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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:
Hopefully, this will fix any slowdowns Safari has… until the next update, at least!
Macs and design go hand-in hand. In my mind, you can’t have good design without a good set of fonts. (Don calls me “Font Girl.” I like to think of it as my superhero name. But I digress…)
So this week, I’m going to give some love to “MyFonts,”:http://new.myfonts.com/ one of my favorite font sites on the web. Not only can you download free fonts (for personal use) for your Mac, but they have this awesome feature called “WhatTheFont,” a tool designed to help you figure out what that cool font is called that you came across the other day. Just upload an image of the font in use (or enter a URL), and it will start sleuthing!
Even cooler still is that they have “an app for the iPhone,”:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=304304134&mt=8 so you can snap a picture from wherever you are and upload on the spot. The fact that I like WhatTheFont so much __may__ also have something to do with the name–I actually almost named my blog that before I realized it was taken!
“Visit MyFonts.com”:http://new.myfonts.com/
Bonus: Mac|Life has partnered with “Macware”:http://www.macwareinc.com/ to offer a free commercial font bundle download for a limited time–get over $300 worth of fonts for free.
“Click here to register for the free font download from Mac|Life and Macware.”:http://www.macwareinc.com/fontsmacpartner.asp
_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!
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.__
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We often have requests for a Mac bundle designed for first time Mac users with basic computer needs. That’s what we present this week: My First Mac Pack, which is a MacBook 2.0GHz, 3-year AppleCare plan, Free QuickStart DVD, Incase MacBook Sleeve, and a Canon MP190 printer/copier/scanner.
The bundle costs $1199.99, but an online rebate on the printer brings the total cost to $1130. Click here to see this.
We are rushing to get the garden in before we leave for California. Grace is coming with me and then heading to Hawaii…