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Tiger release set for April 29th

By Pilky, April 12, 2005

Apple has announced that it will release the next version of Mac OS X, Tiger, on April the 29th. It will feature over 200 new features including Spotlight, Dashboard and Quicktime 7. It will cost $129.


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Desktop Manager 0.5.2 RC2

By Pilky, April 9, 2005

There are some things that when we first see them we wonder how they will ever be useful, but we now take them for granted. The GUI, the Mouse are great examples. Another is Exposé. But one that hasn’t been as widely accredited is virtual desktops, or more specifically Desktop Manager. It is a small open source app that allows you to have multiple desktops in OSX.

Some people may be put off by the fact that it’s Alpha software, but I have been using it for over a year and I haven’t had a single problem with it. It has now become natural for me to switch desktops, often having iChat and Safari on one desktop, Photoshop on another and maybe Xcode on the next. But you aren’t limited to the 3 desktops I have. Desktop Manager let’s you have unlimited desktops (well, they are limited, but just by the ram in your machine). Switching desktops is as easy as using a keyboard command, which is of course, fully customisable. You can also just move your mouse to the edge of the screen to switch desktops. The same ease of use can be applied to moving Windows between desktops.

But not only does it do all this, it does it well. You can have a pager showing previews of all your desktops either on your desktop or in your menubar. But if like me, you choose to have neither then all you are left with is a small menu bar…
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Extend iPhoto’s Filtering Abilities

By Nicholas Naime, April 8, 2005

Mac OS X Hints has a new trick for you. It seems that iPhoto’s keyword filtering abilities are not as limited as some might think… Modifier keys are your friends!


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Apple rumored to be planning a widescreen iBook

By UnnDunn, April 8, 2005

The Apple Rumor mill is in full swing with new claims that Apple has signed a deal with manufacturing partner Quanta to produce a 15.4” widescreen iBook, and that it may ship later this year:

The news that Apple may be preparing widescreen iBooks plays to recent suggestions that the company will shortly begin branding certain consumer and high-end notebook and desktop Macs as HD models, the better to link the products to the emerging HD video market.

Unsurprisingly, neither Apple nor Quanta are commenting on the rumors.


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A message for Mac Zealots

By Nick, April 5, 2005

A message for Mac zealots: grow up.

Grow up.

I know I am going to get torched for this. I don’t fscking care. I am sick and tired of Mac zealots ripping anyone who doesn’t toe the company line. Calling anyone--and in particular, another Mac fan--a “dolt” or “idiot” is immature, rude, and just plain wrong.

No. Don’t do it. Not even to the worst of PC-using trolls. Be the bigger person. Take the high road. Look, we are perceived as crazed unreasonable fanatics because some of us decide to pop off on anyone who disagrees with us. This image certainly can’t help Apple’s sales. So here’s an idea; how about instead of ripping detractors to shreds with a machete, we defend our platform in a calm, cool demeanor. We use reason. We temper our passion a little. We avoid words like “idiot.”

So in the case of Infoworld’s Chad Dickerson, instead of flaming him, why not write a sensible email where you calmly explain why he should change his mind.

Mac users are generally intelligent people. The Mac community is an amazing group on the whole. There’s nothing wrong with being passionate about the Mac. There’s nothing wrong with defending the Mac; I do it all the time. But these “Mac Attacks” hurt us and the Mac platform more than they help. Let’s save the insults. Let’s show the other 95% what Mac users are really like: smart, creative, reasonable, and awesome. Deal?


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