Narrator Can Help Lawyers Review Documents
The Mac Lawyer — ... .  This program utilizes speech synthesis to read out marked passages using specified voice attributes.  These voices can include not only OS X's built-in voices, but also a variety of others that can be ...

Ten Time Saving Tips for OS X 10.5
The Mac Lawyer — ... In the practice of law, time is money.  The more time you save, the more money you can earn.  Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) enables attorneys to practice more efficiently than ever before, and the following ten tips from ...

Quick Look is 23rd greatest Mac Moment (whoo hoo!)
MacUser — With the introduction of Quick Look in Mac OS 10.5 (sorry, I just like saying it), it suddenly made more sense to just throw all of one's files into a big metaphorical heap on the metaphorical floor. Who needs sub-folders that go seven layers deep when selecting a file in Finder and pressing spacebar yields a super-sized preview of it (with a fullscreen option to boot)? Thanks to Quick Look, I could technically never have to fire up iTunes just to watch Dr. Horrible again--I'd just preview the files directly in the Finder! ...

Guest Post :: Using Windows on a Mac
The Mac Lawyer — ... to Mac OS.  After a few years, I wanted to install a law office practice management suite.  Unfortunately, the ones I liked, ran on Windows.  After much research trying to find a “work-around”, I tried to load Windows on my various Mac machines. ...

TidBITS Gift Guide 2008
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... picks as chosen in the survey, be sure to check out the full TidBITS Talk threads: Hardware, Software, Games, Computer Miscellaneous, and For the Macintosh Minded. The discussions are still active, so be sure to read them to find more details about items that didn't quite make the cut in the survey, along with a slew of gift ideas that came in too late to be included in the survey. Apple Software -- Last year's top picks - Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, iLife '08, and iWork '08 - were no surprise then, making ...

Getting the little things right in Mac OS X
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Don't get me started on the error I get 2-3 times a week when Time Machine tells me a backup didn't work, and then the next hour everything is fine. This is another error that has survived several Leopard updates. Like a good citizen, I always do the larger combo updates to have the best chance of replacing any bad system components. ...

Apple now worth quintuple Dell’s market value
MacDailyNews — ... that of Dell's, $165.66 billion vs. $54.42 billion, respectively. May 01, 2008, APple's market value quadrupled that of Dell's, $158.66 billion vs. $38.97 billion, respectively. Today in NASDAQ trading, Apple rose $2.60 to hit a market value of $88.37 billion or 5 times that of Dell's current 17.52 billion. Apple is also a debt-free company and currently has significantly more cash on-hand, $28.8 billion, than Dell is worth. Got any snappy retorts now, Mr. Dell? What's that, cat got your tongue? AAPL and DELL quotes via NASDAQ are ...

Autodesk: Help Us Shape AutoCAD for Mac
Cult of Mac — ... products for the Apple Mac OS X Operating System and hardware.” That’s promising. Even though this was posted on April 1, Hurley assures that this is no April Fool’s joke. ...

Speculation About Upcoming WWDC
The Mac Lawyer — ... (WWDC), which will be held June 8–12 in San Francisco, CA. Most experts agree that there will be a focus on Snow Leopard, the next generation of Apple's ...

Snow Leopard is out of the bag
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... have made hundreds of improvements so with Snow Leopard your system is going to feel faster, more responsive and even more reliable than before." Here's the highlights of the Snow Leopard release Continue reading Snow Leopard is out of the bag TUAWSnow Leopard is out of the bag originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Snow Leopard more feature-laden than expected
Macworld — ... OS X Snow Leopard piece , I’d guessed either free or $20—so I was closer to right than wrong, though still wrong. But what do you get for your $29? Are there more features than the five big ones I covered last week? If you watched any of the keynote coverage, you know the answer to that question is “yes, there are more features.” In addition to Snow Leopard’s already-known features, Apple revealed some very interesting things about the next major OS X release . On its Snow Leopard page , Apple groups these changes into four major topic areas: Better. ...

Apple Unveils Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
MacCentre701 — ... X is built on new core technologies delivering new features and high performance and high quality for users. characters_touchpad.jpg Snow Leopard offers a breakthrough new way to enter characters: Simply draw the characters right on the Multi-Touch trackpad in your Mac notebook. Inputing Chinese character on computers can't be any easier for those who are not familiar with any other Chinese typing methods. For more details about the exciting Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, simply visit www.apple.com/macosx . Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade to ...

WWDC Recap :: Snow Leopard Preview
The Mac Lawyer — ... Today, I conclude my look back at the big news items announced at Monday's WWDC with a closer look at OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard.  Some of its key features include: ...

The Legal Mac :: Working Remotely on Your Mac
The Mac Lawyer — ... but you give up some flexibility in not having expansion options, such as USB ports. All of the other laptops in the Mac line offer different levels of power. The MacBook and MacBook Air are the “lightweights” of the breed while the MacBook Pro is for the “heavy lifting” users out there. The beauty of the Apple hardware lineup is that you can have a laptop for the road and a desktop for your office or home and use them in perfect harmony. The basis of the Mac OS X operating system and the software available for the Mac platform make working remotely as ...

Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard to offer more reliable disk ejection
MacDailyNews — ... and a Family Pack is available for a suggested price of $229. The Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller between June 8, 2009 and the end of the program on December 26, 2009, for a product plus shipping and handling fee of $9.95. Users must request their Up-To-Date upgrade within 90 days of purchase or by December 26, 2009, whichever comes first. More info here . Snow Leopard requires a minimum of 1GB of RAM and is designed to run on any Mac ...

Why Are There No Viruses on Mac OS X?
The Mac Lawyer — ... many times, one of the (many) things that makes Mac OS X such a great operating system is its rock solid security. The ability to work without having to worry about viruses not only saves money, it also provides peace of mind.  But did you ever wonder why there aren't any viruses for Macs?  The following article by ...

Will Windows 7 Win Back Defectors to the Mac? Probably Not. And That’s OK.
Technologizer — ... Apple is positioning Snow Leopard as an OS that’s very much like Leopard, except faster, sleeker, and more reliable. Unless it somehow turns out to be a less appealing Leopard, it’s going to be really pleasing. People tend not to dump pleasing OSes, even if there are also other pleasing OSes. S0 I’m not going to judge Windows 7 based on there whether are meaningful quantities of Mac users who are drawn to it… ...

Will The Mac OS X Dial Go All the Way to Eleven?
louisgray.com — ... Now, while it's true that the long tenure of Mac OS X could be as much related to a new approach to version numbering on Apple's part as anything else (for example 10.5 could have been renamed 11...), part of me thinks the OS is getting a little long in the tooth. Nothing in Snow Leopard excites me, though I no doubt will upgrade to that as well, just to stay current (and some apps may require it). And some of the same major market forces that made the iMac a success are the same ones that are changing the game for what we will expect in an operating system just a ...

Amazon.com Offers Up Snow Leopard Pre-Orders
Mac|Life — Mac OS X Snow Leopard large box Mac OS X Snow Leopard is almost ready to pounce on a Mac near you, but the first store offering pre-orders for the new OS isn't in fact Apple, but rather ...

Snow Leopard is the top Amazon pre-order
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... What's interesting is that Apple's $29US release will be issued only a month before Microsoft's Windows 7 (in fact, reader Chris Tebb points out that many Amazon users checking out Snow Leopard go on to buy Win 7). Microsoft hopes to dig itself out of the hole created by public reaction to Vista, while Apple is giving Mac OS X Leopard a shine. For more on Snow Leopard, check out the official page and ...

How to Securely Wipe Your Hard Drive
The Mac Lawyer — If you are an attorney disposing of an old Mac, you should be sure that any confidential information is securely removed before doing so.  The process outlined below can securely erase your hard drive, and the software enabling you to do so is included free as part of Mac OS X. Launch Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities) and when the application opens select the drive you want to erase in the pane on the left side of the Disk Utility window. Click the Erase tab and then click the Security Options button below. ...

Pre-release Snow Leopard tops Amazon 'Software' sales charts
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Scant days since the operating system was made available for pre-order on Amazon US, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard has shot to the top two slots on the online retailer’s Software sales chart. Amazon UK last night opened  an email announcement list for UK Mac users who’d like to be told when Snow Leopard is made available for sale there, though UK pricing hasn’t yet been announced. The single user version of Snow Leopard, ($29), is top of the charts with the second place taken by the ...

How to Create a Startup Disk on an SD card for the New MacBook Pros
The Mac Lawyer — ... In the video below, you will learn how to create a SD card startup disk for the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros.  Please note that you will need an SD card with a capacity of at least 8GB, and the OS X installation disc that came with your Mac.  I hope you find this video helpful.  You can also download this video by clicking ...

Guest Post :: How to Control Your Mac Remotely
The Mac Lawyer — ... Enter Apple Remote Desktop. Since I’m the system administrator at South Carolina Bar, we have purchased Apple’s Remote Desktop product to manage the Macs on our network. We can update software and do many administrative tasks with this program. But did you know there is a scaled down version of Apple Remote Desktop that comes with Mac OS X? It’s called Screen Sharing. ...

Response to TechnoLawyer's Misleading Article About Macs in Law Firms
The Mac Lawyer — ... with interest as the title suggested that some of the long-debunked Macintosh myths might be busted for the legal community. I was disappointed to find that Ms. Burris continued to propagate these myths. I am a lone Mac user in a law firm of 13 attorneys with plenty of support staff. The biggest error in her article was that there are viruses that can infect Mac systems. The list of viruses she provided affect Macs that use the old OS 9. Since Apple moved to OS X, viruses are practically nonexistent. In fact, I do not run any anti-virus software on my ...

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Ships Friday, Aug. 28!
The iPhone Blog — ... At $29 for single user and $49 for a 5-user family pack, for Mac users, this is likely a no-brainer. We’re not sure what, if any, goodies will be in there specific to the iPhone of iPod touch, but with OpenCL (use GPU as CPU), Grand Central Dispatch (packetize processor tasks like network traffic), built-in Exchange ActiveSync support, QuickTime X, and a whole heap of refinements under the hood (hello, Cocoa Finder!), it’ll be worth it anyway. Find out more at Apple.com. ...

Apple to ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard Aug. 28
CNET News - Apple — ... Apple will ship its newest operating system to customers a little earlier than expected. The company said Monday that Mac OS X Snow Leopard will be available this Friday, August 28. ...

Snow Leopard Ships on August 28
jkOnTheRun — ... I haven’t pre-ordered my Snow Leopard update from Apple just yet and it looks like I’m almost out of time. Last I heard, the next Mac OS X version was due out in September, but I just received a press release telling me otherwise. According to Cupertino, Snow Leopard is shipping this Friday, August 28. ...

Get Mac OS X Snow Leopard August 28th
iPhone Savior — ... The long wait is almost over! Apple has announced its Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard will go on sale Friday, August 28 at all Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Snow Leopard will be available as an epic upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users for $29. The installation requires 5GB of disc space if you want to be in on what's new. ...

Apple Announces Snow Leopard Release Date, Offers Pre-Orders
Mac|Life — Snow Leopard Box Large In keeping with the September release promise for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Apple has finally announced the release date for their newest cat on the street. Snow Leopard will go on sale at ...

Apple to release Snow Leopard on Friday, August 28th
MacFixIt — ... system, 10.6 Snow Leopard, this Friday. Users can pre-order Snow Leopard online or wait to pick up the software on Friday in retail locations. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will release with support for Microsoft Exchange as well as several new enhancements to performance, and is available as a $29 upgrade for existing Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard users. Snow Leopard is Apple's first operating system to be release as an Intel-only platform. To read more about Snow Leopard, visit the product overview pages on apple.com. And, be sure to keep reading MacFixIt as users report any ...

Mac OS X v.10.6 Snow Leopard to release on 28 August
MacCentre701 — ... . Snow Leopard only runs on Macintosh with Intel-based processor. For more information about Snow Leopard, please refer to Mac OS X Snow Leopard website. Join our discussion - “ ...

Snow Leopard to Be Released August 28
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... for September, but today Apple announced that Snow Leopard will become available on 28-Aug-09. Normally, it's pretty good money to bet on the latter end of a promised ship date range. ...

What Snow Leopard feature are you anticipating the most?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Apple has told us from the start that Snow Leopard is predominantly about streamlining both the size and speed of the operating system. Installing Snow Leopard should take about half the time of performing a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard install, and it's expected that you'll gain about 7 GB of space back on your hard disk. ...

Apple to Release Snow Leopard Ahead of Schedule
The Mac Lawyer — ... announced yesterday that its newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, will be released this Friday, August 28, 2009. This date is even earlier than expected, as Apple said several months ago when previewing its new features that Snow Leopard would ship in September. ...

MacOSG: Snow Leopard requirements and installation options
Macsimum News — ... Well folks, the cat will be out of the bag on Friday. Are you anxious to install Snow Leopard? Below I put together a list of requirements needed to install Snow Leopard, along with some install options to choose from. If you’re running Leopard now, I think you’re going to... ...

10 Reasons Why Snow Leopard is an Essential Upgrade
Cult of Mac — ... , the world’s best desktop OS will have seen its fifth major leap forward in the same time it’s taken Microsoft to add only Vista and the promise of Windows 7 (I know it’s coming soon, I’m just impressed Apple’s beaten Microsoft again). Three days from the next great version of the best great thing, here are 10 reasons why you should upgrade to Snow Leopard . 10. It’s Leopard Done Right The release of Mac OS X Leopard was fraught with peril. It was late, it ran a bit slow, and it offered amazing new features — some of which weren’t fully ready for prime time. Snow Leopard is ...

Getting Ready for Snow Leopard: Installation Options, Backups, and What To Buy
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... deal considering the "sticker price" of each, plus it's only $40 more than what Leopard originally cost. Continue reading Getting Ready for Snow Leopard: Installation Options, Backups, and What To Buy TUAWGetting Ready for Snow Leopard: Installation Options, Backups, and What To Buy originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Photoshop CS3 and Snow Leopard. Yea or nea?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Graphic Design, Snow LeopardOne of the dark spots hanging over the excitement over Snow Leopard is whether or not Photoshop CS3 will work. Adobe caused some real consternation when they announced earlier this week that CS3 would get no support (along with the rest of the older Creative Suite) and suggested people upgrade to CS4. In an Adobe FAQ [PDF download link] it's stated: "Older versions of Adobe creative software were not included in our testing efforts. ...

Gallery: OS X Snow Leopard Unboxed
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... purple space picture that “graced” every Mac’s desktop since 10.5. This one, at least, retains some Apple minimalism. Does anyone ever read this part? The same horrific picture on the disk. Seriously, Apple, what happened? Can’t you afford a graphic designer? Some things never change. Stickers! Who doesn’t love stickers? These are destined for my hackintosh. Product page [Apple] ...

Mel Martin's Friday with Snow Leopard: few glitches, much joy
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... where I have an account, but that's not too horrible. Snow Leopard is clearly faster, trimmer, and a bit more fun to use. A good use of $30.00 and just a little bit more time than I planned in getting over a couple of glitches. TUAWMel Martin's Friday with Snow Leopard: few glitches, much joy originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Snow Leopard: Find what you're looking for
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... performing a search." Close the Preferences and enjoy a search or two. That's it. Just one example of the many little changes in Snow Leopard that make life with the OS easier and more efficient. I hope you find what you're looking for! TUAWSnow Leopard: Find what you're looking for originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Who's to Blame for Snow Leopard Disabling My Adobe CS4 Licensing?
louisgray.com — Yesterday, like many other Mac geek faithful this weekend, I got my hands on a copy of Snow Leopard, the name of Apple's latest operating system upgrade, Mac OS X 10.6. Though I knew it reportedly had few major feature enhancements, all signs online pointed to it being a harmless upgrade. Even comments around Adobe CS3's having issues pointed to clean sailing with CS4. But my experience, so far, has been anything but clean, and it's not exactly sure what caused the issue, or what will be needed to solve it. ...

The New York Times Review of Apple's Snow Leopard
The Mac Lawyer — ... released its newest operating system, Snow Leopard, last Friday.  The New York Times published its review, which included the following quotes: ...

Faster, Bigger, Longer: How Snow Leopard Will Improve Your Hardware
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... to pull up a Google map with all their addresses shown. Sounds like magic, huh? It is, and you can download or write your own Services in the revamped Automator. In short, the new OS has more than $30 worth of new features, it’s just that they don’t stick out at first. But think about this. What are the usual reasons to upgrade a computer? Bigger hard drive, faster processor, better battery life, right? For just $30, you get all this on a DVD. Product page [Apple] ...

Does Mom Need Snow Leopard?
TheAppleBlog — ... Silence. I honestly had no idea what to say. Sure it’s a cheap and quick upgrade, but does she really need Snow Leopard on the 20 inch iMac she bought last year? Her entire computer life at home revolves around Safari, Mail, and Microsoft Word. She networks, reads, and writes. I, however, consider myself an über power user: Netbeans, Adobe CS3, and tinkerer extraordinaire. I can’t refuse an OS upgrade. Let’s take a look at Apple’s Snow Leopard page. The only item I see here that is actually appealing to ...

Snow Leopard FAQs and Installation Guide
The Mac Lawyer — MacInTouch has posted a list of Frequently Asked Questions for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, which answers questions in the following topics: Requirements Purchase Install Miscellaneous Macworld has also published an article that explains everything that you need to know about installing Snow Leopard, including step-by-step instructions with illustrations.  You can read that article by clicking here. Source:  " ...

It just works. Usually.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Software Update, Bad Apple, Snow LeopardThe latest festival of issues with Snow Leopard alongside a round of people unhappy with the latest iPhone update both suggest that Apple might need to work a little harder on pre-release testing. One thing Microsoft does rather well is gets a lot of people testing software releases in extended public betas. Of course that didn't go so well for Vista, which was a mess for many people, but it seems to have gone better for ...

Protecting Snow Leopard's Namesake Cats
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Most simply, Apple could just help raise awareness of the issue with an educational box on its Snow Leopard page. Given that many people don't even know the snow leopard is endangered, even a simple effort like this would go a long way. ...

Snow Leopard selling faster than Leopard
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... They aren't flying off the shelves, but early signs are that Snow Leopard boxes are far exceeding sales of Leopard, and 4 times higher than sales of Tiger. ...

Microsoft Announces Plans to Bring Outlook to Macs in 2010
The Mac Lawyer — ... under the new OS X Snow Leopard.  Therefore, while I anticipate this announcement may create some buzz for PC users still considering the switch and for larger firms who are tied to an Exchange based system, I don't believe that it will have much impact on smaller firms, as many of them (like my firm) have completely broken free and no longer suckle at the Microsoft teat. ...

Preparing for Speedmark 6
Macworld — ... It’s that time again. Apple has a new cat on the loose and soon the company will release new hardware to accompany it. And when that new hardware arrives, we in the Macworld Lab will need a new version of our overall performance test suite, ...

Hey Apple, Please Fix My Bricked iMac, Then Trash Microsoft
TechCrunch — I upgraded three computers to Snow Leopard a couple of months ago, and one of them, a newish iMac, is still a brick. So even though I’m a loyal Mac user (just not the iPhone any more), it still pisses me off to see them trashing Windows 7 in a new Mac v. PC commercial. Windows 7 looks like a very solid operating system. It might even work just fine on that iMac. So give it a rest already, Apple. (via Erictric) Crunch Network: ...

Apple's Mac Mini Server More Cost Effective Than PC Servers
The Mac Lawyer — ... compared the Mac Mini Server with PC servers and (as illustrated below) found that it costs roughly one-third of the PC servers, while offering more features (and of course being more stable).  "Prior to Snow Leopard, the unlimited user version of Mac OS X Server cost $999; that's what the unlimited user version now costs with the Mac mini server thrown in for free." ...

How to Set Default Column Size in Finder Windows Under Snow Leopard
The Mac Lawyer — ... I installed Snow Leopard shortly after its release, and overall I have really liked it. The one thing that has been driving me absolutely bonkers was the fact that now under Snow Leopard, ...