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<h6>Turn Off Filename Extension Warning</h6>
<p><p>In Leopard, Apple fixed an annoying aspect of working with the Finder in Tiger. Previously, if you changed a file's extension, the Finder prompted for confirmation. But since no one has ever accidentally changed a filename extension, Apple thankfully added an option to turn that warning off in the Leopard Finder's preferences. Choose Finder > Preferences, and in the Advanced screen, deselect Show Warning Before Changing an Extension.</p></p>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6405" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6405">I noticed when reading back through the issues of ten years ago (see our anniversary article "TidBITS Goes to Eleven" in TidBITS-576) that we did a sporadic column reporting bits of information related to the just-released System 7</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> | 23 Apr 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6393" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6393">Brief Network Outage 17-Apr-01 -- We normally wouldn't stress about a short downtime, but Qwest tells us they plan to take my 56K frame relay connection down for a software upgrade on Tuesday 17-Apr-01 from 4 A.M</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> | 16 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6394"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6394', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.0.1 Available</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6394" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6394">Mac OS X 10.0.1 Available -- A mere three weeks after the initial release of Mac OS X 10.0, Apple has released 10.0.1, a 4.1 MB update available via Mac OS X's Software Update control panel (which itself requires a 700K update before it gets the 10.0.1 Update)</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> | 16 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6395"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6395', 'show')">Retrospect Client Public Beta for Mac OS X</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6395" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6395">Retrospect Client Public Beta for Mac OS X -- Dantz Development has released the public beta of Retrospect Client for Mac OS X, making it possible to back up Mac OS X machines via a plug-in added to Retrospect 4.3 on a backup server running Mac OS 8.x or Mac OS 9.x</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> | 16 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6397"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6397', 'show')">TidBITS Goes to Eleven</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6397" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6397">Today marks the beginning of our 11th consecutive year of publication, finally giving us the right to play off the famous Spinal Tap quote, "These go to eleven." Previous anniversary articles covered our basic history, motivations ("TidBITS Nets Ninth Anniversary"), and the lessons we've learned over the last ten years ("Lessons from Ten Years of TidBITS").To crank up the volume this year, I decided to read through the TidBITS issues from ten years ago, when we'd had a chance to smooth out the rough edges of our first year of publication</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> | 16 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6389"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6389', 'show')">Poll Results: When Will X Mark the Spot?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6389" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6389">Poll Results: When Will X Mark the Spot? Two weeks ago, we asked when you planned to install Mac OS X to gauge the level of interest among TidBITS readers</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> | 09 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6390"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6390', 'show')">Apple Firmware Update Problems Clarified and Solved</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6390" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6390">Last week, we wrote about firmware updates for recent Macs which Apple issued shortly after the release of Mac OS X, and which were causing updated Macs to stop seeing some third-party memory modules</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> | 09 Apr 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6378" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6378">Network Outage! TidBITS Technical Editor Geoff Duncan has discovered a reliable method to block all spam: have your network service provider suddenly go dark</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> | 02 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6380"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6380', 'show')">Avoid Current Firmware Updates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6380" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6380">Avoid Current Firmware Updates -- Apple's just-released firmware updates (4.1.7 and 4.1.8) for recent iMacs, plus the iBook, G4 Cube, Power Mac G4, and PowerBooks with FireWire ports have caused much gnashing of teeth</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> | 02 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6382"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6382', 'show')">April Fools Day Apologies</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6382" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6382">April Fools Day Apologies -- My apologies to everyone we suckered with the fake update posted on Sunday to our Web site about how rolling blackouts in California and the associated cut-overs from the power grid to generators at Apple's data centers were causing Mac OS X to kernel panic if it accessed a mounted iDisk in a specific fashion</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> | 02 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6383"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6383', 'show')">What About Backing Up to FireWire Hard Disks?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6383" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6383">Never let it be said that I'm not open to new ideas. After my recent review of Ecrix's VXA-1 tape drive, a number of people asked why you couldn't just use hard disks for backup.I quickly responded with all the reasons that hard disks are a fairly poor option as a sole backup solution</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> | 02 Apr 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6365"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6365', 'show')">StuffIt Product Line Updated to 6.0.1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6365" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6365">StuffIt Product Line Updated to 6.0.1 -- Aladdin Systems has released StuffIt Deluxe 6.0.1, a small update to their venerable file compression and archiving software</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> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6366" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6366">ConceptDraw 1.59 Update Available -- CS Odessa has updated their diagramming and business graphics program ConceptDraw to version 1.59 (see "Make the Connection with ConceptDraw" in TidBITS-553)</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> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6367" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6367">OnStream Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy -- When writing about the Ecrix VXA-1 tape drive (see "Ecrix's VXA-1 Tape Drive: Big Fast Backups" in TidBITS-569), we mentioned the competing Echo tape drives from OnStream and noted that one concern with both Ecrix and OnStream was that neither had achieved the status of an industry standard with multiple suppliers</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> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6368" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6368">Proxim, Netopia Terminate Merger -- Due to the current stock market conditions (I first wrote "doldrums," but the reality is more like rounding Cape Horn in rough weather), Proxim and Netopia announced they are terminating their merger agreement without payment of termination fees (see "Proxim Reunites Farallon and Netopia" in TidBITS-565)</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> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6370"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6370', 'show')">Poll Preview: When Will X Mark the Spot?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6370" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6370">Poll Preview: When Will X Mark the Spot? In November of 1999, we asked what your upgrade plans were with regard to Mac OS 9. The question is similar now, but in relation to Mac OS X - when, if ever, do you plan to install Mac OS X? You might first want to read through our examination of who should install the new operating system and who should wait, but please do come to the TidBITS home page and vote so we can judge how important Mac OS X coverage will be to our readers</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> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6372"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6372', 'show')">Mac OS X: The Future Is Here - Coming Soon!</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6372" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6372">On Saturday, March 24th, Apple released Mac OS X 10.0, marking the company's official move from the much-evolved Mac OS 9.1 to the entirely new Mac OS X</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> | 26 Mar 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6358"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6358', 'show')">Web Confidential 2.2.1 Adds Import and More</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6358" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6358">Web Confidential 2.2.1 Adds Import and More -- Alco Blom has released Web Confidential 2.2.1, the latest version of his utility for storing passwords and other sensitive information in a highly secure file on Macs, Windows-based PCs, and Palm handhelds</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> | 19 Mar 2001</div></div>
<a href="/article/6360"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6360', 'show')">Come Together: Document Collaboration, Part 3</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6360" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6360">Last week I examined a number of document collaboration systems I've used and passed on some advice for setting up a system of your own. However, all the systems I talked about involved sending files - usually Microsoft Word files - via the Internet</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> | 19 Mar 2001</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6342" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6342">Web Crossing Sponsoring TidBITS -- We've seen focus on the Internet shift from search engines to portals that aggregate content, but many sites discovered not only that developing high-quality content is difficult, but also that the best way to attract and retain users is to encourage the growth of online communities</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> | 12 Mar 2001</div></div>
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