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Pixelated or fuzzy icons in Snow Leopard
A number of Snow Leopard users have been complaining where the normally crisp and large icons in OS X appear blurry and pixelated.
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Snow Leopard: iChat restricting minimum chat window width
Users may experience an issue regarding the minimum width of a chat window in Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard's iChat.
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Hack enables 10.6.2 on Atom processors
Upon the release of Apple's update to Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.2, a noticeable lack of support for Intel's Atom processor was uncovered.
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Weekly Utilities Update: WhatSize, CoolBook, VisualRoute, more...
Our Weekly Utilities Update report is a list of all the updates for many Mac utilities that have been released in the past week. This week we're taking a look at "VisualRoute", which graphically represents network activity and problems.
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Overcoming missing Appletalk printer connectivity in Snow Leopard
A number of people who have just updated to Snow Leopard are still running into printing problems now that Apple has dropped Appletalk support in OS X.
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Aperture How-To: Add a watermark to your photographs
A quick and simple tutorial for adding watermarks to your photographs using Aperture.
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Snow Leopard: Finder not opening files when double-clicked
Some users are experiencing an issue in Finder where files will not open when double-clicked.
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Software Updates: Apple LED Display iSight Firmware; Browsers
Apple has released a firmware update that corrects some problems associated with the iSight camera that is built into their LED cinema displays.
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Addressing nonfunctional "Turn Airport On/Off" settings
A number of Snow Leopard users have noticed a problem where their Airport cards will not turn off if they're on, and others will not turn on if they're off.
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iTunes 9: Static in surround sound on purchased media
Some users are experiencing an issue after upgrading to iTunes 9 where purchased content from the iTunes Music Store contains static during playback in 5.1 surround sound.
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MobileMe: iDisk is full
Occasionally, when using one of the many great features included with MobileMe, users will encounter an error telling them their iDisk is full.
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Apple KB Update: MobileMe "iDisk full" errors
Apple has issued a small knowledgebase update on MobileMe "iDisk full" errors and related problems.
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Spaces tips: switching and moving windows
There are a number of uses for Spaces, but regardless of how you use the feature here are some tips that may make Spaces more convenient.
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iPhoto '09: Troubleshooting and maintenance tips
Users of iPhoto '09 will be happy to know that there are some basic troubleshooting methods and maintenance tips that can keep their favorite photo management tool up and running smoothly. On the Mac, there is no better tool to organize, edit, and share y
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Installing OS X with a broken optical drive
Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a broken optical drive.
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Snow Leopard 10.6.2: Quick Look is blank after Time Machine restore
Some users experienced an issue after updating to Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard where Quick Look produced a blank window with no file preview. These users also recently restored their systems via Time Machine.
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iTunes 9.0.2 Library updating hangs
For some users, updating to iTunes 9.0.2 has come with a test in patience. Libraries of various sizes have experienced hangs when updating, some as long as 36 hours.
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Grapher: A built-in equation generator for OS X
You may periodically run into situations where properly formatting an equation would be a nice touch to your writing. Grapher is a great way to insert equations into various documents.
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Weekly Utilities Update: Pixel Tester, ClamXAV, Cocktail, more...
Our Weekly Utilities Update report is a list of all the updates for many Mac utilities that have been released in the past week. This week we're taking a look at "Pixel Tester", which is useful for finding dead or stuck pixels.
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iPod nano updated to 1.0.2
Apple has updated the iPod nano to version 1.0.2.
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