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Set Time Zone Automatically in Snow Leopard

Frequent travelers may be interested to know that in Snow Leopard your time zone can now be set automatically by bringing up the Date & Time preference pane, clicking the Time Zone view, and selecting Set Time Zone Automatically. A progress spinner appears while Snow Leopard sends off information about the Wi-Fi signals in your vicinity and receives location data back.


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Print Classy Discs with the Dymo DiscPainter -- Adam's article on the Dymo DiscPainter brings up suggestions of other ways to print CD labels. (7 messages)


The Simpsons Do Apple -- Hulu.com offers the recent episode of the Simpsons that pokes fun at Apple, but it's viewable only within the United States. (3 messages)


Fix Your Clicks With Klicko -- Why are Mac OS X Finder windows resizable only from the lower-right corner? Some utilities work around the limitation. (6 messages)


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Whole disk encryption -- A limitation Joe Kissell noted with PGP Whole Disk Encryption is the inability to encrypt one's data when putting a Mac to sleep. Readers point out some of the finer details that would be required to make this happen. (4 messages)


Airfoil Plays Home Audio Wirelessly -- A reader is looking for better instructions for using Airfoil to stream audio from a Mac. (2 messages)

 

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