FEATURED SPECIAL | 06/05/09 – 06/12/09

I use Safari daily, and have found recently that some Flash video was reallllly dragging. I decided to reinstall the Safari plugin to see if that worked, and so far, so good. Here’s how:

* “Download the Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller for OS X”:http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/8/uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg
* Double click to run the Uninstaller
* “Reinstall Adobe Flash Player for OS X”:http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Hopefully, this will fix any slowdowns Safari has… until the next update, at least!

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See all specials on our Specials Page.

Emailing entire webpages (complete with graphics, formatting, links, etc.) is very easy in Safari. I often email entire webpages to myself to reference later–for example, recipe pages, confirmation forms, and directions. It can also be useful to email an entire webpage to a friend or client.

There are two ways to do this in Safari:

# Navigate to *File > Mail Contents Of This Page.* A new email will open with the page embedded in it. Simply enter the recipients mails and click “Send”. Or,
# Just press *Command-I* and a dialog will appear, asking for the email address of the person you want to send the page to.

The recipient will now be able to see that page right within his/her email application!

Higher Ground and Small Dog Electronics are teaming up to bring you ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro to the HG Showcase Lounge on Sunday, June 21.

“Read about Jake here.”:http://highergroundmusic.com/calendar/show/3198/

So… here’s where you need to pay attention: one lucky person will win a pair of tickets to the show, a 1GB iPod shuffle, and a copy of Jake’s new live album. To enter, email “intern@highergroundmusic.com.”:mailto:intern@highergroundmusic.com

__The fine print: The deadline to enter is Wednesday, June 17. One entry per person. Prize package must be claimed in person by the winning contestant the night of the show. Contest will be conducted at the discretion of HG and SD.__

Don and Matt are headed out to WWDC next week, where we expect that we’ll hear some new and exciting news, as always. Here are our predictions for what we should all expect to see:

*JJ*
# New iPhone model at a $99 price point
# Touch screen notebook

*Carl*
# Minor upgrades to the MacBook Aluminum
# Minor upgrades to the iPhone and an announcement that AT&T will have variable cost data plans

*Art*
# iPhone 3G software released
# A new app from the App Store that allows people to drink liquor while blindfolded and not spill

*Jon*
# iMacs in a completely new enclosure
# iPhone line completely redone

*Kali*
# iPhone 3G software release (hopefully with cheaper AT&T plans and maybe a matte black iPhone enclosure?) and Snow Leopard date announcement
# Steve will appear in his “3 wolves, 1 moon t-shirt”:http://www.amazon.com/Three-T-Shirt-Available-Various-Sizes/dp/B000NZW3IY and cause a major spike in apparel sales at Amazon

*Ed*
# Apple iPod Universal Dock Adapter 3-pack will have slightly updated packaging
# Apple iPod nano 4G Armband now ships with slightly more velcro

*Gary*
# 4GB and 32GB iPhones
# Snow Leopard official release date

*Geoff*
# Don falls asleep at the Apple Service meeting
# Matt catches the Swine Flu and misses all the meetings

*Dan*
# New iPhone with improved camera, video capture, digital compass and will be for sale within two weeks of announcement
# Snow leopard release date in the August – September timeframe

*Jim*
# 30″ LED Apple Cinema Display
# Due to huge public outcry the numeric keypad is back on standard issue iMac keyboards

*Brian*
# New iPhone a 32GB with new colors, and 3.0 software update
# New operating system, Snow Leopard

*Emily*
# An Apple Netbook is announced
# iPhone market opened up to dealers other than AT&T

*Katie*
# NEW iPhone (hardware and software!)
# 8″ – 10″ notebook

What are your thoughts? “Respond on our blog here!”:http://blog.smalldog.com/article/wwdc-predictions-june-2009/#comment

_Dear Friends,_

I took my annual day trip to Lake George, NY to attend Americade. The Americade rally is very different than most motorcycle rallies because it is focused on motorcycle touring. There are seminars and rides and a very large touring exhibition with lots of vendors offering anything from parts to trailers to custom painting. I ended up buying some gloves a few other trinkets including a big auto magnet that is a dog paw that says “I sleep with dogs.”

On the way home, Grace, Tony and I decided to stop at Geoff’s camp in Chestertown. Geoff liked his camp so much when he was a child that he decided to buy it as an adult. “Forest Lake Camp”:http://www.forestlakecamp.com is one of the premier boys and girls camps in the Adirondacks and is simply a beautiful piece of property. (We are planning on renaming it “Uncle Geoff’s Holiday Camp” for Small Dog Electronics retreats!) We met the camp director, Sara Robertson-Ryan, and she gave us a tour and left us to explore. There is a beautiful lake and lots of great facilities. They were gearing up for the summer season and it was a great opportunity to get a little exercise during our motorcycle ride.

I will be heading out to the Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Sunday and have meetings with the Apple Reseller Advisory board and the AppleCare folks down in Cupertino. It will be exciting to be in town for the new announcements and to meet up with other Apple Specialists and our friends at Apple’s headquarters.

Can I take a moment to remind you to back up your computer? Hard drives fail and they take your valuable data, pictures, movies and music with them. In the past month, two of my closest friends lost all of their photos and try as we might, we were unable to recover the data. There were tears, anger and I hope, a resolution to back up from now on. It took me three times to learn this lesson; I hope you never have to learn it the hard way. (I even paid “DriveSavers”:http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/ over $1,500 once to recover essential data before I learned.)

It has never been easier, either! With Mac OS X Leopard, Time Machine and any backup drive you can easily automate this process. Hard drives have never been more reasonable in price, with prices falling and capacities increasing. We also have some of the newly discontinued Time Capsules that combine a 500GB hard drive with an AirPort Extreme base station to provide wireless backup solution, too. You have no excuse left not to back up your drive!