Apple Mail 2.0.5 which ships with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, now comes with a built-in feature that simplifies sending Windows friendly attachments through email. ‘Windows-friendly’ refers to the removal of resource files in attachments sent from a Mac system. Mac systems are based on UNIX file systems which uses forked files whilst Windows systems don’t. The […]
Following our recent article, Apple Hardware | The PowerBook Development Life-Cycle, Appleinsider reports that next generation Intel-based Macs are slated for launch as early as January 2006 during January’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Beginning with Intel-based iMacs and PowerBooks which represent the mainstay of Apple’s hardware product offerings. Among Read More
Apple’s vision of creating computers that we can store our ‘digital lives’ on has reached its boiling point where most of us are doing just that. But what happens when the hardware fails? — a question often only realised when the hardware fails and important data is lost forever. Although, Read More
Having trouble finding the best way to keep your Mac in pristine condition? Ever since Apple upgraded their entire (well, almost with the exception of the eMac) system line-up to LCD displays, Mac users have been wondering just how to keep their LCD screens and their Mac bodies pristine. We’Read More
Because Max OS X facilitates the use of modifier keys that enable Mac users to boot up from alternative sources, or in FireWire Target Disk mode, it may be necessary as an additional line of defence against would be intruders, to implement an open firmware password. In a scenario where Read More
One of the premier forms of Mac troubleshooting is to enable FireWire Target Disk mode on the afflicted Mac system and hook it up to another Mac system via FireWire. This results in the hard drive of the Mac system in FireWire Target Disk mode appearing as a mounted drive Read More
Little Snitch, from Objective Development, has been around for some time now, and recently received an update to be Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger compatible. Unlike traditional firewalls Little Snitch allows you to filter connections based on the application which attempts the connection. And to make it even more handy, Little Read More
Tabbed browsing has now pretty much become a standard user Internet browsing experience these days. Other than Apple’s Safari, most browsers support similar versions of tabbed browsing — Mozilla Firefox. For those of you who’re still scratching your nogg’ins, tabbed browsing is the ability for an Internet browser Read More
07 November 2005, New York, In its latest bid to hedge its position as the global software incumbent Microsoft has announced that it will be offeringMicrosoft Office Live to help small and midsize businesses use and maintain the suite of software used for applications such as e-mail, scheduling, spreadsheets and word processing. Read More
The Apple Airport Management Tools package’s existence at Apple’s download pages were short-lived. Shortly after it was launched some users reported issues which promptly sent it packing and it got taken off Apple’s download page. In fact, even some of the most ardent Mac fans have no Read More
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