Hands on with Time Capsule: “Glenn Fleishman digs into Time Machine, getting some initial ideas about how it performs, and uncovering an unexpected feature.

(Via MacCentral.)

PayPal: ‘Steer clear of Safari’: “PayPal chief warns Apple users to beware of phishing when using Safari

If you’re using Apple’s Safari browser, PayPal has some advice for you: Drop it, at least if you want to avoid online fraud.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Apple changes MacBook, MacBook Pro battery tests: “Apple now promises battery life based on normal usage

Apple introduced new MacBooks and MacBook Pros yesterday, and eagle-eyed Macworld readers quickly spotted that battery life appears to have declined in comparison to previous models.

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(Via Macworld UK.)

iBank 3 adds iPhone integration, direct downloads: “IGG Software today announced the release of iBank 3, the new version of its popular financial management application for Mac OS X Leopard. Included with iBank 3 is iBank for iPhone, a web-based iPhone application that allows users to enter transactions on their iPhones, and via .Mac, have them automatically added to the desktop application…”

(Via MacMinute.)

A free GUI solution to resizing disk partitions: “I installed Leopard on a FireWire drive to test it before upgrading my MacBook Pro’s internal Tiger installation. Satisfied with the results, I tried to use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy Leopard to my MacBook Pro’s internal drive, only to find the external image was slightly too large for the internal.

Not wanting to spend $35 on iPartition, I dug around and found the GParted LiveCD. It provides the GParted GUI front-end to parted (a GNU partitioning program) on a live Linux CD. I burned the image in Disk Utility and booted up on it. Once loaded, it provided a screen to select which kernel version to boot up, even providing a MacBook option. At first it only recognized my internal drive, ignoring my FireWire drives. I unplugged my Leopard FireWire drive, and reconnected it using USB … voilá, the software recognized it.

I’ve tried booting from the resized drive and have verified it successfully resized …

(Via MacOSXHints.com.)

Use an OS X-Style Global Menu in Ubuntu [Ubuntu]: “

Most ‘Make X Look Like a Mac’ hacks for any system end up merely putting a new skin on the same basic window and menu layouts. Not so with Global Menu, an Ubuntu project that’s seen a lot of community input and has matured along with it. After installing more than a dozen packages and crossing your fingers, your top menu bar should emulate the OS X style, moving your program dialogs up there and keeping the application window relatively clean. At this point, the trick doesn’t work with Firefox and some Java-based apps (hello OpenOffice), but add it to one previously-mentioned modification tutorial and a new Thunderbird theme, and you’re getting much closer to the look and feel of a Mac, if that’s your preference. Hit the link for the detailed installation instructions.

(Via Lifehacker.)

Video Monitoring with iChat, an eMac, and a Cheap USB Camera: “

As my Mac is in a room not attached to our house, I had setup iChat as an audio-only intercom so my kids could easily contact me at night when I’m working out there and my wife’s not home. Plus it lets me keep an ear on them. But I…

(Via AppleMatters.)

BBC confirms iPlayer for iPhone, iPod touch “within weeks”: “The BBC continues its mission to reach Apple’s ecosystem

The BBC has confirmed plans to make streaming TV services using its iPlayer software available to the iPhone and iPod touch, ‘within weeks’.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Get Signatures that Look Handwritten at MyLiveSignature [Handwriting]: “

Adding a handwritten signature to letters or even email can add a distinguising, memorable mark to your messages—and in cases like mine, that distinct memory is, ‘Boy, his handwriting is awful.’ MyLiveSignature, a free web app that produces stylized signatures for use in emails, blog posts, or other writing, is a fitting solution to that problem. After typing in your name, you get your choice of 10 fonts, and then many more choices for size, color, and tilt. The site then generates HTML and BB code to embed that signature wherever you’d like, and let people know it’s really you writing—even if it’s not quite you. For a similar paper-based signature hack, check out this tip on creating a scan-and-send signature.

(Via Lifehacker.)

San Diego, CA–February 18, 2008– Information Appliance
Associates announces the release of PocketMac® GoBetween™ for Lotus
Notes, the first automated solution to sync users’ Lotus Notes data
to iCal and the Mac OS X Address Book, allowing Lotus Notes users to
have their data fully supported and synched with their mobile devices.

PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes requires Lotus Notes 7 or
higher, and Mac OS X 10.4 or better.

The retail price of PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes is $24.95.

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Mozilla opens email subsidiary: “Mozilla Messaging opened Tuesday, and will initially focus on Thunderbird 3.

The Mozilla Foundation has opened Mozilla Messaging, a new subsidiary focused on developing its free, open-source Thunderbird email software.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Time Machine tips and troubleshooting: “Some people will be able to set up and turn on Time Machine with a single click. But you may need to do some manual configuration to get it to work the way you want. You should also be aware of some quirks in Time Machine’s operation, particularly when restoring data.“

(Via MacCentral.)

SyncTogether works with Leopard, finally: “Mark/Space has updated its Mac-to-Mac sync tool, SyncTogether, to work with Mac OS X v10.5 ‘Leopard’

(Via MacCentral.)

Fix Stuck Pixels on Your Monitor with Killdeadpixel [Repair]: “

Fix stuck pixels on your LCD monitor with web site Killdeadpixel. Like previously mentioned JScreenFix, Killdeadpixel unsticks pixels by displaying a quickly changing, high-contrast graphic over the pixel—but Killdeadpixel does it with a neat little draggable graphic, so you can just place the unobtrusive graphic over your stuck pixel and let it do its work. Despite the site’s name (which is a misnomer), a stuck pixel is normally stuck showing red, green, blue, or a combination of those colors, and that is what this site can help with. A dead pixel, on the other hand, will display only black. Luckily dead pixels can be fixed with another method.

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(Via Lifehacker.)

This allows iCal to publish to your PHP iCalendar site *without* WebDAV support.
This helps with commercial hosts where WebDAV is not available.i: “Description
This allows iCal to publish to your PHP iCalendar site *without* WebDAV support.
This helps with commercial hosts where WebDAV is not available.
[edit] Features
supports publishing and deleting calendars
does not require WebDAV
[edit] Requirements
PHP 4.3.0 or greater is required.
Your host must have Apache configured with the mod_rewrite extension (most do).
You’ll need one of these two things:
1) Either safe_mode = Off needs to be in php.ini (Check with your web host if you’re having problems publishing. This is most likely the culprit.);
2) Or suPHP must be installed on the webserver. This module runs PHP-scripts as the user who owns the script’s directory. Therefore it will run even with safe_mode enabled.
Note: To check your PHP configuration yourself, you can create a file called ‘info.php’ with the following code:
< ?php
phpinfo();
?>
Upload ‘info.php’ to your server and then view it in a web browser. (Generally for security reasons you should then delete this file afterward, or place it in a password protected directory.)….”

(Via phpicalendar.)