I like TimeMachine, no really, I do. I think it is a good idea that has been poorly implemented. Hey, it is Apple, don’t expect it to be right on the first version. 10.5.2 is going to fix one issue, it will provide the ability to back up to disks attached to the Airport Extreme. [...]

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Update: Apple has released this update that fixes the problem. After installing the update Time Machine will see and use USB drives attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station. No more hacks required.
Update 2: For an easy to follow guide on how to get this running see Michael’s post here.
Here’s the old post, you can [...]

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A two part post, you can find part two here.
Own a MacBook Pro or Windows Laptop? Want to write to / from an external disk at theoretical 3Gb/sec? Which, in practical terms, is a maximum of 280MB/sec.

Tags: Apple, art, book, conversion, disk, firewire, free, FW, mac, macbook, macintosh, sata, usb

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11 Mac apps, plus another rumoured to be bundled in when the total is achieved, are bundled together on Mac Heist. They are for sale at a great price, saving over 300 bucks on retail.
It’s a good deal, you get some useful apps in the bundle, plus a couple of stinkers of course. So [...]

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At long last the West coast of Canada gets an Apple store. Yes!
Apple has begun construction on a new retail store on the west coast of Canada, and has already painted covers over the job site to mask the workers’ progress. The Cupertino-based company has listed job openings for the future store, which will reside [...]

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Via 9to5mac.com/macworld-bloopers-0230959534

Tags: Apple, application, blooper, creationrobot, funny, mac, steve

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Did you know that you can add features to Leopard’s quick look feature? Here’s some now:
Folders
When you Quick Look a folder Apple’s implementation shows you… an icon of a folder. This plugin, on the other hand, shows you the folder and its contents.
Zip Files
This plugin does for [...]

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Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
Lighthead - Caffeine

Tags: art, [...]

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