August 2007
- Charles W. Moore, Low End Mac
columnist and news editor, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh,
08.31. An interview with Charles W. Moore, who has been a Mac user
since the early 90s and began writing for Low End Mac in 1999.
- PC war losers, Mac 'just works',
$68 802.11n for older Macs, a free font manager, and more, Mac News
Review, 08.31. Also DVD region locking, the iMac's glossy screen, Mac
mini powerful enough, Chromac iMac housings, SanDisk's 8 GB flash
drive, and more.
- Apple #3 in laptops, 5 802.11
options below $100, Dell's color laptops not available, and more,
The 'Book Review, 08.31. Also rendering of a possible MacBook Lite,
Sonnet delivers FireWire/USB 2.0 and 21-in-1 memory card reader for
ExpressCard/34, bargain 'Books from $130 to $2,599, and more.
- Apple squeezes Mac clones
out of the market, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 08.30. Apple started to
license the Mac in 1994, the first clones arrived in 1995, and they
quickly into Apple's profitable high-end market.
- iMovie 08 and G4 Macs, DVD-RAM
support, iSub works with Intel iMac, Home Page alternatives, and
more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.30. Can iMovie 08 work
with a G4 Mac? Can an old Apple DVD-RAM drive be upgraded? How can you
connect an LC 575 to an OS X Mac? Coda and Rapidweaver
recommendations.
- A Quadra with ClarisWorks and
Mathematica: All you need for a thesis, Rick Lawson, My First
Mac, 08.27. With a thesis deadline approaching and no desire to
learn Windows, the author picked up an inexpensive used Quadra 605
system, which has all the power and tools needed to complete the
project.
- iBook unreliability, iBook G4
AirPort problems, RAM for a PowerBook 1400, and more, Charles
Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 08.27. Pismo vs. iBook as the more
reliable portable, catastrophic iBook failure, and a Pismo that
won't recognize new hardware.
- Replacing Home Page, more
reasons to keep a G3 iMac, don't forget iLife 08, Command Line Mac,
and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.27. Also the
Macard Project, a possible G3 All-in-One solution, printing to a
LaserWriter over AirPort, and downloads for a Power Mac not
connected to the Internet.
- Maintaining Your Mac: Fixing Mac
glitches and sluggishness, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple, 08.24. If you're Mac is
acting oddly or seems slower, here are several steps you can take
to fix glitches and reduce or remove sluggishness.
- A longtime Mac user reflects
on 8 months with Vista, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the
Job, 08.24. After eight months using Vista on three different
laptops, the author finds it better than Windows XP even on older
hardware and more secure out of the box. But it's still
Windows.
- One drive to boot all Macs,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.24. Thoughts on creating a
universal boot drive for SCSI, FireWire, and USB 2.0 Macs, Compact
Flash speed vs. CD-ROM, disk imaging and partitioning, the demise
of BeOS, and more.
- Macs roar to #3 in US, 'one
amazing iMac', 3 GB upgrade for Core 2 Mac mini, and more, Mac
News Review, 08.24. Also aluminum iMac reviews, aluminum keyboard
"packed with improvements", and QuickerTek's antenna array for
AirPort Extreme.
- Apple owns 17.6% of notebook
market, save $100 with refurb iPhones, first 320 GB notebook drive,
and more, The 'Book Review, 08.24. Also MacBooks transform PC
sales, li-ion battery design is flawed, 24/7 fuel cell power pack,
a forced air laptop cooling stand, bargain 'Books from $130 to
$2,599, and more.
- Murder on Macintosh Row: Happy
Mac, 1984-2002, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 08.23. The
Happy Mac was killed on August 24, 2002, and although there are
suspects, this cold case may never be solved.
- Connecting a LaserWriter to
ethernet and the TiBook that wouldn't boot, Dan Knight, Low End
Mac Mailbag, 08.23. The importance of an AAUI ethernet adapter, the
cost of PowerBook PRAM batteries, and booting old Macs from SCSI
drives.
- Adium: One instant
messenger to rule them all, Leo Titus LeBron V, Collection
Spotlight, 08.22. Adium can replace all of your Instant Messenger
clients with a single program and handle all of your threads in a
single tabbed window.
- KompoZer 0.7.7: Getting
Closer to a Replacement for Claris Home Page, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 08.22. KompoZer is a free, open source WYSIWYG webpage
editor that has some rough edges but works well enough for
full-time use.
- Gigabyte confusion, big letter
keyboard wanted, G3 All-in-One problem, and more, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.22. Also alternative printing solutions for
older Macs and missing AppleWorks.
- Macworld's Jason Snell on
Apple's fervor for great products, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh, 08.21. "Apple has a fervor, a belief that a good product
should be a pleasure to use."
- iWork can replace AppleWorks,
Classic a best feature of OS X, and Apple II AppleWorks on a
Mac, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.21. Also AppleWorks
lives on, an AppleWorks holdout, what killed AppleWorks, and
AppleWorks R.I.P.
- Are the white iBooks still a
good bet or should you steer clear of them?, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 08.20. The dual USB iBooks have the worst
repair record in Mac history, yet some are exceptionally reliable.
Should you consider buying one or avoid them?
- VMware Fusion a good
alternative for fusing Windows with OS X, Alan Zisman,
Mac2Windows, 08.20. Fusion has a few advantages over Parallels,
including multiprocessor support, the ability to work with 64-bit
operating systems, and less drag on the system when you're using
Mac apps.
- Restoring PowerBook batteries,
MB/GB confusion, upgrading a Performa 6300, Road Apples, and
more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.20. Also information
on Mac128k.com, the market for a midrange Macintosh, iBook
reliability, an alternative to Name Munger, and thanks from a
reader.
- Slingbox lets you watch TV on
your Mac or Windows PC - anywhere, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac, 08.17.
Slingbox transmits video from your television or DVR so you can
watch it from any computer on your network - or over the
Internet.
- Name Munger 1.5
makes renaming files even easier, Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Reviews, 08.17. Web servers may have problems with uppercase
characters, spaces, and certain characters. Name Munger (for Mac
and Windows) can quickly and easily fix those problems.
- The Hats and Feets
Uprising, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 08.17. Are
vintage Mac users crazy enough to riot over Hats and Feets? It
seems so.
- Macs 'more
enjoyable' than PCs, end of the G4, enthusiastic aluminum iMac
reviews, and more, Mac News Review, 08.17. Also Apple's USB 2.0
keyboard, business looks a iMacs, Core 2 Mac mini benchmarked,
miniStack NAS server, Virtual PC update improves security, and
more.
- MacBook Pro 'a dream
machine', wanted: MacBook with TrackPoint, MacBook power
alternative, and more, The 'Book Review, 08.17. Also the
MacBook as a back-to-school option, a lemon of a MacBook, software
update for Santa Rosa 'Books, bargain 'Books from $130 to $2,599,
and more.
- Project Macard: Compact
Flash, USB, and WiFi for pre-PCI Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings,
08.15. BlueFlash gives Apple II computers USB, Compact Flash, and
Bluetooth support. How a similar device for older Macs could be
created.
- Chillin' out with the Cool-It
USB Beverage Chiller, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh,
08.15. This simple device does one thing - and does it very well.
It plugs into a spare USB port and keeps your drink cold.
- AppleWorks: The death of a great
program, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.15. Readers share
their love of AppleWorks, iWork compatibility, the origin of
'Works' programs, and a plea to keep AppleWorks alive as an open
source project.
- Apple kills another great
app, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 08.14. Since it was released as
ClarisWorks in 1991, AppleWorks has epitomized simple elegance and
provided enough power for millions of Mac users. No longer.
- Is the Mac mini dead?, the
formatted capacity myth, G3 iBook quality, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.14. Also missing the 17" iMac,
prepping a hard drive for sale, user feedback on Apple's USB 2.0
keyboard, end of an era in WallStreet upgrades, and more.
- A light touch keyboard,
PowerBook 520c questions, moving a G3 iBook from 10.2.8 to 10.3,
and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 08.13. Also
running QuickBooks on Intel-based Macs, 'Book magnets causing CRT
problems, and wondering about the $150 Linux laptop.
- Aluminum keyboard complaints,
scope of iceBook problems, 2007 iMac value, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.13. Also more on Newton's virtual
keyboard, additional info on USB with Beige G3s, and preparing a
hard drive before you sell your old Mac.
- Truth in terabytes: Why your
computer says a 1TB drive is missing 90 GB, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 08.10. As drives become bigger, advertised capacity
increasingly diverges from reported capacity.
- Dan Knight, founder of Low End
Mac, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 08.08. A talk with Dan
Knight, who started Low End Mac over 10 years ago.
- No junk from Apple, Mac
mouse dies after 18 years, time to cut the gigabyte BS, and
more, Mac News Review, 08.10. Also new iMac and Mac mini
models, Apple's aluminum keyboards, new NAS drive looks like a Mac
mini, first software update for aluminum iMacs, and more.
- Titanium PowerBook to the
rescue, laptop component shortage, 2007 'Book performance comparo,
and more, The 'Book Review, 08.10. Also cooling the MacBook
Pro, hi-res MacBook Pro suitable for color work, new batteries for
G3 and G4 'Books, bargain 'Books from $130 to $2,599, and
more.
- The 2007 iMac value
equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 08.09. A faster bus, faster
CPU speeds, and a new look. Are close-out 2006 iMacs good
values?
- The 2007 Mac mini value
equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 08.08. Faster, more
efficient CPUs, more RAM, and bigger hard drives, but how do blow
out prices on 2006 minis compare?
- PowerBook 100: How Sony
perfectly miniaturized the 16 pound Macintosh Portable, Leo
Titus LeBron V, Collection Spotlight, 08.08. The PowerBook has the
same speed, power, memory capacity, hard drive, and screen
resolution at the Mac Portable, but it weighed less than one-third
as much.
- iBook 'Road Apple' debate, new
iMac looks horrible, Apple's new keyboards, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.08. Also how one user rescued a
SCSI drive his Mac could no longer mount, troubleshooting an LC 575,
and USB issues with the Beige G3.
- Charge your iPod with
Griffin's $30 PowerBlock, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh,
08.08. Griffin's PowerBlock is a well designed, simple power brick
especially made for charging your iPod.
- What's at stake in the iPhone
keyboard lawsuit?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 08.07. A look at
prior art, US Patent 6784873, and whether it might apply to the
iPhone keyboard.
- Mac mini (August 2007),
08.07. The refreshed mini has faster Core 2 CPUs, twice as much RAM,
and larger hard drives than last year's model.
- New Mac speculation, G3 iBooks
as Road Apples, hard drive warranties, and touch screen iMacs,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.07. Thoughts on what Apple may
introduce today, the pros and cons of G3 iBooks, a touch screen
iMac, and the realities of OEM hard drives.
- A great, free OS X
text editor? Look no further than TextWrangler, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Reviews, 08.07. BBEdit may have everything anyone could
imagine needing in a text editor, but TextWrangler may have all the
tools you really need - and it's free.
- TextSoap 4.5: Powerful
text cleaning tools, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Reviews, 08.06. If
you have to clean up text - smarten or dumb down quotes, remove or
add line feeds, prepare text for use on the Web - TextSoap may
offer all the tools you need.
- Discover the power of iWork with
The Missing Manual, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 2007.08.06. Since not much has changed between iWork '05
and iWork '06, the 2005 edition should be plenty to get any iWork
user up to speed quickly.
- G3 iBooks 'Road Apples', drive
warranty may outlast Mac warranty, G4 in a G3 iMac, and more,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.06. Also thoughts on a Mac mini
replacement for the workplace, a Mac docking system, running a
Lombard from Compact Flash, easy window capture, and the
possibility of using a touchscreen LCD with an iMac.
- iText: Solid, lightweight,
free word processing for the Classic Mac OS, OS X, and Windows,
Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 08.03. If you want a fast,
easy-to-use word processor that's consistent across platforms, look
no further than iText.
- Free software for the creative
Mac, Daniel Andrés Prieto García, My Turn, 08.03.
"It's not the tool, it's the way you use it." Free software for
creative Mac users.
- Pigs fly, snow in Death
Valley, and Dvorak uses a Mac, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side,
08.03. What has the world come to when John Dvorak, founding member
of the Axis of Macevil, walks into the temple of All Things
Macintosh?
- Better screen
captures in OS X with free Screenshot Helper, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Reviews, 08.03. Mac screenshots tend to have a lot of
clutter in the background. Screenshot Helper puts a tablecloth over
your busy desktop for cleaner captures.
- AirPort and screen problems
affecting MacBook Pro models, Apple stripped of Energy Star label,
and more, The 'Book Review, 08.03. Also a steampunk PowerBook,
After Effects CS3 on OS X vs. Windows, a vertical notebook stand,
bargain 'Books from $130 to $2,199, and more.
- New Macs expected August 7,
Apple keyboard repair tutorial, Linux vs. Mac vs. Widows, and
more, Mac News Review, 08.03. Also new Apple keyboard inspired
by MacBook?, Logitech's new Wave keyboard, iNeck lets G5 and Intel
iMacs pivot, TechTool Pro updated for latest Macs, and more.
- Quickly fix ill
formed file names with Name Munger, Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Reviews, 08.02. Web servers can have problems with uppercase
characters, spaces, and reserved characters. Name Munger (for Mac
and Windows) can quickly fix those problems.
- 2 pizza box Macs: An
original LC and an LC III, Leo Titus LeBron V, Collection
Spotlight, 08.01. Pushing an LC III to the limit and dealing with a
dead Macintosh LC.
- iPhone profits, dead ethernet,
PowerBook 1400 software, and more on the Mac mini, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag, 08.01. How to work around a dead ethernet port
in an eMac, finding older software for an old PowerBook, and more
suggestions on improving or replacing the Mac mini.
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