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Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me read data from my nano

by Erica Sadun (Dec 14th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Greetings from overseas from the long-lost branch of Dutch family members and thanks for al. your helpful posts. My question is the following. I have an iPod nano (sixth generation) which I use quite often as a flash drive. The problem is that I can not use it on a Windows PC ...

Talking Points Memo sees Windows visitors decline, Mac and iOS users soar

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 27th, 2011)

The progressive left-leaning political news site Talking Points Memo issued an interesting set of (non-partisan) statistics that shows just how much the share of total devices running Microsoft Windows has declined in the last five years. As you can see from the chart above, in 2006 78% of ...

MobilEcho 3.0 gives iPhone users access to Windows servers

by Michael Rose (Oct 25th, 2011)

Making Macs into full network citizens has been the business of GroupLogic for quite a while; the 23-year old ISV has been selling its flagship ExtremeZ-IP server extension tool since 1999, giving Windows server administrators a solid and dependable way to extend their services to Mac clients. ...

Mac 101: Format choices for USB flash drives

by Chris Rawson (Sep 19th, 2011)

The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks that we'll discuss later. If the drive comes formatted in NTFS, which is the default file system ...

VMware Fusion 4 levels up for Lion virtualization

by Michael Rose (Sep 14th, 2011)

Winter turns to spring, night to dawn... and the two 800 lb. gorillas of the Mac virtualization market trade updates once again. A fortnight ago it was Parallels 7 hitting with a new release, and today we note the debut of VMware Fusion 4. The new version of the virtual PC tool from the ...

Laptop magazine gives Lion the thumbs-up over Windows 7

by Chris Rawson (Sep 11th, 2011)

This week, Laptop compared OS X Lion versus Windows 7 to determine which operating system was "better," both overall and in individual features. OS X Lion took Laptop's top overall score, mostly on the strength of Lion's better interface, Multi-Touch gestures, Spotlight, iLife, and Time ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me run Windows on Mac

by Erica Sadun (Sep 8th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I am new to the Mac community, and there are some programs that are unsupported on the Mac and I know there are a few options to run Windows on a Mac. When I search online for the best options and answers to my questions (what is the best option, do I need a Windows ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I buy a Windows laptop?

by Erica Sadun (Sep 2nd, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I am considering selling my beloved MacBook Pro (15" unibody") and replacing it with, gasp!, a Windows laptop. Please try to convince me otherwise. Or else list me a number of laptops that I may find suitable and not too dissimilar from the 'MacBook look". My budget is ...

OS X Lion bug may affect Windows file sharing

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 30th, 2011)

A bug has been discovered in OS X Lion Server that appears when a user tries to share a file with extended attributes with a Windows XP or Windows 7 system. The bug was first discovered by Steve Maser, a senior systems administrator at the University of Michigan's Office of Technology Transfer. ...

Apple issues Boot Camp Software Update 3.3 for Windows

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 24th, 2011)

In addition to today's iMac Graphic Firmware Update 3.0, Apple has released Boot Camp Software Update 3.3 for Windows. Boot Camp allows users to run Microsoft Windows natively on their Intel-based Macs. The update is recommended for all Boot Camp 3.2 users and contains critical bug fixes and ...

QuickTime 7.7 released for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows

by Chris Rawson (Aug 3rd, 2011)

QuickTime 7.7 has been released for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows 7, Vista, and XP. The update addresses several security holes in this older version of QuickTime and is a recommended update for systems running QuickTime 7.6.9 or earlier. Mac users who are running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Lion ...

Switcher Profile: Apple's 'halo effect' claims former editor of Windows Magazine

by Chris Rawson (Jul 28th, 2011)

Cult of Mac writer Mike Elgan recently detailed the years-long process that convinced him to switch to the Mac. His story is fairly typical of many switchers: Once a die-hard PC evangelist, his first Apple product was the iPod, which he appreciated for its ease of use. The iPhone eventually ...

WWDC 2011 videos reportedly not working in some browsers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 1st, 2011)

Apple released its session videos from WWDC and many people are having problems watching them. Apparently, Apple is limiting playback to Safari on the Mac. If you try to watch the videos on an alternative browser, even on a Mac machine, you receive the stern warning that "You need to use Safari ...

OfficeTime for Mac update, new iOS version coming soon

by Mike Schramm (Jun 20th, 2011)

OfficeTime for Mac has updated to version 1.6, adding over 100 new features and improvements. As we've posted before, this app is an excellent way to track time and billing for a freelance worker or a small business, and now it's even better. The biggest new feature is probably the addition of ...

How to get Windows 7's best features on Mac OS X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 8th, 2011)

Lifehacker has a nice post that shows you how to add some Windows 7 features to your Mac OS X computer. One of the nicest hacks is the ability to show a preview of an app when it's in the dock just like Windows 7 does with its Aero interface. There's also a way to remap your keyboard to use ...