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Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-Apr-08

TidBITS Talk readers are focused on email, discussing the switch from Eudora to Mail, preventing Mail from passing along calendar spam to iCal, and synchronizing multiple accounts. Other topics covered this week include moving from a Power Mac 8100 to the present, previewing images in the Finder, importing CDs in iTunes, playing music from an iPhone in the car, and IBM's new openness toward the Mac.

Jeff Carlson No comments

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/14-Apr-08

This week's discussions focus on using Eudora under Leopard, the perceived health dangers of blogging (according to a New York Times article), the presence (or lack of ) Mac OS X viruses in the wild, using Time Machine via AirPort Disk, audio-processing software, and more.

Tonya Engst No comments

Reluctantly Switching from Eudora to Apple Mail

How Tonya upgraded over 10 years of email from Eudora to Apple Mail, but not without mistakes and troubles, and what she learned along the way.

Jeff Carlson No comments

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/07-Apr-08

Did hackers target a MacBook Air because it was more vulnerable, or more desirable? What's the best way to maximize the use of four hard disks on a single Mac? And what UPS models are recommended for working with Macs? These questions and other issues (instant messaging for introverts, Apple's legal logo opposition, the latest security update) are discussed this week.

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?

Jeff Carlson No comments

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/31-Mar-08

This week's TidBITS Talk discussions focus on making backups using Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner, synchronizing data among devices, Web standards and Internet Explorer 8, playing slideshows easily, and more.

Tonya Engst No comments

First Kindly Impressions about My Kindle

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

Jeff Carlson No comments

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/24-Mar-08

This week's TidBITS discussions look at recent articles (running antivirus software and upgrading Ethernet networks) as well as making Time Machine backups over a network, finding a replacement for AppleWorks, resurrecting an old G3 iMac, mapping file types to applications in the Finder, putting one's body before a MacBook Air in harm's way, and more.

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.

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.

Jeff Carlson No comments

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/17-Mar-08

Is Apple field-testing possible replacements for Steve Jobs? Can an iPod touch replace a Palm organizer? TidBITS Talk readers look into these questions as well as queries about using 802.11a wireless networking, configuring Cisco VPN settings, cooling an overheated Mac Pro, sending email from the iPhone, using voices for text-to-speech, and verifying a boot volume in Disk Utility.

Angus Wong No comments

Bedding Down with a MacBook Air

The MacBook Air is the sleekest Mac yet, making it ideal for use in bed, but does it meet the needs of a mobile professional? Angus Wong isn't giving up his MacBook Pro just yet.

Adam Engst No comments

Vista Woes Aired in Internal Microsoft Email

Be careful what you put in email, my mother always said, because it could end up on the front page of the New York Times. Clearly, Microsoft wasn't listening to my mother (even though one high-ranking Microsoft executive had the opportunity).

Jeff Carlson No comments

Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/10-Mar-08

Does a good CEO need to be a tyrant? Is there a better digital photo management application than iPhoto? Will we be able to use a Bluetooth keyboard with the iPhone 2.0 software? Is there a way to silence an overenthusiastic PowerBook G4 fan? This week's discussions ask several questions, and readers provide the answers.