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Perhaps Apple won't block Atom support after all

by Dave Caolo (Nov 5th, 2009)

There was a report this week that Mac OS X 10.6.2 will block Atom support, leaving Hackintosh owners stuck at 10.6.1. Intel's Atom processors have been used in netbooks by MSI, Dell and ASUS for their low cost and modest energy consumption. ...

Need to run Classic under Snow Leopard? SheepShaver can do that.

by Steven Sande (Oct 24th, 2009)

I'm beginning to think that some other writers on the Mac beat are reading my mind. About two weeks ago, one of my consulting clients was asking if there was any way that she'd be able to upgrade to Snow Leopard and still be able to run two ...

ZFS project for Mac OS X discontinued

by Joachim Bean (Oct 23rd, 2009)

Is it a forgotten project? A fit of open-source pique? Or is it just that everyone got really busy on other stuff? Looks like Apple has just shut down the ZFS project for Mac OS X. The site for the project on Mac OS Forge reads: ZFS Project ...

Snow Leopard Fixes: the angle-bracket "copy email" behavior

by Dave Caolo (Oct 22nd, 2009)

Snow Leopard introduced many welcome changes to Leopard and one huge annoyance. When copying an email address from Mail, Snow Leopard wraps the address in "< >" brackets, for example, "<annoying@email.com>". When pasting, you've got to go ...

Apple presents the Snow Leopard Server Tour 2009

by Steven Sande (Oct 19th, 2009)

OK, so it's really just the Snow Leopard Server Multi-City Seminar and not a huge rock band on a world tour, but if you're more interested in servers than following your favorite group, this announcement should get you excited. Apple's setting up ...

BW: Apple's Schiller sees opportunity for Mac with Windows 7 launch

by Ken Ray (Oct 15th, 2009)

One week from today, Microsoft will try to shake the stink of Vista. BusinessWeek reminds the world that Microsoft is set to launch Windows 7 on October 22nd. I've got the day free, since all of my invitations to Windows 7 launch parties seem to have ...

Psystar, Apple file motions for summary judgment

by Lauren Hirsch (Oct 14th, 2009)

Apple and Psystar have been embroiled in litigation for quite a while now. At the core of the dispute: Psystar modifies Apple's operating system software so that it can run on its clone machines. It then sells its computers with Mac OS installed to, ...

Analysts: Windows 7 may boost Mac sales

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2009)

Most electronics industry analysis is obvious at best and misinformed at worst, but this one made us chuckle. Analyst firm Broadpoint AmTech has released a report that claims that, rather than diminish sales of OS X, Microsoft's impending release ...

Bug tracker: Snow Leopard guest accounts eating files?

by Dave Caolo (Oct 12th, 2009)

Update: Cnet reports that Apple is acknowledging the problem, while calling it "extremely rare." There's a few threads on Apple's Discussion Boards describing a problem that's affecting some Snow Leopard users. An issue with the Guest account ...

US Army video surveillance powered by Apple

by Dave Caolo (Oct 12th, 2009)

Security System News is reporting today on the US Army's decision to use Mac OS X and Apple servers to run four video surveillance systems. When reliability and security are paramount, says Chris Gettings, Mac OS X is the choice. Chris is the CEO and ...

Second build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 seeded to Apple developers

by Steven Sande (Oct 11th, 2009)

In the last few days, two builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard have been seeded to the Mac developer community. The latest build, 10C591F, is 456.8 MB in size and adds about a dozen changes to the fifty or so tweaks in the prior build. Apple has ...

Remote Mac support made even easier with Mac HelpMate 3.0

by Steven Sande (Sep 22nd, 2009)

A little over a year ago, I was searching for a way to expand my reach as a Mac consultant. I had heard quite a bit from other Apple Consultants Network members about Mac HelpMate, but really didn't know much about it. After a free test drive, I ...

Snow Leopard tip: Minimize to icon

by Dave Caolo (Sep 21st, 2009)

The more we use Snow Leopard the more niceties we uncover. This week I found a simple little check box that has made my life infinitely more awesome. Yes, my entire life. First, a bit of background. When Mac OS 10.0 was released in September of ...

The confusing art of installing apps

by Josh Carr (Sep 21st, 2009)

John Gruber of Daring Fireball recently wrote an essay about quirks and user confusion around the application install process on Mac OS X. He had read a post from Alexander Limi's blog about the Firefox install experience, and decided to address it ...

TUAW Tip: Option-clicking the green button

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 18th, 2009)

When iTunes 9 changed the behavior of the green "maximize" button to shrink the player to the mini player, I adapted quickly. Option-clicking is pretty easy to do since the option key (unlike control) is on both sides of my laptops' keyboards. But I ...

Is the future of Mac...the iPhone?

by Erica Sadun (Sep 15th, 2009)

I was chatting with my TUAW colleagues this morning about Mac versus iPhone programming. And as per usual with these conversations, we veered in the direction of unfettered speculation. It's an occupational hazard. As someone who regularly develops ...