Move a File in the Finder
Sometimes you want to move a file in the Finder across volumes, not copy that file. Holding down the Command key while dragging ensures that the item is copied, and then its original deleted, adding up to a move.
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TidBITS#623/01-Apr-02
The top news this week is the proposed settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case - will it meet your needs? Adam also looks at a new service from Internet payment service Kagi that's aimed at helping fans support their favorite artists. John Moltz joins us with some opinions on iPod-enabled piracy, Tonya previews a new utility from Microsoft, and we examine Apple's new support options. In the news, we pass on video evidence of Apple's next iDevice (think TiVo), and tell you of a new email filtering service from the SpamCop folks.
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Video Details of Apple iTiVo Revealed
Video Details of Apple iTiVo Revealed -- Based on unconfirmed but reliable reports from within Apple, the company is planning to release its own digital video recorder (DVR) device, based on technology licensed from TiVo, IncShow full article
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GramCop Filters Poorly Written Email
GramCop Filters Poorly Written Email -- Tired of reading email that's rife with spelling and grammatical mistakes? Concerned that the rise of quick email and instant messaging has caused writing skills to deteriorate to the point of incomprehensibility? Thanks to a new service from the people who brought you SpamCop, you can restrict incoming mail to those messages that the senders care enough about to have checked spelling and basic grammarShow full article
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Microsoft Settlement Vows Bug-Free Software
In a surprise joint press conference Saturday morning in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, along with the legal representatives of nine U.SShow full article
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Apple Offers Savvy Support Options
You've undoubtedly been in this situation before. Something goes wrong with your Mac, you work through the standard troubleshooting, search the Internet for additional information, try a few additional wacky ideas, and finally call Apple's technical supportShow full article
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iPod: Pirates' Delight?
You may not know it, but there's a scandal brewing around the iPod. According to a recent article at Wired News, the iPod is being used to steal software right from under the noses of computer store employeesShow full article
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Microsoft AutoGadget Formats the Finder
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, clearly looking for a new direction after last year's release of Office v.X, today announced AutoGadget, a Mac OS X-only utility that brings a bevy of Microsoft's automatic editing and formatting tools to the FinderShow full article
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Mac Mania Geek Cruise Meets the Love Boat?
It's looking as though this May's upcoming Mac Mania Geek Cruise could be even more interesting than previously thought. Sure, Woz will be there, talking about the history of the Apple II and showing off the sheets of uncut $2 bills with which he loves to tweak cashiersShow full article
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Kagi Helps Fans Support Artists
We've been writing a lot about issues surrounding copyright and just how artists (of all sorts) can earn a living in this digital world, where so many of the barriers to copying and sharing content have fallen by the waysideShow full article