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Looking for an easy way to drag a file into a hidden application? First enter Expose's All Windows mode by hitting F9, then hover over an application's window while dragging your file, pause for a moment (or press the Space bar) and that window will spring to the foreground enabling you to open the file within that application.
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TidBITS#1004/16-Nov-2009
The holiday season looms large, and we're easing into it by soliciting suggestions for the annual TidBITS Gift Guide and by passing on news of free Wi-Fi hotspot access during holiday travel. In the iPhone world, we have a pair of new ebooks that will help you get more from your iPhone or iPod touch, news of a digital FM tuner for the iPhone, and links to several App Store rejection stories. On the Mac side of things, Matt Neuburg isolates a Finder-copying bug in Snow Leopard, and Adam passes along news of a workaround to a screen saver bug introduced in Mac OS X 10.6.2. Finally, Adam reviews the ViBook+ USB-based video adapter, explains how you can put Wikipedia in your pocket with the WikiReader, and looks at Waveboard, a WebKit wrapper around Google Wave. Notable software releases this week include Safari 4.0.4, Yojimbo 2.1, Wireless Keyboard Update 2.0, Freedom 0.5.1, Default Folder X 4.3.3, Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.3 Update, and Firefox 3.5.5.
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Submit Ideas for the 2009 TidBITS Gift Guide
We're gearing up to produce the TidBITS Gift Guide for 2009, and we need your suggestions for the gifts that you plan to give or want to receive this year.Show full article
Free Wi-Fi Abounds with Holiday Sponsorships
Why pay for Wi-Fi when eBay, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo want you to use typically for-fee hotspots in exchange for nothing but your eyeballs? Holiday sponsorships are bringing free service to airports, airplanes, and elsewhere.Show full article
New Ebooks about the iPhone and iPod touch
Solve iPhone mysteries and learn clever tricks with a pair of new Take Control ebooks written by Jeff Carlson and Ted Landau.Show full article
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DealBITS Discount: Save 30% on Labels & Addresses
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Fix 10.6.2's Broken Slide Show Screen Saver
Mac OS 10.6.2 made a small change to the Slide Show screen saver that displays images from folders and from iPhoto, causing it to hang when pointed at large folders or iPhoto collections.Show full article
Catch a Google Wave with Waveboard
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WikiReader Puts Wikipedia in Your Pocket
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A Finder-Copying Bug in Snow Leopard
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TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 16 November 2009
Notable software releases this week include Safari 4.0.4, Yojimbo 2.1, Wireless Keyboard Update 2.0, Freedom 0.5.1, Default Folder X 4.3.3, Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.3 Update, and Firefox 3.5.5.Show full article
ExtraBITS for 16 November 2009
We were busy publishing "Take Control of Your iPhone Apps" (note Jeff's MacVoices interview) and "Take Control of iPhone OS 3" this week, so we didn't have much time for Web surfing, but the articles that jumped out at us this week revolved around the iPhone worm that can infect careless jailbreakers and the latest App Store rejection horror stories.Show full article
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 16 November 2009
This week's TidBITS Talk discussions cover several new topics. On the troubleshooting front, readers diagnose why Microsoft AutoUpdate is repeatedly pushing a conversion utility, why Magic Mouse tracking isn't as good when connected to a Mac Pro, and whether something is wrong with an iMac's FireWire bus. Suggestions are also offered for building a Mac help desk for a school, previewing photos on a virtual wall, and obtaining early versions of the Mac OS. We also look at the end of the Apple v. Psystar case and the ongoing costs of using Macs in the office versus Windows PCs.Show full article