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Well, even though it is supposedly the end of summer, we have a glorious weekend coming up and I’ll definitely get some riding in. Although Grace will probably want me to do chores or hike up some mountain… (Psst — I’ll be riding!)

Have a great Labor Day weekend and thank you so much for reading Kibbles & Bytes and being a loyal Small Dog customer!

Your Kibbles & Bytes team,
_Don, Kali, Mike & Dawn_

This issue of Kibbles & Bytes will mark my last as a member of Small Dog’s Marketing Department (AKA The Four Marketeers). It has been a great experience and I will miss being in the big office (AKA The Fishbowl) at SDE HQ.

While leaving is always sad, my sorrow is mitigated by the fact that I am only moving to the other end of the hall. I will now be working for Small Dog’s Wholesale Division, which manufactures and sells the “Hammerhead”:http://www.smalldog.com/search?x=0&y=0&search=hammerhead and “Chill Pill”:http://www.smalldog.com/search?x=0&y=0&search=chill+pill product lines.

In honor of my new position, check out the great Hammerhead deal below!

For those of you who are fans of my writing (I know you are out there): fret not. I will still be contributing articles from time to time. You can also scan “the archives”:http://blog.smalldog.com/kibbles for some of my now classic articles.

Mike D. out!

I updated to Mountain Lion this week and things seemed going smoothly. That was until I tried to launch Adobe Dreamweaver from CS6. Each time that I try to launch it, I get this error message:

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I run the installer, it runs for about 20 seconds and then returns an error message that the software can’t be found. The Dreamweaver would close.

Then I googled to find a solution and found out problem AND the correct software to download. The info can be found on this “*Knowledge Base article*”:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5267 and the software can be “*downloaded here.*”:http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1515?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Now, I am back to happily using CS6 and enjoying Mountain Lion. Especially the speed of Safari 6.

The Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing is holding their 6th Annual Apples to iPods event in Vermont’s apple orchards again this year — it kicks off Wednesday, September 5, at Shelburne Orchards.

If you find a wooden apple in any of the participating orchards, you could win an iPod nano, touch, classic or even an iPad!

We’re thrilled to be partnering with them again!

Note that all prizes and information go through the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing. “*View their website for more details*”:http://www.vermontvacation.com/ or contact **1-800-VERMONT!**

Happy apple picking!

For a limited time, we are offering Parallels for $9.99 with the purchase of any computer.

Parallels Desktop for Mac is the most tested, trusted and talked-about solution for running Windows applications on your Mac. With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X applications side-by-side without rebooting.

Drag and drop files between Windows and Mac applications, launch Windows applications from your Mac dock, and do much more with speed, control and confidence.

*PLEASE NOTE:* This special does not include a copy of Windows. See Windows 7 “*here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/search?x=0&y=0&search=windows+7

To take advantage of this offer: Add any computer into your cart, add “*Parallels OEM*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/78997/at_tt into your cart, and enter coupon code *Parallels999.*

*Details to Upgrade to Parallels 8:*
Parallels is offering a free upgrade to Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac for all customers who purchased a qualifying upgrade version, full version, student license or OEM version of Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac.

Purchases must have been made between July 25, 2012 and October 30, 2012 from an authorized reseller, such as Small Dog Electronics. Qualifying customers can claim an activation key for Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac until November 15, 2012.

See this link for more information and to request your upgrade: “*Parallels Desktop for Mac Tech Guarantee 2012.*”:http://www.parallels.com/techguarantee2012/

While it is not often necessary to shut down your computer, it is not a bad idea to do so from time to time. For example, I am flying to Ohio today and will be shutting my MacBook Pro down completely before I send it through the scanner. Also, for a number of reasons, we shut our computers down every night here at Small Dog.

This means that I need to re-open all the programs that I always leave open each time I start back up. While not an especially time consuming task, it is a little annoying to have to do this every time. Thanks to today’s Mac Treat, I will be annoyed no more.

In order to automatically open programs upon start-up (or when you log in to your user account), follow these steps:

# Go to the Apple menu and select *System Preferences*.
# Click on *Users & Groups* in the *System* section.
# Click on *Login Items*.
# Hit the + (plus) button.
# Find the application you want to add (the *Applications* folder is probably where they all are), highlight it and hit the *Add* button.
# Repeat for all applications you want to add.