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- 1Password intros instant logins from in-browser bookmark window
Okay, I've asked this before, but it's important enough to ask again: are you still using a few easy-to-remember words and numbers as your personal cache of internet passwords? If this is the case, please consider spending USD$34.95 and getting a copy of 1Password. It's exactly what you need: it allows you to have strong passwords for all your online accounts while requiring you to only remember...
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- Second generation Drobo adds support for Firewire and improves USB 2.0
Today Data Robotics launched the second generation of its Drobo "storage robot". Drobo is a drive system that offers redundant data protection, and instant expandability allowing storage capacity to grow over time as need be. New enhancements in the second generation Drobo include an upgraded core processor, two FireWire 800 ports, dramatically increased USB 2.0 performance, and newly optimized...
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- Hazel's filesystem housecleaning abilities just got even more powerful
Are you a slob? Do you need someone to follow you around with a garbage bag and a hamper to pick up after you? Does this slovenliness extend to your Mac? If so, you need Hazel.
Hazel is a housekeeper for your folders and files. Using Hazel's powerful rule engine, you can easily create workflows that keep your files organized automatically. Hazel also features options for managing your Trash...
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- Chris Alvanas shows how to retouch eyes in Photoshop
Layers Magazine's Chris Alvanas has posted a new tutorial on the site entitled Retouching Eyes in Photoshop. Because well-done photo retouching is imperceptible, you may not realize all the work that can go into tweaking and perfecting the details of an image. If the eyes are the window to the soul, it would behoove us to properly clean and dress those windows if our images are going to convey...
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- The Apple Design Award winners at Iconfactory show you how to make your own
Have you always wanted to win an Apple Design Award? The cool little illuminated cube is something I've coveted for a while now, but since I don't actually produce any hardware or software for any Apple products, I think my chances of winning one are pretty lousy.
The Iconfactory's Craig Hockenberry was awarded an Apple Design Award at WWDC 2008 for Twitterrific for the iPhone. The award has...
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- Blambots FREE font for July goes crazy with the autoligatures
Blambot's FREE font for July 2008 is called Sanitarium. It's got sharp, irregular serifs and varied letter heights to give it a manic, unstable look. Designed as a perfect logo and title font, the OpenType version is equipped with autoligatures to give your type a random element and so that no two consecutive letters look the same.
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- ...and yet one more update from Apple. Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2
I must admit, I have an irrational fear of firmware updates.
The Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2 update requires that you already have AirPort Utility 5.3.2 installed (versions for Leopard, Tiger and Windows are available).
What does it do? Well, let's see what Apple has to say...
The Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n*...
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- Apple has updates for Tiger users too. Safari 3.1.2
Apple doesn't want Tiger users to feel left out of the day's updating fun. They've released a special Safari 3.1.2 for Tiger update.
It's sole purpose appears to be a WebKit update that prevents an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution while visiting a maliciously crafted website.
Whew! That's a relief!
Now Mac OS X 10.4.11 users can visit all their favorite...
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- Apple lays the 10.5.4 update on us and Security Update 2008-004
Apple released a Mac OS X update today, bring us up to 10.5.4. This update is available in Update and Combo Update flavors for Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.5 Server (gory details after the "read more"):
Mac OS X 10.5.4 Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.5.4 Update
Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
Mac OS X Server Combo 10.5.4
Publishing pros will be happy to know that the 10.5.4 update includes fixes that...
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- In honor of today's Twitter outage we are proud to announce the Fail Whale T-shirt
Feeling overloaded? Need a lift? Twitter certainly does...
...and now you can sport that same overloaded look with our new Fail Whale T-Shirt. This men's soft cotton jersey tee (by American Apparel) comes is traditional Twitter turquoise and displays an interpretation of Yiying Lu's wonderful illustration that has been made infamous on one of Twitter's error pages.
The shirt...
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- Mad man, Deke McClelland, drops 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes
If you can keep up with the frenetic pace, Deke McClelland will teach you over 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes... seriously. Most of the tips are key-command explanations but there are indeed a few gems hidden in amongst the rest.
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- Run Spore Creature Creator Demo on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger
Evidently, the only thing keeping some users of Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger from using the Spore Creature Creator Demo is that the application is coded to look for and only accept Mac OS X 10.5.3.
An anonymous user over at Mac OS X Hints has posted instructions on how to easily alter a plist in the game's package contents to have it check for a slightly older operating system. Voila! Now, as the...
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- Five undisclosed and boring features of Mac OS X Snow Leopard
One of the unfortunate downsides to devoting the focus of the next installment of Mac OS X to speed and stability is that it's difficult to show that in a screenshot. How do you leak images of the operating system not SBBoDing.
If Snow Leopard really is going to be all about making things run better, stronger and faster, the Mac rumor sites are going to have to be content with write ups about...
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- 1Password works with Firefox 3 and a version of Safari that isn't even out yet
The new version of 1Password (2.6.5) offers support for both Firefox 3, the Safari 4 Developer Preview, DEVONagent 2.3.1, OmniWeb Sneaky Peeks, and Flock 2. This update is free to all paid 1Password customers.
1Password is an excellent password manager for Mac OS X with integrated anti-phishing technology, and a database to keep track of logins, secure notes, identities, credit cards, bank...
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- Aqua GUI for Unix Commands
It's easy to forget about OS X's Unix core, but did you realize there is a slew of useful utilities buried behind the command line?
Have you ever wanted easy access to utilities that discipline resource hogging applications, compare files or performed maintenance on your Mac?
In today's Freeloader Friday we'll pull some useful Unix utilities out from behind the Terminal and on to the desktop....
[read more at MacMerc.com]
- Touchscreen iMac a reality with user-installed device (VIDEO)
The SlipCOVER by Troll Touch is a user-installable touchscreen newly available in sizes designed specifically for the current Apple 20 and 24 inch aluminum iMacs.
Both sizes feature a high resolution, analog resistive touchscreen technology which supports user input via fingertip, gloved hand or stylus. The products consist of a touch sensitive overlay that replaces the iMac's display glass...
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- Glims 1.0b2 adds autocomplete, thumbnails and more to Safari
Glims is a Safari (version 3.1.1 and up) add-on for Leopard that adds useful features to the web browser.
Among those features:
Adds thumbnails to Google.com search results
Adds thumbnails to Yahoo.com search results
Adds Amazon's information banner on Google.com search results
Adds Amazon's information banner on Yahoo.com search results
Adds a "Max Window Size" menu item to resize the Safari...
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- EA Spore Creature Creator spreads across the internet
It was kind of fun to monitor Twitter today with all the buzz about the Spore Creature Creator Trial but not as much fun as it is playing! The Spore Creature Creator is a preview of the full Spore game that is expected to release on September 7. With the Creature Creator, you to create Spore creatures that you will later be able to use in the game. You can create multiple creatures or sample...
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- Air powered by the sun. QuickerTek's Apple Juicz add solar panels to the MacBook Air.
QuickerTek announces the Apple Juicz: solar panels to power the Apple MacBook Air. The are three models that are priced between USD$500 and USD$1,000 and fold down to 10.5" and come with an Element carry bag.
There are three different solar panels:
19 watt model: recharges the Air in 14 hours, unfolds to 30.5 x 30 inches (USD$500)
29 watt model: recharges the Air in 8 hours, unfolds to 41.5 x...
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- PopChar X 4.0 makes typing obscure characters easy
Ergonis Software has announced the release of PopChar X 4.0, their tool for easily finding and typing those special characters.
I remember recommending PopChar back when I was still using Mac OS 9 and it has improved greatly since then. PopChar 4 introduces a new view that allows users to search for special characters without being limited to the characters available in a particular...
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