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Glenn Fleishman No comments

The Internet Organizes Itself: Here Comes Everybody

What happens when hundreds of millions of people come together online? Politicians fall from grace, businesses form out of nowhere, and people have new ways to share popular - and unpopular - interests, hobbies, and physical behaviors. In "Here Comes Everybody," Internet social commentator Clay Shirky examines the lot.

Matt Neuburg No comments

Unwanted App Launch Problem Solved, No Thanks to Apple

Mac OS X has been around for 7 years, so why are there still all these secret settings and undocumented mechanisms?

Joe Kissell No comments

Updated Paste Plain Text AppleScript for Word 2008

A new and improved version of Joe's Paste Plain Text AppleScript is shorter, more elegant, and less likely to result in the wrong font being used.

Joe Kissell No comments

SmartSleep Solves Safe Sleep Situation

If you're unhappy with the way your Mac laptop handles sleep mode, you no longer need a command-line script to change it. This new preference pane makes it easy to tailor sleep settings to your liking.

Adam Engst No comments

Adam on MacNotables and The Tech Night Owl Live

Here are a few more podcasts for your listening pleasure. In MacNotables 811 and 812, Ted Landau and I chatted with Chuck Joiner about the effects that the iPhone SDK will have, why Apple will…

Joe Kissell No comments

CheckUp 1.0: A Beautiful but Unripe Maintenance Utility

A new maintenance utility looks fantastic and does a few things well, but has some serious bugs, missing features, and other problems.

Joe Kissell No comments

A Pair of Time Machine Articles

I have a couple of new articles posted at Macworld.com about Time Machine. Both have been generating lots of comments. If you’re using Time Machine, or thinking about it, check these out. Is Time Machine…

Joe Kissell No comments

SuperDuper 2.5 Released with Leopard Compatibility

The latest version of the popular disk cloning utility is not only compatible with Leopard, it has some fancy tricks up its sleeve - such as making copies of Time Machine archives.

Jeff Carlson No comments

DRM Foils iTunes Movie Rentals for Some Apple TV Owners

After discovering that my Apple TV wouldn't play a rented movie because of the way it's connected to a Dell LCD display, I took an unorthodox route: I contacted Apple customer support. It all worked out in the end, but beware if you're in a similar situation.

Joe Kissell No comments

Using iChat Theater for Remote Presentations

Leopard's iChat Theater feature makes remote video presentations far easier and more flexible than before. But the experience doesn't always match up with the elegant effect of Apple's demos.

Adam Engst No comments

Adam Interviewed by Peachpit Publisher Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel

Tune in to listen to Adam be interviewed by Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel, publisher of Peachpit Press. It's a good one!

Jeff Carlson No comments

Please Welcome Eliana Wren Carlson

Jeff Carlson is thrilled to announce the birth of his daughter, Eliana Wren Carlson!

Adam Engst No comments

Adam in Your Mac Life Expo Wrap-Up Session

It's yet another podcast show on Macworld, this time an overview of the show hosted by Shawn King and including me, Jason Snell, and Leo Laporte.

Adam Engst No comments

Catalog Choice Slammed by Direct Marketing Association

Catalog Choice must be doing a good job of helping individuals reduce the flood of unwanted catalogs - the Direct Marketing Association is on the defensive.

Joe Kissell No comments

Microsoft Relaxes Licensing for Virtualized Vista

Microsoft has changed its mind once again, and now permits Vista Home editions to be run as guest operating systems using virtualization software.