New Trojan threatens Macs with installer
A new version of existing Trojan poses a represents a significant threat to Mac users, claims the Intego security firm. Based on RS.Plug.A, the RSPlug.D Trojan is said to find its way onto computers through malicious websites, namely several less scrupulous porn sites. On visiting a particular page a person will be greeted with a "Video ActiveX Object Error," stating that their browser cannot pl...
published on Tuesday, the 18. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Export iPhoto events into appropriate directory structure
A common gripe with iPhoto is that it cannot create directory structures for events, albums, etc. during export. However, if you export the photos with meaningful filenames, you can easily post-process them and create the intended directory structure. This can be done by selecting all your events and doing a Batch Change to set the Title to Event Name. Then export your photos using the Title as the File Name. Copy the following code into a pure text editor, save it somewhere on your computer, and make it executable (chmod a+x filename in Terminal). # First, in iPhoto select all events and do Photos > Batch Change# Set Title to Event Name# With all events highlighted, export events a folder somewhere, for filename use title# Photos will be exported with filename of "event - number.jpg" (ex: A...
published on Tuesday, the 11. November 2008, macosxhints
Apps: Ghost, Jing, Yum
Ghost 1.1 (free) provides users with a simple way to create or view hidden files. By dragging and dropping files or folders into the applications window then selecting either hide or unhide. The update now prevents users from hiding their hard drives, which cannot simply be unhidden. The application now quits when the last window is closed and other various bugs have been addressed. [Download - 0....
published on Monday, the 10. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
How-To: Mac-ify Your VMware Unity Windows
Even with CodeWeaver’s generous giveaway of CrossOver Mac the other week, there are still times when one has to use a virtualized Windows environment to get work done that just cannot be performed within OS X properly. In talking with other VMware users, I realized that not everyone may hack their hosted Windows environment as I [...]
published on Friday, the 7. November 2008, apple-blog
Manipulating interfaces on screens you cannot see
Ars shows you how to click buttons on your Mac's screen when there are no buttons you can actually see. System Events scripting provides the solution for this otherwise frustrating situation.Read More...
published on Monday, the 3. November 2008, ars-technica
Has Steve Jobs Chosen His Replacement?
Ever since his very secretive battle with Pancreatic Cancer in 2003-2004, Steve Jobs’ health is consistently under a microscope. Every time Jobs coughs on stage the news media goes crazy with rumors that he might be ill. Many believe the charismatic leader, who saved Apple from extinction in the 90’s, cannot be replaced. Investors seem to [...]
published on Saturday, the 1. November 2008, apple-blog
TAB Welcomes: Clayton Lai
Hi everyone, from the little red dot known as Singapore! I have a confession to make: I am a recent switcher. Being in the broadcast and advertising industry, I have always been surrounded by Macs. Just about every one?from production companies to advertising agencies to postproduction facilities?uses Macs. But, for whatever reasons I cannot for my [...]
published on Tuesday, the 28. October 2008, apple-blog
Avoid the TIFF (LZW) error in Mac/Windows Office
One well known problem experienced by Microsoft Office users in Mac and Windows environments is that some images inserted using the Mac cannot viewed in Office for Windows. Instead of seeing the image, you get an error message that says "QuickTime and a TIFF (LZW) decompressor are needed to see this picture." Typically this problem happens with images that have been inserted in the documents using the clipboard or drag and drop. The quickest and easiest way to solve this problem in old documents is to use the red eye removal tool (or some other non-noticeable adjustment tool) in iPhoto or Photoshop on the images, as described in this blog entry. For new documents, the standard solution is to use Insert » Picture » From File in Office (as ...
published on Wednesday, the 15. October 2008, macosxhints
Credit Suisse lowers AAPL target, 'stop loss' figure
Analyst Steven Soranno of Credit Suisse has joined other firms in devaluing Apple stock, reports say. Soranno comments that while Apple has a solid base with good products, the company cannot help but be affected by the overall economy, which is plagued by failing banks and limited credit. In spite of Credit posting a $200 target last month, Soranno says he is now lowering this figure to $160, t...
published on Tuesday, the 30. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
Easily save TextEdit documents via AppleScript
I often dump ideas, questions, and answers in TextEdit files which I later use Spotlight to retrieve. Saving lots of these files manually is a chore, so I created an AppleScript to take care of this. How it works is it takes the first paragraph (a line followed by return) of the document -- typically the title in my writing -- and uses this to name the text file (note some characters like ':' cannot be used in file names), and then saves the text file in your Documents folder. Here's the script: tell application "TextEdit" set documentName to "" set paragraphText to paragraph 1 of document 1 if (count of paragraphs of document 1) = 1 then set documentName to paragraphText else -- get rid of newline character se...
published on Monday, the 22. September 2008, macosxhints