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Hardmac points back to a post made in our own forums which details the experience of one user enabling four finger gestures on his 1st generation MacBook Air.

I can confirm the four finger gesture is possible on pre-October 2008 lapto…

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I’ve had several instances of birthdays in the iCal birthday calendar showing up twice. It finally bugged me enough to look at. I had Syncrospector up and was about to perform surgery, when I tried something simpler that didn’t require a scalpel.

Uncheck Show Birthdays calendar in iCal’s preferences, then recheck it. That cleaned it out for me.

[robg adds: You can read more about Syncrospector in this hint, or in this tutorial on Apple’s site.]

Simply drop the item you want to send via Bluetooth File Exchange (BFE) onto its icon in the Dock, then select the relevant device from the list that appears. No need to use the BFE menulet in the menu bar, thus saving that step. The menulet icon of BFE could be removed from the menu bar if you find the Dock method more convenient.

Applies to Panther, Tiger, Leopard

When you add a song into GarageBand from iTunes, you can cut it up and play with it a bit, but what about changing the tempo of the song? You’ll notice that adjusting the tempo does not change the tempo of your iTunes added song. So how can you get around this? Here’s how you do it.

1. Drag in the song from iTunes, or record yourself.
2. Select the song and press Control-Option-G and deselect the song.
3. The song now turns purple, and you can open up the track editor and check the check box that says Follow Tempo & Pitch.

Now when you change your project tempo, the song will go with it. Hooray!

Not sure this is a hint, more a warning and how to get around it. I fly often and have to upgrade to Business so as to ensure a power socket at the seat. And I fly United because of their generous air miles packages which make upgrading affordable. However, United Business have new lie-flat seats, with a new 110V power supply instead of the old airplane-style one. The problem is that the socket is recessed in the console, and even the smaller power brick for the MacBook Air won’t fit (you can insert the pins, but not far enough). There are a few ways around this:

1. Upgrade to First — the power socket is not recessed.
2. Ask if you can charge the MacBook in First, and watch a movie at your regular Business seat while it charges.
3. Bring an international travel adaptor with you (e.g. use the 3 pin UK plug on the power brick, and attach it to an adaptor for the US 2-pin style — if your adaptor is a standard size, it’s likely to fit into the recessed socket).

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