February 2006
- Intel-based Mac mini, 02.28.
Intel Core Solo and Core Duo CPUs, Front Row with remote control
and Bonjour support, vampire video with Intel GPU, and a higher
price.
- Dvorak: Will Microsoft adopt OS
X?, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 02.28. John Dvorak does a
180-degree turnabout, suggests Microsoft will switch to Mac OS X,
not vice versa
- Tips for Pismos, 10.3.9, resetting
a stuck modem, using widgets without Tiger, and more, Charles
Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.27. More advice on dealing with
Pismo modem problems, OS X 10.3.9 as the best OS for Pismos, and
two utilities Panther users should know about.
- Extending your range and
reducing WiFi interference, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter,
02.28. There are several simple things you can do to improve your
WiFi range and reduce interference from other devices.
- Dvorak adoption notice, tips for
Apple's Yo-yo power supply, old iMac a good value?, and more,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.27. Also a 'Pismo up in
smoke' update, Lombard up in smoke, iBook G3 logic board problems,
Wangwriter appreciation, and more.
- FM transmitters: How good a
choice for listening to your iPod on your car stereo?, Adam
Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 02.24. An FM transmitter makes your
iPod compatible with any car stereo, but how good is reception? How
good is sound quality?
- MacBook battery life and
performance, MacBook teardown guide, longer life PowerBook
batteries, and more, The 'Book Review, 02.24. Also iTab, an
iBook turned into a tablet; end in sight for 12" and 17"
PowerBooks; QuickerTek Automator antenna switching software;
bargain 'Books from $390 to $1,849; and more.
- First OS X malware in the wild,
will Apple adopt Windows?, WiFi fears at Canadian university, and
more, Mac News Review, 02.24. Also limitations of ClamXav for
detecting viruses, possible Intel iBook and Mac mini next week,
making music with the Mac, and more.
- Control 2 or more computers with
one Mac, one mouse, one keyboard, and no KVM switch, Neil
Reicher, Mac Daniel, 02.23. Freeware and ethernet let you share one
mouse and keyboard among multiple computers without the tangle of
a KVM switch and myriad cables.
- 'Hammer' exploits Mac user
vulnerability, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 02.23. There's a new
threat to your Mac on the Internet that could result in serious
damage to your hardware.
- Olympians love iPods, beware
iPod slurpers, iShirt for iPod shuffle, iPod Universal Dock, and
more, iPod News Review, 02.23. Also lossless compression and
the audiophile, Logitech Wireless Music System reviewed, u-Link
nano adapter, iKitty iPod toy and protector, and more.
- Apple vs. OSx86, what Intel
transition means to Apple, Linux running on Macintel, and more,
The Macintel Report, 02.23. Also Intel to phase out parallel ATA,
Intel pushing for 3G wireless on notebooks, and Microsoft testing
fix for Core Duo power drain bug.
- Growing Apple with the
Macintosh: The Sculley years, Tom Hormby, Orchard, 02.22. With
the Mac ascendant, Apple grew to become the biggest personal
computer maker on the market in 1990.
- Quick and easy disk maintenance
and backup for your Mac, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter,
.02.22. Open source and freeware maintenance and backup utilities
for your Mac. Your only cost is for the backup media.
- Windows, PowerPC Macs, or Intel
Macs for the law office?, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac,
02.21. The Mac vs. Windows decision is the easy one, but choosing
between the tried-and-true PowerPC models and the new Intel Core
Duo models takes more thought.
- Would you believe I picked up a
decent old PowerBook for just $26?, Thomas Ahart, The
Productive Mac, 02.21. If you're looking for a low-cost, low-power
laptop for light use, there are some real steals out there. Like
this Powerbook 520c....
- VNC, Basilisk II, and
SheepShaver: 3 ways to run Classic on an Intel Mac, Alan
Zisman, Mac2Windows, 02.20. The new Intel-based Macs don't support
Classic mode, but there are hardware and software solutions that
will let you access some or all of your old Classic apps.
- Back to the future: downgrading my
Pismo to OS X 10.3.9, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings,
02.20. With Spotlight and Tiger's Find refusing to work on the
Pismo, it was time to backtrack to OS X 10.3.9 - which actually
seems faster and more stable on this PowerBook.
- Control hard drive spindown
with Apple's free CHUD Tools, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 02.17.
Energy Saver can spin down your hard drives, but it gives you no
control over the spindown delay. CHUD Tools gives you that
control.
- Faster MacBook Pro shipping,
iBook replacement in April?, world's smallest external hard drive,
and more, The 'Book Review, 20.17. Also Windows will be welcome
on MacBooks, 1.92 GHz and 2.0 GHz PowerBook G4 upgrades, Acer takes
top spot in notebook sales, bargain 'Books from $230 to $1,699, and
more.
- OS X 10.4.5 fixes Front Row
video glitch on Intel iMac, Mac mini inside an SE/30,'I'm not
buying a Mac', and more, Mac News Review, 02.17. Also, iMac
Core Duo sometimes over twice as fast as iMac G5, Intel iMac
'simply the best', tech reviews gone bad, NewerTech improves
miniStack enclosure, and more.
- Apple and the enterprise:
Ignoring the market or biding their time?, Leaman Crews, Plays
Well with Others, 02.16. Mac OS X Server, Xserve, and Xserve RAID
are incredible values, but Apple is putting the focus on the
consumer market. Will that change when Xserve goes Intel?
- What going Intel really means
for Apple, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 02.16. ZDNet's Paul Murphy
argues that going Intel is a disaster that cheapens the Mac brand
while producing slower computers. Here's why he's wrong.
- More Address Book foibles,
tips, and add-ons, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User,
02.09. Readers weigh in on Macintel, Apple's Address Book, and
Yojimbo. Questions and tips on becoming a more efficient Mac
user.
- MacBook Pro: What's up with
bumping the speed when Apple can't even meet demand?, Ted
Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 02.16. More speed for the same price is
nice, but why not concentrate on meeting demand first? And what's
with that $300 premium for the 2.16 GHz model?
- Custom painted iPods, iPod
nano scratch lawsuits, wireless and 'true video' iPods coming?, and
more, iPod News Review, 02.16. Also Microsoft to challenge
iPod's dominance, RIAA says erase your iPod before you sell it,
using the iPod's sleep timer, new software, and more.
- MacBook Pro ships, graphics
problems with Intel iMacs, future Intel CPUs, and more, The
Macintel Report, 02.16. Also USB 2.0 power management problems with
Core Duo and Windows, OS X 10.4.4 hacked to run on Intel PCs,
Windows virtualization on Macintel contest, and more.
- MacBook Pro value equation
revisited, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 02.15. The MacBook Pro is
shipping at higher speeds than expected. But is it time for you to
go Intel, or should you stick with PowerPC a while longer?
- System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6: The
beginning and end of an era, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations,
02.15. System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6 introduced many new features and
greater modernity while staying within reach of most early
Macintosh models.
- Retro computing: First
impressions of a newly acquired Apple Lisa, Ted Hodges, Vintage
Mac Living, 02.14. Saved from the trash and given a new home, this
old Lisa is a slow, friendly computer.
- Finding and using free wireless
Internet access, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter, 02.14. There
are lots of free WiFi hotspots out there. Here are the tools you
need to detect them and make the connection.
- If Apple won't support Classic on
Intel Macs, it should liberate OS 9, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab
Report, 02.14. Although a lot of Mac users depend on Classic mode
in OS X, Apple has seen fit to drop it on their newest hardware.
That being the case, they should declare it unsupported and give it
away for free.
- Apple, IBM, and Intel: The
choice was clear, and the transition says a lot about Apple,
Paul Brierley, The 'Book Beat, 02.13. Apple's history is full of
change, and when it became obvious that IBM was pushing power while
Intel was switching the focus to efficiency, the time was right to
move Apple to Intel.
- Tiger 10.4.4 update cripples
Pismo's internal modem, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings,
02.13. Pismo's internal modem works flawlessly under OS 9 and OS X
10.3, but it's grown less reliable under 10.4, becoming unusable
with the most recent update.
- How Apple could extend music
sharing to your iPod and your stereo, Adam Robert Guha, Apple
Archive, 02.10. iTunes makes it easy to share music with other
iTunes users. Why not expand the idea so iPod users can share or so
you can access your iTunes library from your stereo?
- TopXNotes Classic: A powerful,
easy to use, low cost information organizer for OS 9, Nathan
Thompson, Embracing Obsolescence, 02.10. TopXNotes goes far beyond
replacing Apple's Notepad and allows you complete organizational
control of your notes.
- MacBook Pro 'perfect form
factor', Rosetta close to PB G4 speed, Core Duo Dell $1000 less,
and more, The 'Book Review, 02.10. Also the modemless MacBook
Pro, notebooks pass desktops in sales, Apple 9th in portable sales,
fixing a broken PowerBook latch, iLap solves 'Book user's problems,
bargain 'Books from $390 to $1,849, and more.
- Much praise for Intel iMac,
Core Duo keyboard problem, PPC emulator adds Classic to Macintel,
and more, Charles W Moore, Mac News Review, 02.10. Reasons to
wait on buying an Intel Mac, Apple top brand in European education,
new hard drives, and the SheepShaver emulator brings PowerPC Mac
emulation to Intel-based Macs.
- Yojimbo: A powerful, easy to
use information management tool, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient
Mac User, 02.09. Yojimbo "offers a good balance of powerful
capabilities and simple user-friendliness that will fit the needs
of many."
- If iPod/iTunes Music Store is
anticompetitive, Microsoft's PlaysForSure is even more so, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 02.09. If Apple can be sued over the
iPod/iTunes/iTMS connection, surely Microsoft's PlaysForSure
initiative is worse because it ties you to the Windows platform as
well as PlaysForSure players and services.
- Hearing loss 'beside the
point' in lawsuit, iPod updater asks for FireWire on USB-only
iPods, new cradles, and more, Charles W Moore, iPod News Review,
02.09. Also Apple intros 1 GB iPod nano, Royal Navy preps
iPod-ready warship, forensic access to iPod's hard drive, high
capacity battery for iPod nano, 'impossibly cute' cases, and
more.
- Intel Core Duo vs. PowerPC G5,
time to buy Macintel? Adobe apps coming to Intel late, and
more, Charles W Moore, The Macintel Report, 02.09. Benchmarks
compare Macintel to G5 models, when is it time to switch?, Apple's
ads make things awkward for Intel, and Adobe in no hurry to support
Macintel users.
- NewerTech miniStack: A
great drive even if you don't own a Mac mini, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Reviews, 02.08. Although it's designed to match the Mac
mini, the miniStack hard drive can add USB 2.0 and FireWire ports
to any Mac while keeping your fast external hard drive cool.
- Computer benchmarks and other
baloney: Don't expect 2-4x performance from Intel Macs, Alan
Zisman, Mac2Windows, 02.06. The Intel Macs are faster than the
models they replace, but only with software written for them. With
older software, they're actually slower than last year's Macs.
- Tips for shopping online and
avoiding problems, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter, 02.07. Do
you really know who you're dealing with and what your buying on the
Internet? Tips on protecting yourself online.
- The story
behind Apple's Newton, Tom Hormby, Orchard, 02.07. The people,
problems, and events that shaped Apple's Newton MessagePad.
- Pismo up in smoke, Macintel ends
virus-free Macs?, G3 iBook a risk with logic board problems?, and
more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.06. Also the
great value of a refurbished 20" iMac, booting OS X on WallStreet
with an external CD drive, and ramblings about the MacBook name,
the usefulness of old Macs, and working with Windows Mobile.
- New tech parallels and perils:
PowerBook 5300 and MacBook Pro, Paul Brierley, The 'Book Beat,
02.06. Ten years ago, Apple's PowerBook 5300 was known for flaming
batteries, sluggish performance, and underperforming emulation. Has
Apple learned their lesson, or will the MacBook Pro repeat
history?
- Microsoft's monopoly makes it
slow and vulnerable, which Apple, Google, and AOL love, Adam
Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 02.03. Internet Explorer 7 beta
security bug found the first day, Windows Vista delayed again and
again, also-ran search and messaging give others an opportunity to
chip away at the Microsoft monopoply.
- Netscape 7, Internet Explorer
5, iCab, MacLynx, WaMCom, WannaBe, MachTen, and more movies made on
Macs, Nathan Thompson, Embracing Obsolescence, 26.02.03. A look
at favorite and unfavorite browsers for the classic Mac OS and
three other movies produced on Macs.
- More PowerBook defects, why
'MacBook' instead of PowerBook?, 1.9 GHz PowerBook G4 upgrade
tested, and more, Charles W Moore, The 'Book Review, 02.03. Also
MacBook battery life as good as you'd expect from Apple, monitor
spanning makes sense, battery firmware update for 15" PowerBook G4,
bargain 'Books from $330 to $2,149, and more.
- 20" iMac G5 price cut, hands on
Intel iMacs, one keyboard and mouse to rule them all, and more,
Charles Moore, Mac News Review, 02.03. Also the Universal Binary
future of Mac software, widescreen trend just getting started,
adios IE5 for Mac, 1.8 GHz dual G4 upgrade, and more.
- 36 ways to tweak Tiger with
TinkerTool, Leaman Crews, Plays Well with Others, 02.02. One
freeware app lets you control 36 different features in OS X
10.4.
- Mac sales sluggish or strong?,
does Intel mean Macintel badware?, WinXP on Macintel contest, and
more, Charles W Moore, The Macintel Report, 02.02. Also when to
move to Macintel, the "Intel nativeness" monkey wrench, OS X 10.4.4
printer drivers, Intel's 45nm success, and more.
- Expert replaces iPod battery
blindfolded, Belkin's stereo iPod mic, 8-hour add-on iPod battery,
and more, Charles W Moore, iPod News Review, 02.02. Also charging
your iPod's battery, smart headphone slippter with volume control,
iPod renewal kit from NewerTech, top 20 iPod CityGuides, and
more.
- What's a good, inexpensive,
useful, older Mac? The PowerBook 1400, Thomas Ahart, The
Productive Mac, 02.01. Relatively compact and not especially heavy,
the PowerBook 1400 is a great low-cost way to run the classic Mac
OS - and it's portable.
- Thoughts and advice on replacing
a two-year-old iBook G4, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not Out, 02.01.
This iBook G4 has taken a beating. Does it make more sense to buy a
new iBook G4, wait for the Intel models, or look at the used
market?
- Using a shared Windows printer
from your Mac with OS X 10.4, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows, 02.01.
Step-by-step instructions for getting your Mac with 'Tiger' to see
and print to a shared printer on a Windows computer. It's not
perfect, but it does work.
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