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Adding Links in Snow Leopard's Mail

Apple Mail in Snow Leopard now has a Command-key shortcut for adding a link to an email.

If you use plain-text email, this will not be helpful at all, but if you send styled email, it's a nice shortcut for adding URLs to your email messages. Simply select the word(s) you want to make into a link, press Command-K, and enter the URL to build into the link.

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iTunes 10 Goes "Ping!"

Apple can't resist updating iTunes whenever new iPods come out, but this time the changes are fairly minimal other than the addition of the Ping social networking service, aimed at making it easier to discover new music by connecting you to your friends and favorite artists.Show full article

Apple Releases Smaller and Thinner iPods

Apple redesigned its entire line of iPods (except for the iPod classic, which is still available in the Apple Store), bringing cameras, FaceTime, and the Retina display to the iPod touch; a smaller size and touchscreen interface to the iPod nano; and (finally) buttons back to the iPod shuffle.Show full article

DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of Raskin 1.1

If you've never quite been happy with the Finder, or just like the idea of alternative computer interfaces, you'll want to check out Raskin, a zoomable interface based on the pioneering work of the late Jef Raskin. Enter to win a copy in this week's DealBITS drawing!Show full article

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Apple has taken the wraps off iOS 4.1, due this week, and iOS 4.2, due in November, fixing some high-profile bugs and adding features like HDR photos, Game Center, HD video upload support, background printing, and AirPlay wireless media streaming.Show full article

TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 06 September 2010

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ExtraBITS for 06 September 2010

We were watching Google this week, as the company released Priority Inbox for Gmail and open-sourced Google Wave. We were also amused to see Autodesk bring AutoCAD back to the Mac and Borders drop prices on all its ebook reading devices to compete with Amazon and Barnes & Noble (and the iPad). If you're using Apple Mail's parental controls be sure to read on for a concerning vulnerability. Finally, Adam participated in a pair of MacNotables podcasts that should make for good listening.Show full article

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