Tag: mac

For those users who use Microsoft products on their Macs, you need to be aware that there is a new version of the Backdoor Trojan embedded in a word document related to the Tibetan situation.  According to this article, it is possibly related to the Chinese effort to keep an eye on Tibetan sympathizers and any group banned by the Chinese goverment: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/30/mac-malware-backdoor/ Make sure that you update all of your Microsoft products to the latest version set by the…

Alex Lee, curator of the What is the Apple IIgs website has written an extensive write up about how Desktop Publishing really changed the computing world.   The article shows the changes between the cut and paste era and the digital editing era and how the differences were reflected in the magazines that were produced. You can read the full article here: http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/professional-desktop-publishing-and-the-apple-ii/

If you are in the middle of renaming a ton of files by hand, stop.  Now there is an easier way that doesn’t involve the command line.   7 Bit Guys’ Stuff has released Easy Rename for Mac OS X, which resolves the problem of doing a mass rename based on the pattern in the file name.  While most UNIX users know how to do such a thing by command line, for those folk who want to do a quick rename…

Rovi Corporation announced the release of their latest version of the Roxio Toast DVD burning software.   Version 11.0 which is now available on the Roxio website, with the pro version 11.0 including such new features as: Adobe® PhotoShop® Elements 9 – the latest, full-featured version of the #1 selling consumer photo-editing software for the Mac. The application delivers powerful options that make it easy to create extraordinary photos, quickly share your memories in online albums and unique print creations, and…

by Sean Henriques KillDashboard : a utility to disable the Dashboard on your Mac After seeing my lovely 4GB Macbook Pro come to a halt, I checked the Activity Monitor and was horrified to see that the Dashboard was taking up more than 1GB of Real Memory! I don’t know about you but I rarely pop into the Dashboard so I wrote up a utility to Kill the Dashboard quickly and posted on buzz. A request to share it soon…