Category: 667: Mac Treat #121: Manage Top Sites in Safari, New MacBook Pros, Software Updates, Tech Tails TV

I leave at 9AM on Monday and get back to Vermont at 2PM the same day, but 24 hours or so later after crossing the international dateline. I have tickets to the 2nd game of the Boston Celtics playoffs versus Miami, so Tuesday I’ll be back on the road and heading to Boston to cheer…

Buy any MacBook Pro (any size, new, closeout, demo, or refurbished) and get a free Imelda (Small Dog logo) 4GB flash drive! Use coupon code *newmbp* in your cart at checkout on “Smalldog.com.”:http://www.smalldog.com

Attention all Chittenden County, VT residents! April is traditionally a time where we “think about recycling,”:http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste so we wanted to let you know that our friends over at “CSWD”:http://www.cswd.net/ are having a tire recycling roundup of their own next weekend. *WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm *WHERE: CSWD Drop-Off Centers located in…

On Wednesdays at 5PM, Rebecca and Matt take Mac, iPod and even iPhone tech questions via “Twitter”:http://twitter.com/hellosmalldog and also via email for our Tech Tails TV broadcasts on Ustream. If you’re not familiar with Ustream, it’s generally used as a platform for live streaming and “lifecasting.” Tune your browsers to “http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tech-tails-tv”:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tech-tails-tv Wednesday at 5:00 PM…

The MacBook Pros have been updated! All models (13-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch) sport new and refined features. All new 13-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch MacBook Pros include: * 4GB of RAM (expandable to 8GB) * Updated glass Multi-Touch trackpad, which now supports inertial scrolling * An updated notebook battery that delivers longer battery life on a…

Apple has released a fresh batch of security updates for both Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. Apple says: bq. An unchecked index issue exists in Apple Type Services’ handling of embedded fonts. Viewing or downloading a document containing a maliciously crafted embedded font may lead to arbitrary code execution. This…

Top Sites is one of Safari 4’s most notable features. Top Sites provides an at-a-glance preview of your favorite and most visited websites. While you browse, Safari 4 indexes and ranks your favorite sites, and then presents up to 24 thumbnails of those sites on a single page. Sites with a star icon in the…

_Dear Friends,_ I am writing this from my hotel room in Hong Kong. I am here to attend two trade shows, the China Sourcing Fair and the Hong Kong Electronics Show. Tomorrow I head to Dongguan and Shenzhen to visit some of the factories that make our products and some new suppliers. I will also…