Betalogue

How a defective iMac G5 system was eventually fixed.

Apple’s tip to temporarily move a widget from Dashboard to the main Mac OS X environment.

A tip to speed up the process of searching for a file/folder by name in Mac OS X 10.4.

The incredibly confusing effect of quotation marks in Spotlight searches.

Experimenting with Mail 2.0’s search feature causes a complete break-down.

Very inelegant behaviour in Tiger’s Finder when copying multiple file search results with the same name.

GarageBand 2.0.2 update fixes problem with “Open Recent” menu.

Where to find the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for GarageBand 2.0.

Strange limitations when it comes to using cursor keys to move notes up or down in GarageBand 2.0.

A tip to use the Tab key as a sustain pedal, even with a USB controller.

A glaring illustration of Apple’s neglect when it comes to Help Viewer.

A tip to make site icons (favicons) refresh properly in Safari.

Description of an annoying side-effect of the “Smart Cut-and-Paste” feature in Word 2004.

An addendum regarding URL rewriting for the pMachine to WordPress transition.

A quick review of Nikka Costa’s latest album.