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<h6>Use Expose to Open Files Quickly</h6>
<p><p>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.</p></p>
<a href="/article/10610"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10610', 'show')">iWork.com Enhanced, Does Anyone Care?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10610" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10610">The recent iWork '09 Update 3 brought a few small changes to the still-in-beta iWork.com collaboration service. But does anyone actually use iWork.com?</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=2" class="category">Opinion</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 30 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10610#comments">10 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10612"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10612', 'show')">StuffIt Deluxe 2010 Eases Large Archive Sharing</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10612" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10612">It's not a new problem, but for many people, regularly sharing large files via the Internet remains awkward. StuffIt Deluxe 2010 aims to simplify that task with StuffIt SmartSend and the new StuffIt Connect online service.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=7" class="category">Business Apps</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 30 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10612#comments">18 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10602" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10602">Actually, it's worse than that. According to the developer, the iSinglePayer iPhone app was rejected from the App Store not just because it was "politically charged," but because it comes from a lone developer rather than a large organization. Apple shouldn't be taking sides in political debates, and certainly shouldn't be biasing rejection decisions based on the size of the group behind an app.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10597" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10597">Phil Dunkelberger, CEO of PGP Corporation, has a straightforward blog post explaining why PGP isn't yet compatible with Snow Leopard and apologizing for the company's poor communications surrounding the issue. </div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10598" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10598">Ars Technica's John Siracusa has a nice article prompted in part by Matt Neuburg's "<a href="http://db.tidbits.com/article/10537">Snow Leopard Snubs Document Creator Codes</a>" (2009-09-06). Siracusa summarizes the issue neatly and offers a well-considered list of what Apple should do. Now it's up to Apple to bring back the functionality of creator codes using modern technologies.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10600"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10600', 'show')">Comparing Two Early iPhone GPS Navigation Apps</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10600" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10600">Although the first two GPS navigation apps for the iPhone - G-Map and AT&T Navigator - get the job done, after using both for a while, Adam is still looking for something that compares with a Garmin nuvi 255W.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10600#comments">7 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10592" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10592">One of the problems with cloud computing is that software that worked just fine yesterday can get flaky for no apparent reason. Gmail is having problems, but it's not you, it's Google.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=5" class="category">Networking</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 24 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10592#comments">3 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10587"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10587', 'show')">New "Take Control of Mac OS X Backups" Explains Smart Backups</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10587" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10587">Whether you want to establish a sensible backup strategy or modernize your existing backup strategy, Joe Kissell's just-updated "Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fourth Edition" has the real-world advice you need to choose backup hardware and software, and set up a rock-solid backup strategy.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 23 Sep 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10588" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10588">Geoff Teehan proposes a new approach for the iPhone home screen that would replace the grid of apps with a customizable scrolling dashboard, so users could quickly scan for information and notifications, and jump from them to specific apps. If nothing else, this could replace the little-used search screen. Good ideas here, Apple!</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10589"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10589', 'show')">Find My (Wife's) iPhone</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10589" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10589">While Tonya trained for a 100-mile bike ride this summer, Adam monitored her location from afar via Find My iPhone. Privacy breach? No, just making her feel more comfortable about being all alone many miles from home.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 23 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10589#comments">18 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10583"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10583', 'show')">iTunes 9.0.1 Fixes Important Bugs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10583" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10583">A few short weeks after the release of iTunes 9, Apple gives us iTunes 9.0.1 with a variety of important-sounding bug fixes. </div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=1" class="category">Entertainment</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10583#comments">8 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10582" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10582">Want a subtle way to remember one of the most popular computer games of all times? Check out Tetris Tiles; custom-made tiles in the maddening shapes burned into our brains by Tetris. Hmm, on second thought, be careful - you wouldn't want to trigger a bad flashback to the 1980s.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10538" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10538">Adam recaps recent TidBITS content in this discussion with Tech Night Owl Live host Gene Steinberg, talking about SuperDrive reliability problems, the New York Times Web site being compromised, and more.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10563"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10563', 'show')">New York Times Web Site Compromised; How to Stay Safe</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10563" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10563">Details are still forthcoming, but over the weekend, numerous visitors to the New York Times Web site saw pop-ups masquerading as antivirus alerts and advertising Windows software that was itself malware.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 14 Sep 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10557"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10557', 'show')">Watch Apple Events Online</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10557" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10557">If you aren't invited to Apple's special events and want to see the real thing rather than reading liveblog transcripts, subscribe to the Apple Keynotes podcast or check the QuickTime Guide.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=16" class="category">Just for Fun</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10557#comments">3 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10532" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10532">The first victory has been achieved in New York Times columnist David Pogue's "Take Back the Beep" campaign to eliminate wasted seconds in voicemail instructions. AT&T has now trimmed the "To page this person..." bit from their instructions, saving a few seconds that just confused everyone under the age of 45 anyway ("What's a pager, Mom?").</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10555" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10555">Along with Mac OS X 10.6.1, Apple has released Security Update 2009-005 to fix a wide variety of security vulnerabilities in various versions of Tiger and Leopard.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=13" class="category">Safe Computing</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 10 Sep 2009</div></div>
<a href="/article/10546"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10546', 'show')">iTunes 9 Refines Crowdsourcing and Sharing Features</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10546" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10546">Apple has unveiled iTunes 9, expanding its crowdsourcing capability with Genius Mixes, introducing long-awaited app arranging capabilities, bringing new home network sharing features, and expanding music and movie content offerings with iTunes LP and iTunes Extras.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=1" class="category">Entertainment</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10546#comments">12 comments</a></div></div>
<a href="/article/10529"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10529', 'show')">Phone Amego: the Macintosh/iPhone Mind Meld</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10529" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10529">Want to dial your iPhone from your Mac, and have incoming calls announced on your Mac before you answer? Check out Phone Amego from Sustainable Softworks.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=17" class="category">iPhone iPad iPod</a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 03 Sep 2009 | <a href="/article/10529#comments">9 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10530" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10530">In this edition of the MacNotables podcast, Adam joins Ted Landau, Andy Ihnatko, and host Chuck Joiner to talk about why Snow Leopard was released early, what's cool about it, and when normal people should think about upgrading.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->