Category: Mac

  • Safari passes the Acid2 test

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    Acid2 is a page created by webstandards.org to test the web standards’ compliance of browsers as reported here on the 15th. David Hyatt, a Safari developer, is reporting that Safari is now passing the Acid2 test. If this is so, then Safari is the first browser to pass this test – Kudos to David. The…

  • Virtual desktop manager for OS X

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    I found a great virtual desktop manager for OS X – it is called Desktop Manager (strangely enough!) and is freely downloadable here. Desktop Manager allows you to have any number of named virtual ‘screens’ (up to available memory) to arrange your programs on, Sticky window support (allowing you to have one window on all…

  • make sure you have permission to write to /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate

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    make sure you have permission to write to /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate error on Software Update on OS X solved!

  • Apple roll out OS X 10.3.9

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    Apple today rolled out OS X 10.3.9 – a free update to previous versions of its 10.3.x versions of OS X. The update is available through the Software Update panel or can be downloaded as a file from here. The update addresses issues in Stickies, Safari and Finder as well as other misc. issues as…

  • OS X Tiger release date announced

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    Apple Computers have re-skinned their home page and included a count-down timer counting down the number of days to the official release date of their new operating system – OS X Tiger. There are over 200 new features included in OS X Tiger. Which of these are the most compelling? I would have to say…

  • Windows XP SP 1 – not very secure!

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    The Denver Post carries a story which clearly shows just how insecure Windows XP SP1 is compared to other Operating Systems According to the story, StillSecure, a Louisville-based network security firm, connected six computers – with six operating systems – to the Internet for a week without any virus protection. Over the course of a…

  • Scrolling trackpad on pre-2005 PowerBooks

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    I found an interesting application today which allows you to do two fingered scrolling on the trackpad of your pre-2005 PowerBook. Unfortunately, the little script you can download to tell you if the software will work on your trackpad tells me that my trackpad isn’t suitable. 🙁

  • Firefox popularity increasing on the Mac

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    I see where according to a MacWorld poll, 23% of respondants now use Firefox as their main browser on their Mac – only 5% use internet Explorer. Still, 65% use Safari – I hate Safari. I hate it for one very simple reason – when you close a window in Safari with multiple tabs open,…