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November 29th, 2007

All Pingbacks Must Die

I’ve had my last pingback spam.

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November 21st, 2007

Oops! or Redirecting to FeedBurner

A realize that I messed up the Maria’s Guides feeds and fix them. Sort of.

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November 20th, 2007

How to Create a Gravatar

A few easy steps can get your custom image on gravatar-enabled blogs.

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November 19th, 2007

RSSImport

A WordPress plugin to add links to RSS feeds.

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November 18th, 2007

Leopard Quick Tip: Click to Find Where a File Lives

A Command key trick.

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November 17th, 2007

Shortcut Keys, Part I: Dialogs

A list of shortcut keys you can use in most Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard dialogs.

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November 17th, 2007

Free Audio Books on the iTunes Store

Hidden away in iTunes U.

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November 16th, 2007

Sample Chapter of Leopard Book

Download it for free!

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November 16th, 2007

Site Topics Available as RSS Feeds and E-Mail Subscriptions

Get content delivered to your RSS reader or e-mail box.

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November 15th, 2007

Two Blogs? Again?

After over a year of soul-searching, I decide to spin off my book support topics to their own site.

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November 15th, 2007

iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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November 15th, 2007

iPhoto Update 7.1.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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November 15th, 2007

Mac OS 10.5.1 Update Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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November 15th, 2007

Deleting Spam from Your WordPress Blog

Marking it as spam isn’t enough to get rid of it.

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November 13th, 2007

A Computer without Word?

I try an experiment to see if I can stay productive without Microsoft Word.

Last week, in an effort to get my old 12″ PowerBook to run more efficiently, I decided to wipe the hard disk clean and reinstall Tiger with a clean install. After installing it, I got a little crazy and decided

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November 12th, 2007

Save 35% on Leopard Visual QuickStart Guide

Take advantage of a limited-time offer on Peachpit.com.

From Peachpit’s Mac Tip of the Week Newsletter:

Learn the ins and outs of all the new features in Leopard, including Time Machine, Spaces, Quick Look, Automator, and more. Whether you’re new to the OS, or an experienced Macintosh user ready to hone your trouble-shooting skills,

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November 10th, 2007

Leopard Tip: Delete the All Documents Search

Do you really need it?

I installed Leopard on my aging but otherwise faithful 12″ PowerBook G4 yesterday. I hadn’t planned on updating it because I didn’t think it had enough processing power to handle the new OS. But it met Mac OS X 10.5 requirements, so I figured, what the heck? I could

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November 9th, 2007

Three Computers, Three Leopard Installs

I install Leopard on the last of my three Macs.

Today I did something I didn’t think I’d do: I installed Leopard on my 12″ PowerBook G4.

I wasn’t planning on it. I didn’t think the G4 was beefy enough to run Leopard. But when I checked the system requirements, I was pleased to

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November 8th, 2007

Printing Revised Pages

A tip for readers.

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November 8th, 2007

Time Machine & AirPort Disk

Clarification for my Leopard book readers.

Early in Leopard development, Apple clearly indicated on its Web site that Time Machine would work with the AirPort Extreme’s AirPort Disk feature. To test this out, I obtained an AirPort Extreme and used it to set up an AirPort disk. And yes, with one of the pre-release

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November 7th, 2007

Spotlight Chapter Corrections

For my Leopard book readers.

A few last-minute changes to Spotlight in Leopard slipped through the editing cracks. These changes affect a number of screenshots in Chapter 5 and the text on pages 90-91 of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide.

The main change in the screenshots is the way the Spotlight

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November 6th, 2007

iMac Software Update 1.2.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

This update provides important bug fixes and is recommended for 20-inch and 24-inch iMac models with 2.0, 2.4, or 2.8GHz processors.

For further information on this Update, visit: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n306707.

November 6th, 2007

iTunes 7.5 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

iTunes 7.5 features the ability to activate iPhone wherever service is offered and support for Phase, a new interactive music game designed exclusively for iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod (fifth generation). This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.

November 6th, 2007

QuickTime 7.3 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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November 2nd, 2007

Canon LiDE 30 Scanner with Photoshop CS3 on Intel Mac

Not a good combination.

I finally got around to installing my Canon LiDE 30 scanner — I know it’s cheap junk, but that’s all I need — on my iMac. Much to my surprise the driver installer didn’t see Photoshop as a place to install a plugin. So I manually installed it And then

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