31st, 2007)

Should Auld Acquaintance be deleted... then too bad! Especially if you are using Edenwaith's free Permanent Eraser product. Unlike Disk Utility (and Mac OS X's secure empty trash), this disk eraser will over-write data 35 times (versus secure empty ...