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This update delivers improved support for installing software updates and is required for any future Mac OS X updates. Download this update from Apple here. File Size: 300KB

What goes into an icon? … Lots and lots of thought.  Very little is left to chance.  There are stories and meaning for why icons look the way they do. Some are born of necessity, others are inside jokes, some we’ll never know.

There’s no need to waste expensive ink when you just want to proof your document in real life.  Any document created on your Mac can be stripped of it’s color for black and white printing easily and simply.  And if you do a lot proofing, then I have a little gift to give to help [...]

I am always wanting to reorganize and clean-up my information.  However sometimes I get a little over-zelous and make a mistake (delete a birthday, phone number, etc).  Sometimes its inconsequential, other times its a big deal.  And if you don’t catch it right away, even MobileMe can’t help you. It is always important to protect [...]

You’ve got your Mac home.  It’s un-boxed & setup, you turn it on, fill out all the registration information (while recording important information) and are ready to go. Umm, now what? Where does everything live? I’ll show you.

No one likes to have to recover from backups, but if recovery is straightforward and painless, that much the better right?  Please remember this is a complete restore.  It will REPLACE all your address book data. Here are the quickest steps to restore your Address Book to its former glory: Locate your Address Book Archive. [...]

Every morning I watch a video podcast of last nights newscast. Episodes are released daily, but I end up hitting ‘Refresh’ to download newest one during breakfast because the ‘Check for new episodes’ sets the time to now. Lets make iTunes download earlier so the episode is waiting for me!

This update addresses a firmware issue related to intermittent audio that some users have experienced while using the 27-inch LED Cinema Display.

As of October 21, 2010 no Mac will have Adobe’s Flash Player installed at the factory.  Every Mac will come “flash-less”. Some Macs will trickle out from factories for the next few weeks with Flash pre-installed, but they will become fewer and fewer very quickly.

The thumbnails for Google Chrome are a great feature.  It’s like Safari’s Top Sites feature – the difference being a cleaner design. However the auto-generated thumbnails are not updated often enough for me, or in some cases, are made at the wrong time (for example, when a page is slow or not properly loading).  You [...]