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Glenn Fleishman No comments

Lovingly Craft Your HTML

Writing HTML by hand has the same relationship to graphical Web authoring tools as a chisel has to a jackhammer.

Joe Kissell No comments

First Look: The Linux-Based Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X Lite

A new Mac data recovery utility is actually not Mac software at all, but a bootable Linux CD. That's an odd concept for most Mac users, but even excusing the unfamiliar exterior, is this software a useful problem-solving tool?

Matt Neuburg No comments

Prune Your Time Machine Backups Selectively

A simple free tool lets you isolate large files that you've inadvertently and unnecessarily permitted to occupy space in your Time Machine backups folder.

Mark H. Anbinder No comments

Latest iMacs Offer Faster CPUs and Nvidia Graphics Option

Apple has refreshed the consumer desktop iMac line with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors and availability of a high-end Nvidia graphics card.

Adam Engst No comments

Adam Discusses TidBITS History, Apple’s Q2, and the Blue Snowflake

Listen in for Adam's latest solo MacNotables podcast with Chuck Joiner.

Joe Kissell No comments

Solve More Word 2008 Problems with AppleScript

A pair of articles I wrote for Macworld provide several AppleScripts that address common complaints in Word 2008.

Tonya Engst No comments

Kindle on the Go

You can hear about my early impressions of the Kindle in a recent MacNotables podcast. Following up on that podcast, and on my earlier TidBITS article (see “First Kindly Impressions about My Kindle,” 2008-03-27), I…

Adam Engst No comments

April Fools Talk and a Few Podcasts

Want to see Adam talk about the history of the TidBITS April Fools issue? Read on for a link to a recent talk he gave on the topic at Cornell University. Who said higher ed was all work and no play?

Adam Engst No comments

Iridium-Capable iPhone Not Entirely Laughable

Who knew that our joke about the iPhone gaining satellite-phone capabilities would become reality (after a fashion) only three days later?

Joe Kissell No comments

A Trio of Articles about iCal Collaboration

If you want more than one person to be able to access and edit iCal calendars, a collection of articles I wrote for Macworld may give you the guidance you need.

Joe Kissell 7 comments

Instant Messaging for Introverts

Can your personality type affect your willingness to use certain modes of communication? In particular, do introverts have a harder time with technologies like instant messaging and Twitter than extroverts?

Joe Kissell No comments

Web Browser Reviews at Macworld

An article I wrote for Macworld provides an overview of the ten leading Web browsers for Mac OS X.

Tonya Engst No comments

First Kindly Impressions about My Kindle

Tonya's new Kindle arrives and makes a charming, but quirky, first impression.

Adam Engst No comments

Discussing the Importance of the iPhone SDK on MacNotables

Tune into this two-part MacNotables podcast to hear more about the iPhone SDK announcement, including the business model, the positive initial response from developers, the enterprise aspects of the announcement, and more.

Adam Engst No comments

Watch Adam’s Hacking the Press Talk from C4

If you've ever wondered about the best ways for software to get coverage in the Mac press, check out the video of Adam's "Hacking the Press" talk from the C4 developer conference.