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TheRegister.co.uk claims that Apple is currently circulating prototype iPhones with physical keyboards amongst some mobile carriers to gauge demand for such a device.

actual prototypes - not just mockups - have been sent to senior ex…

To help clarify any confusion about the upgrade process, AT&T has posted a number of walkthrough videos giving more information about the upgrade process for customers. AT&T announced that the iPhone 3G will be on sale starting at 8 a.m. local time …

Apple has posted a Guided Tour of the new features found in the iPhone 3G.

The 10 minute video covers the iPhone 3G and new iPhone 2.0 firmware which will be available for current iPhone owners….

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For a while I’ve been annoyed at Mail.app’s creation of the Apple Mail To Do folder on my IMAP server (I use Dreamhost). No matter what I did, it just wouldn’t stay gone. There’s this hint, and there are some thoughts in the comments, but no real fixes.

I returned to my problem today, and found that by going into Mail » Preferences » Composing, I was able to solve the problem. In the ‘Create Notes & To Do’s in:’ drop-down menu, select On My Mac. Close the preferences, then delete the Apple Mail To Do folder on the server.

That’s it! No more ‘Apple Mail To Do’ folder on the server; just locally.

I’ve been using iWow for iTunes some time now. It makes my music sound great, but there is a downside to it … if you have a ’slow’ Mac like mine (mini 1.42 GHz), it eats up to 42% of the CPU. During CPU intensive tasks, that can be a real pain.

After adjusting some settings, I’ve come up with a way to reduce the CPU usage significantly! Adjust the settings to look like the ones in this image, and make sure you save those settings.

After these adjustments, disable iTunes’ built-in equalizer. After switching to these settings, my CPU usage with iWow dropped down to around 9%. Good luck!

If you find online backup solutions expensive and heavy on your system, you might be pleased to hear there is a cheap, easy way to create a mirror backup your Mac (or other UNIX variant) to a secure online server using a program named rsync. And as of Mac OS X Leopard, rsync will even transfer metadata associated with your files like tags and comments.

This method does not allow you to roll back to previous dated backups like certain backup solutions do (Time Machine, for example). What it does is create a mirrored backup of your Mac on a remote server, so it’s best used in conjunction with a local hard drive-based incremental backup solution. Still, if the house burns down, your files will be safe and once you’ve done the initial backup, rsync is very efficient at keeping your remote backup mirrored with your disk.

In this example, we’re going to backup the currently log…

AT&T has announced detailed pricing information for its iPhone 3G plans and will start selling the iPhone 3G at 8am on July 11th in the U.S.

AT&T also confirmed that they will be subsidizing the price fo…

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 Bolsters Performance, Security — Mac OS X — InformationWeek.

Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes multiple vulnerabilities and a weakness.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications …