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<h6>Copy Existing Filename to 'Save As' Field</h6>
<p><p>While many utilities provide file naming automation, they're mostly overkill for those cases when you need to make small variations in file content while ensuring the documents group together in a "by name" list.</p><p>In the Save As dialog, the default name is the current document name. You can quickly change this to match any existing file.</p><p>1. Make the list of files the active element. </p><p>2. Click on a grayed-out filename, which momentarily turns black.</p><p>3. The Save As field now contains the filename you just clicked.</p><p>You can modify the name (adding, say, "version 3") or overwrite that existing file you clicked.</p></p>
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<a href="/article/7077"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7077', 'show')">Aiding the Case for Macintosh</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7077" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7077">We at TidBITS generally try to avoid becoming entangled in the morass of computer religious wars, in particular the long-running battle between the Mac and Windows</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 17 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7062"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7062', 'show')">Bit of Numerology</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7062" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7062">Bit of Numerology -- We hit these triple identical digit issues of TidBITS every couple of years, but this is one of the most notable, since 666 is the so-called "number of the beast" from the Bible's Book of Revelation (Chapter 13, verse 18)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7063"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7063', 'show')">Apple Releases New iMacs, Lowers eMac Prices</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7063" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7063">Apple Releases New iMacs, Lowers eMac Prices -- Continuing the push to update its product line for AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth, Apple last week unveiled the latest revisions to its flat-panel iMac line</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Feb 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7064" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7064">Get Pre-Publication iPhoto 2 VQS Chapters -- As the latest in my efforts to experiment with various approaches to electronic publishing, I will be making available for download each chapter in my forthcoming book, iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7065"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7065', 'show')">Adam Speaking at NY City Area User Groups This Week</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7065" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7065">Adam Speaking at NY City Area User Groups This Week -- On Thursday, 13-Feb-03 at 6:30 PM, I'll be speaking at the monthly MetroMac meeting at New York University, and on Friday, 14-Feb-03 at the Long Island Macintosh Users Group (LIMac) at the New York Institute of Technology</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7066"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7066', 'show')">Digital Photography Cruise in June</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7066" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7066">Digital Photography Cruise in June -- Alaska in June is a fabulous place for outdoor photography thanks to its gorgeous scenery and great evening light from the longest days of the year</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7067"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7067', 'show')">Apple Revs Xserve and Introduces Xserve RAID</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7067" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7067">Leaving the iBook as the only part of Apple's product line that hasn't recently received a significant update (hint, hint), Apple today announced new models of their industrial strength Xserve 1U rack-mount servers (see "Apple Introduces Xserve Rack-Mount Server" in TidBITS-631)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7055"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7055', 'show')">Get an iLife</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7055" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7055">Get an iLife -- Apple has released iLife, its suite of digital hub applications that includes iTunes 3 (which doesn't undergo an update in iLife), iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, and iDVD 3</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7056"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7056', 'show')">iLife & Keynote for $15 for Teachers</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7056" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7056">iLife & Keynote for $15 for Teachers -- Following on the heels of providing Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar for free to teachers (a promotion that Apple has extended through 31-Mar-03), Apple is now offering the entire iLife suite plus Apple's new Keynote presentation program for a mere $15 (a savings of $113)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7057" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7057">Apple Introduces 20-inch Cinema Display -- Keeping up the pressure started at Macworld Expo, Apple last week released a new 20-inch Cinema Display, priced at $1,300</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7058"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7058', 'show')">New Power Macs Add FireWire 800, AirPort Extreme</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7058" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7058">New Power Macs Add FireWire 800, AirPort Extreme -- Bringing the new connectivity features from the recently enhanced PowerBook line to the desktop, Apple last week released a new set of Power Mac G4s that offer FireWire 800, the 54 Mbps 802.11g-based AirPort Extreme, and integrated Bluetooth wireless networking (with the addition of a $50 internal card that's reportedly available only when you're ordering)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7060"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7060', 'show')">iPhoto 2 Steps into the Frame</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7060" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7060">For me, the commitment of writing a book goes beyond the initial effort because I end up being linked with the book's topic for what feels like the rest of time</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Feb 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7049"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7049', 'show')">PowerMail 4.1.1 Integrates Apple Technologies</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7049" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7049">PowerMail 4.1.1 Integrates Apple Technologies -- CTM Development recently released PowerMail 4.1.1 (a small bug fix release for version 4.1, released several weeks before)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7051"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7051', 'show')">Going on Safari</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7051" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7051">As I noted in "Apple Reduces Its Microsoft Dependency" in TidBITS-662, Apple's Macworld Expo beta release of the Safari Web browser is indication that Apple is hunting big game, namely Microsoft</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7045" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7045">AppleWorks 6 Presents, Too! Oops. AppleWorks 6 does indeed have a presentation module, so my offhand comment to the contrary last week in "Apple Reduces Its Microsoft Dependency" was just plain wrong</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7046"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7046', 'show')">Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003 Superlatives, Part 1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7046" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7046">Every year I worry that Macworld Expo will somehow fall flat, that there won't be many exhibitors, that no one will come, that there won't be anything that's even moderately interesting</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7047"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7047', 'show')">AirPort Extreme: In the Key of G</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7047" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7047">Apple led the drive to offer Wi-Fi wireless networking equipment at reasonable prices to consumers way back in 1999, but the company's gateway product, the AirPort Base Station, had started to look under-featured and overpriced even by late 2001 - especially for broadband users who didn't need its built-in modem.But Apple stayed the course: $300 for the AirPort Base Station and $100 for the proprietary AirPort card that inserted into a special PC Card-like slot in every model of the Macintosh</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7041"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7041', 'show')">New PowerBooks: Mini Me and the Lunch Tray</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7041" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7041">Amid rumors of video iPods and tablet Macs appearing during the Macworld Expo keynote address, Steve Jobs calmly introduced a pair of new PowerBook models that slot neatly into Apple's existing iBook and PowerBook lines</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 13 Jan 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7042"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7042', 'show')">Apple Reduces Its Microsoft Dependency</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7042" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7042">As is becoming increasingly common at Macworld Expo, Apple dominated attendees' attention by introducing a wide-ranging set of new hardware and software products</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 13 Jan 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7032" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7032">More Macworld Events -- This is why I take my iBook with me on vacation: things happen! First Creo contacted me to renew their TidBITS sponsorship for Six Degrees, and then a flurry of email resulted in more Expo events</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Jan 2003</div></div>
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