Mac OS X Tiger, Instant Dictionary
With the introduction of a built-in dictionary, Mac users can now look up words without accessing an application. Although, Dashboard seems the fastest way to find out meanings to new words you come across, there…
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Spotlight Searches Multiple Hard Drives!
Not that we disbelieve Steve when Apple claims Spotlight can, “Find anything, anywhere, fast.” We just had to put it to the test and we ended up red in the face with the results. We attached as…
Mac OS X Tiger,Strong Firewall Features
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger certainly packs a wallop not just in the fancy stuff. The latest built-in firewall has the guys (and girls) at Macriot impressed. Tiger now comes with user accessible advanced firewall…
Mac OS X Tiger Display Brightness Setting In Energy Saver Preference Pane
Here’s another oddity in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. We’re not sure how many of you have noticed this. Since we embraced Tiger on some of our portables, we’ve noticed Tiger’s ability to detect that…
Airport, Welcome Greeting To Network Joiners
There’s a less known feature in Airport base stations that doesn’t really serve any useful purpose other than parading your quip remarks to people who log onto your WiFi network. Nevertheless, its a cool personal…
iSync 2.1, Syncing Your Cell Phone Or PDA
You’d tend to think that with advances in OS technology and the introduction of newer versions of applications, things get easier. Sadly, this is not the case for the popular iSync application. “Do you find…
iMac G5, Bad Capacitors Reported But No Recall In Sight
Unfortunately, there have been numerous issues with the iMac G5 but Apple has yet to issue a recall on any of the produced units. Issues ranging from freezing or display flickering have been reported by…
iPod Class Action Against Apple For Faulty iPod Batteries
A class action has been brought on behalf of iPod owners in USA against Apple since 12 May 2005, in relation to faulty or iPod batteries that failed to perform as claimed. The parties who…
Mac Mini Now Comes With 512MB DDR333 SDRAM
To further boost Mac mini sales, Apple now includes 512MB DDR333 SDRAM as a standard feature on all models of their Mac mini.
12″ & 14″ iBooks Given A Boost
Even the iBooks have gone supernova these days with Apple’s latest re-introduction of these popular entry level portable Macs. The range has now been limited to 2 default models; one for each sized iBook with…