iTunes 8 hidden import settings
Apple has changed the preferences in iTunes 8. Several readers have complained that they cannot find the import settings anymore. To make sure you import higher-quality MP3s (or AAC, Lossless, …
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Our top pick for FTP program: Transmit
Our number one pick for FTP application is Transmit. It is solid, and quite full-featured: Column view. iDisk. sidebar. ftp/ssl. search. zooming. it even has tabs. What is FTP? FTP, …
Read MoreAutomountd trying to connect to Backups.backupdb
Little Snitch’s outbound firewall tells me that automountd wants to connect to Backups.backupdb on port 111. We found out that this is caused by our switch to the free OpenDNS …
Read MoreMac Maintenance: Repair Disk Permissions
As in all Unix-based systems, Mac OS X assigns specific access privileges, known as permissions, to each of your programs, folders, and documents, which are associated with a particular owner, …
Read MoreWhat is the best application ever created?
No one agrees with me. My vote for the best software ever created may surprise you. Maybe not. I have used SO much software, between Office, Graphics/Video, Internet, Sound, and …
Read MoreCritical file backups
It’s sad to think about. You will only know how valuable something is until you lose it. I’m sure many of you have lost a file, or some data, or …
Read MoreMy email to Steve Jobs
OK, here we go. If I ever sent an email to Steve Jobs, and more importantly if he ever read it, I’d probably do the Mac Fanatic thing and praise …
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