Mac News
Twitterrific will tweet on the iPhone
Categories: MacWorld
Mariner Calc brings Excel editing to the iPhone
Mariner Software is bringing its spreadsheet program to the iPhone. And with it comes the ability to edit Excel files in their native format.
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Seven open-source Mac apps you need right now
CIO.com looks at seven enterprise-ready open-source solutions that are must-haves for Mac users in the workplace.
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Wheeled/rolling laptop bags
Looking for a wheeled laptop bag to take the load off your back? Dan Frakes takes a look at four candidates in this week's Mobile Mac.
Categories: MacWorld
Google and Yahoo strike deal, Microsoft's out
PC World looks at the aftermath of the Google-Yahoo deal—particularly how it affects one-time Yahoo suitor Microsoft.
Categories: MacWorld
OS X virtualization options limited for desktop users
OS X does many things better than does Vista. Its restriction on virtualization is not one of those things.
Categories: MacWorld
Animated comic reader coming to iPhone
Aquafadas is developing a new comic and manga reading application that will let you store your favorite graphic novels on your iPhone.
Categories: MacWorld
Apple updates Xsan software to 2.1
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Snow Leopard: Back to Basics
Apple's new Snow Leopard announcement -- no new features, just stability and speed improvements -- is music to Jason Snell's ears.
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Opinion: What I hate about Leopard
Rick LePage has been using OS X since the earliest days. And yet it's Leopard's instabilities that have him up in arms.
Categories: MacWorld
Add full-page zooming to WebKit
Learn how to implement a full-page (text, images, etc.) zoom feature in the WebKit version of the Safari browser.
Categories: MacWorld
A farewell to iCards
There was plenty of news coming out of this week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, from new iPhones to future OS X updates. But in this video, we’ve decided to pay tribute to an Apple offering that’s about to disappear.
Categories: MacWorld
Opinion: Snow Leopard—an OS without new features
Computerworld’s Dan Turner takes a closer look at the few details Apple has disclosed about Snow Leopard, the next version of OS X.
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Video: Woz Hacks Kathy Griffins iPhone on TV
He really knows the way to a woman's heart.
Categories: MacLife
HTC iPhone rival launches in Taiwan Saturday
Categories: MacWorld
One possible fix for low iPhone headset volume levels
Here's a solution to a big problem with the Apple headset for the iPhone: the sound level in my headset had become so low, I could hardly could hear a conversation in the car. After some experimentation, I found the solution: high pressure air to clean the earpiece -- evidently the plug was clotted. The same can of pressurized air I use to clean my camera was the solution for my iPhone headset as well. It is now loud and clear again.
Categories: Mac OS Hints
Really dim down an external display
I recently got a Dell 20" LCD to act as an external monitor for my MacBook through its Mini DVI-to-DVI connector. When working at night with only a small lamp for illumination, it was impossible to set the brightness low enough so that I wouldn't have to squint at the screen.
Inverting colors using Control-Option-Command-8 made it just slightly more comfortable, but I didn't fancy the weird colors. Calibrating the screen to a lower gamma didn't do much either. In the end, I found these two freeware utilities:Both act by applying a color filter to make the screen look darker. I like Nocturne because it activates/deactivates darkening with a single click. I assigned a trigger to Nocturne in Quicksilver, and now I can get a dimmed screen with just a keypress ... and no more bloodshot eyes!
Inverting colors using Control-Option-Command-8 made it just slightly more comfortable, but I didn't fancy the weird colors. Calibrating the screen to a lower gamma didn't do much either. In the end, I found these two freeware utilities:Both act by applying a color filter to make the screen look darker. I like Nocturne because it activates/deactivates darkening with a single click. I assigned a trigger to Nocturne in Quicksilver, and now I can get a dimmed screen with just a keypress ... and no more bloodshot eyes!
Categories: Mac OS Hints
Listen to music on iPhone 1.1.4 with a Bluetooth headset
Prior to the iPhone software version 1.1.4, you could listen to the iPod audio over a Bluetooth headset if you did the trick of switching to the voicemail screen and selecting the headset for audio. This still works, but you can't leave this screen and you can't sleep the phone, or the headset audio is disabled.
What I found was that you can get the old functionality back by doing the following:
What I found was that you can get the old functionality back by doing the following:
- Start the iPod audio.
- Go to the voicemail screen and enable the headset audio.
- Double tap the home button to bring up the iPod controller.
- Press "iPod", which will take you to the iPod app.
- Double tap the home button again, which will take you to the speed dial screen.
Categories: Mac OS Hints


