Hardware Musings: Why a G5 Quad is not too fast for me
Monday, January 30th, 2006 • 5:32 pmWhy I need four processor cores at 2.5 GHz each for word processing.
Articles posted in January, 2006
G5 Quad and dual 30?/23? monitor setup: It was a defective video card
Sunday, January 29th, 2006 • 3:04 pmRare (?) video problem solved.
iPhoto 6: Rotated picture not rotated when sharing by e-mail
Thursday, January 26th, 2006 • 4:09 pmA bug with rotated pictures and e-mail sharing.
iPhoto 6: Application window loses its drop shadow altogether
Thursday, January 26th, 2006 • 4:02 pmA cosmetic problem with the new iPhoto 6 application window.
GarageBand 3: No support for Full Keyboard Access in startup window
Thursday, January 26th, 2006 • 10:31 amGarageBand 3 is actually worse than GarageBand 2.
Pages 2: Does not fix font smoothing issue
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 • 6:11 pmA major bug in Pages remains.
Word 2004: Is this document window active or inactive?
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 • 2:41 pmOnly Microsoft is able to screw up even the most basic stuff in Mac OS X.
Preview: Can’t copy/drag-and-drop text
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 • 10:29 amMore Mac OS X flakiness in the Preview application.
Apple Style Guide: Don’t call it a bug
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 • 9:55 amStrange recommendation in Apple Style Guide.
iTunes Dashboard widget: More sloppiness
Monday, January 23rd, 2006 • 11:13 amVery sloppy visuals in iTunes Dashboard widget.
Universal to reissue 10,000 deleted albums as downloads
Monday, January 23rd, 2006 • 10:28 amAre record companies finally starting to see the economic benefits of the “long tail?”
GarageBand 3 Tip: How to install loops on an external hard drive
Sunday, January 22nd, 2006 • 6:58 pmNot fully supported, but seems to work with symbolic links.
Mail 2.0: A 100%-reproducible way to make e-mail messages disappear altogether
Thursday, January 19th, 2006 • 2:34 pmA bad bug in multithreaded Mail 2.0 which causes messages to disappear altogether, with no chance of recovery!
Italics in Mac OS X: Sometimes the text in italics is too small (or too big)
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 • 2:47 pmProblems with certain italics font at a specific font size in Mac OS X.
A better Mighty Mouse: USB Overdrive
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 • 10:53 amDon’t wait for Apple to improve their software. It’ll take years.