Category: 676: Mac Treat #127: SneakPeek, More Apple Updates: Mac mini, MobileMe, 10.6.4

It is supposed to be in the 90s on Saturday and I’m going to procrastinate on my tiling project and go for an all day motorcycle ride instead. I love summer! Katie, Kerry, Hapy and I are heading to Manchester next week with our builder to really make some hard decisions on the design and…

The Garage Sale is still going strong, set to be live until the end of the month! **Newly added products from Speck, Altec Lansing, LaCie, Logitech, Seagate and more, with many prices slashed over 40% from their already-reduced Garage Sale prices.** “Smalldog.com/garagesale”:http://www.smalldog.com/garagesale

*START SOAPBOX* As we invent more and more ways to communicate with each other, it is also important to establish standards for appropriate times to use that technology. There was a move to allow cell phone use on planes that at first, I thought would be just fine. That was until I imagined myself trying…

Apple rolled out numerous MobileMe enhancements during a scheduled maintenance period last evening. Mainly focusing on the web aspect of the service, the update brought changes to Mail, “Find My iPhone,” and a host of other features. Upon logging into the web interface, users will notice a redesigned iPad styled Mail view, as well as…

Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.4 yesterday through Software Update. This revision offers numerous stability, compatibility, and security improvements over Mac OS X 10.6.3 which was released in March. The new update includes Safari 5 as the default browser, improves VPN connections, and resolves a host of miscellaneous software issues. A full list of changes…

Apple slyly released a major update to its smallest desktop system this morning. The Mac mini has received both a redesign as well as exceptional performance upgrades. Featuring Apple’s new unibody manufacturing process, the mini now sports a 1.4-inch-thin seamless aluminum enclosure and styling similar to the iMac and MacBook Pro lines. Catering to the…

Quick Look is one of my favorite features of OS 10.5 Leopard and OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. Quick Look provides instant, full resolution (but not editable) previews of many files simply by selecting the document and pressing the space bar. I use Quick Look to preview photos, read Pages documents without launching Pages, skim through…

_Dear Friends,_ We are in an alternating weather pattern here in Vermont with rain one day and sun the next. The strawberries are ready and it is such a relief to finally get real berries–not the ones that are in the stores in the winter that seem to have no taste but a long shelf…