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Published 37 minutes ago by Dennis Sellers at Macsimum News Apple updates Safari Posted by Dennis Sellers Apple ico Nov 13, 2008 at 6:31pm Apple has posted Safari 3.2 updates for both Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. Apple says the update is …

Published 2 hours ago by Dennis Sellers at Macsimum News … Nov 13, 2008 at 4:30pm image“New Mac OS X 10.5.6 test build has over 90 fixes: Apple seems to be making a fair bit of progress on the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.6 update. …

As Cult of Mac points out, the new application employs a native Microsoft Virtual Earth Web Service (VEWS) implementation, levering the mobile tile set to speed up map displays, and provides what promoters call “one of the best mapping …

Apple has released a new version of Safari 3.2 through the Mac OS X Software Update. The latest version of Safari provides improved security as well as protection from phishing websites:

This update is recommended for all Safari user…

Published: 03:00 PM EST Intel during the first quarter of next year will introduce a total of 13 new Nehalem-based Xeon chips, at least two of which are likely to turn up in a long-awaited upgrade to Apple’s Mac Pro workstations. …

Digitimes reports that Intel is planning on launching the Xeon 5500 and Xeon 3500 series of server CPUs in the first quarter of 2009. These new processors are based on the Nehalem architecture which has been officially branded as Core i7.
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Apple has recently squashed any rumors by announcing “no new products before the holidays.” However Intel’s roadmap, specifically with their server class chipsets, could point us to intelligently reason that Apple’s Mac Pro line would …

TechCrunch claims that they’ve received multiple reports leading them to believe that Apple is working on a search engine. Additionally, they are reporting that. … Submit News. news@macblogz.com …

In English, you generally do not use accented characters. But for those like me, who do not have English as our native language, accented characters are like the air we breathe. Sometimes you have to repeat accented letters to give some kind of emphasis or effect in the text. Suppose, for instance, that you would like to write something like NOOOOOO! in Portuguese; that would be NÃÃÃÃÃO!

In prior versions of OS X, you would have to type the tilde and then the letter “A” for each accented letter you want to repeat. However, at some point during the recent development of Mac OS X, something changed. Now you just type the tilde (or any other accent you want) one time, then press and hold the desired letter. To our joy, Mac OS X is smart enough to automatically repeat the accented character.

If you try that in Windows and other systems, you will find that…

I like to rip audiobook CDs to iTunes. In the past, AAC files ripped this way would not display as audiobooks without direct editing of the file suffix. iTunes 8 now offers options to make the process easier.

To convert an AAC file to audiobook format, select the files you want changed, select File » Get Info, and select the Options tab. Click the Media Kind pop-up menu, and then choose Audiobook. Selecting Remember Position is also useful for Audiobook files — it will restart the audio where you left off if you stop in the middle of playback.

These options only seem to be available when multiple files are selected first.

[robg adds: You can do this for individual files, too — just look on the Options tab of the Get Info dialog.]