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How To Disable Rosetta on Your Mac
Rosetta was a technology created by Apple in order to run old PowerPC applications on new Intel hardware. However, with the vast majority of applications being Universal or Intel-only, Rosetta is becoming obsolete. If you want to disable Rosetta without uninstalling it, we'll show you how.

Published by CompuDav (631 pts ) on Nov 15, 2009 to
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Run Safari 4 Beta on Your Snow Leopard Installation
Apple recently released Snow Leopard with a new and improved version of Safari. Unfortunately, some people preferred the tabs-on-top look and feel of the reasonably stable beta version that was released not too long ago. In this article, we'll show you how to install the beta version on your Mac.

Published by CompuDav (631 pts ) on Oct 17, 2009 to
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5 Tips Every Snow Leopard User Should Know
Apple's latest introduction into the OS market has been generally well-received, however much of its criticism has been that most of its improvements have been strictly under-the-hood. This article will show that there are some nifty, unique features that every Snow Leopard user should know and use.

Published by CompuDav (631 pts ) on Oct 8, 2009 to
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Read & Write NTFS Natively in Snow Leopard
Forget the usual tactics of installing NTFS-3G or other software, Snow Leopard actually includes a nifty trick that'll let you read and write NTFS partitions natively.

Published by CompuDav (631 pts ) on Oct 7, 2009 to
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Boot Snow Leopard in 64-bit or 32-bit Mode
One of the most advertised technical features of Snow Leopard is that it has been rewritten to provide full support for 64-bit applications. As such, many are surprised when OS X isn't booting with a 64-bit kernel. We'll show you how to boot in either 32 or 64 bit mode whenever you want.

Published by CompuDav (631 pts ) on Oct 5, 2009 to
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Calibrate Your Mac’s Display
Mac OS X Leopard allows you to change the way colors are displayed on your screen. Generally there are two kinds of settings - the 1.8 Standard Gamma or 2.2 Television Gamma. Snow Leopard defaults to the 2.2 Television Gamma. So if you’re still on Leopard, here's how to set it to 2.2.

Published by Chet Alzona (3,297 pts ) on Sep 12, 2009 to
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How to Use Spaces in Mac OS X
Ever get frustrated moving windows around to get to the application that you really need to access? This article features tips on using Spaces to organize your applications into easily accessible virtual desktops.

Published by Mike Piero (3,105 pts ) on Jun 30, 2009 to
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How To Reset or Recover A Lost Login Password On A MacBook or OS X
People have a lot of passwords they have to remember; so it's only natural that once in a while you will forget one. If you should happen to ever forget your OS X login account password, you can either try to recover it or else reset it completely.

Published by Nicholas (5,864 pts ) on Jun 26, 2009 to
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Apple Mac OS X Leopard - The Cat's Out of the Bag
With Mac OS X Leopard, Apple has once again demonstrated their marketing mojo, hyping features like Leopard's added Unix CDE-like functionality and Vista functionality, but behind the hype, there's little 'Apple' innovation in the latest Mac OS.

Published by Brian Ricks, MVP (541 pts ) on Feb 5, 2009 to
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Mac OSX Reinstall Checklist
If you have a new Mac, or you're reinstalling the OS on your old one, here are all the essential applications that you're going to want to slap down on your machine. Some of these will be familiar to you, of course, but I think you'll discover a few awesome surprises!

Published by 1rick (584 pts ) on Nov 25, 2008 to
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