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10.4: Move Users directory to another partition: "I spent quite a bit of time looking for information on how to move my Users directory to another partition or drive in 10.4. I'm used to Linux, where you would just edit the /etc/fstab file and you're done. Well, after reading a few articles, it was clear that it wasn't possible to use the fstab file without problems, though I did find a few good articles for part of what I wanted to do. I've put this hint together based on several postings and recommendations
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Leopard 9A410 Gallery: “New Screenshots : Leopard 9A410 Gallery”
(Via thinksecret.)
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Balance: "Balance is a simple and effective way to keep track of your personal finances. It is really as straight-forward as it can be. It offers your different accounts (checking, investments, savings, etc) and lets you list your deposits and charges/withdrawals. It also keeps a nice chart to reference quickly.
It’s always a good idea for every person to track their expenses for at least a month. Even if you can’t do it for longer than that, you should be able to see how your money
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News: Opera 9.2 Web browser adds ‘Speed Dial’ feature: “Opera 9.2, the latest version of the free Web browser, adds a ‘Speed Dial’ functionality that enables you to visit favorite Web sites by clicking on their thumbnails in a new tabbed window view.
(Via MacCentral.)
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A better and cheaper ($4.95) alternative to QuickSnap is:
SnapNDrag lets you take a screenshot by just clicking a button and dragging the resulting screenshot off.
For example, to email a screenshot, you would drag the screenshot from SnapNDrag to the Mail application. It is that simple. No hard-to-remember key combinations, no file conversion to deal with, no file dialog boxes to navigate, no temporary files to erase later on.
Multiple Formats
Supports PNG and TIFF for times when image quality
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April 11, 2007—Fastforward today released QuickSnap 1.0, a new screen capture utility for Mac OS X which boasts a wide range of features for only $14.95. QuickSnap includes three main capture options: Screen, Window and Selection, and can save screenshots in several different formats.
QuickSnap includes support for hot keys, a status menu, timed screenshots and more. With QuickSnap, it is also possible to capture screenshots of the DVD Player, making it a perfect tool for creating galleries
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News: iStat nano system monitor widget gets overhaul: “iStat nano, the free system monitor widget from islayer.com, gets a major overhaul in its 2.0 release.
(Via MacCentral.)
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: "Apple Remote Revealed"
When I first got my iMac, one of the things that came in the box was a small white remote. I had seen pictures of the iMac before, with this remote stood at the side of it, and some pictures of it stuck to the front of the display but never understood why they needed it.
For the first two days I left the remote in its box, after-all I was whizzing away on my new Mac without the need for it. After I had explored the system and had everything setup the way I wanted it I decided
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- iStopMotion 2
- QuartzChartz and FxChartz
- QuartzCrawl and FxCrawl
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Rogers Canada iPhone Data Plan PetitionTo: Rogers Canada
To: Rogers Canada
We, the future users of the Apple iPhone, living in Canada, would like to see an unlimited data plan at a reasonable price, comparable to those seen in the United States, prior to the Q4-2007 release of the iPhone in Canada.
Increasing numbers of users have paid several hundred, and in some cases more than $1000, during one month for data usage that would have not been charged extra on any other North American carrier
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MacNN | Rogers data limit an iPhone barrier?: While the likelihood of Apple's iPhone arriving in Canada has lately been cast into doubt, an increasing number of prospective buyers in the country are up in arms over restrictive data limits that threaten to cripple the iPhone's usefulness. Starting a petition, a group of potential owners have decried a 25MB limit on its typical Internet access as arbitrary, pointing out that Rogers has the most expensive data rates of any carrier in North America --
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100GB Toshiba MK1011GAH drive upgrade : “100GB Toshiba MK1011GAH drive upgrade available for the iPod Video”
(Via ipodmods.)
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TechTool Pro by Micromat is truly one of the more robust and full featured maintenance utilities offered to the OSX masses. It has such a complete suite of repair, maintenance, and repair utilities that one's Apple computer should always be running at the peak of its performance threshold. TechTool Pro also offers the ability to construct an emergency bootable partition containing TechTool Pro which is useful so long as your main drive works. You can create this drive elsewhere, but what if you wanted
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News: VMWare Fusion Beta 3 Available: "The latest version of VMWare Fusion, a product that allows you to run other OSes besides OS X on your Intel based Mac is now available.
In their latest release, Beta 3, they offer these features.
Improved performance.
Boot Camp Support: You can now use your existing Boot Camp partition.
Virtual machine packages: They are now encapsulated in a single, easy to manage package. You can move your virtual machines to another hard drive or Mac, simply by copying
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