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Safari 4.0 Beta Review

Apple released Safari 4.0 beta recently. So far I mostly like what I see. My issue with Facebook Chat and Adium seems to be fixed. The new default “home” page called Top Sites, which is a cross between Cover Flow and the bookmarks/history page is a bit annoying because it’s not as customizable as I [...]

Review: Deeper, Customization for OS X

Deeper is a Mac OS X program that brings “hidden” system features to the desktop. All the features it can enable, disable or change are already accessible via the Terminal if the correct command is known. As such the software simply throws a nice graphical interface around these commands. While the GUI is fairly intuitive, [...]

10 Flash Games that work in Safari, and are actually fun

Flash on Macintosh, and to a much greater extent Safari use to be ignored in the online game world. All too frequently us happy Apple users would be depressed with message saying “You Must be Running Internet Explorer to access this site. Click Here to Download Internet Explorer.” Which was even more annoying once Microsoft [...]

Review: Mint, online money management

Mint is a all encompassing website to help you track your financial data. The site has been fairly well received by most people. On the surface this site is a pretty good idea. Unlike programs like Quicken which need to be told to pull data (at least on Mac, I can’t speak for the Windows [...]

Day 207: Time Capsule Review

I pre-ordered Apple’s 1-TeraByte Time Capsule and received it the first day it was out. After some initial setup troubles and configuration issues I have to report that the thing has been incredibly stable. My single biggest complaint is that when waking and sleeping the Macbook to take it to work, Time Machine takes forever [...]