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<h6>Mighty Mouse as Application Switcher</h6>
<p><p>Looking for an easier way to switch between multiple applications? Within Keyboard and Mouse Preferences under System Preferences, you can configure the scroll wheel to act as an Application Switcher. Press the scroll button to bring up Application Switcher, scroll to toggle to the application you want, and hit the scroll button again to switch. You can also double-click the scroll button to quickly switch to the previously active application.</p></p>
<a href="/article/10534"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10534', 'show')">Apple Mail Sending Issues in Snow Leopard</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10534" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10534">In a recent KnowledgeBase article Apple acknowledges a bug that can cause some Apple Mail users to be unable to send messages in Snow Leopard. While the company has suggested workarounds, user forums indicate the fixes aren't working for everyone.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10526" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10526">Do you use a Palm OS-based handheld? Although Palm OS syncing via iSync is no longer supported under Snow Leopard, Mark/Space's The Missing Sync for Palm OS offers an alternative.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10503"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10503', 'show')">TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 31-Aug-09</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10503" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10503">Notable software releases this week include Things 1.2, WireTap Studio 1.0.12, WireTap Anywhere 1.0.5, Snapz Pro X 2.2.0, Sync'Em 1.40, TextSoap 6.3, Coda 1.5, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.1.1, KeyCue 4.5, DragThing 5.9.4, and TextWrangler 3.0.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 31 Aug 2009</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10494" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10494">BusinessWeek tackles the media feast surrounding reports of exploding iPhones in Europe. Apple is currently investigating several instances of reportedly overheating or exploding iPhones in France and Britain; though given the amount of attention the matter has received, one would think the number of cases was much higher than that. With only 15 heat-related complaints about iPods to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (out of over 200 million iPods sold since 2001) there's no need to start shopping for a Kevlar-lined case.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 21 Aug 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10477" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10477">Nothing new here: Ars Technica reports on a new trojan horse, disguised as a QuickTime player update, that hijacks DNS requests, sending the victim to the attacker's Web site of choice. Common sense helps you avoid 99 percent of trojans and this case is no different - if an untrusted Web site instructs you to download and install some piece of software, don't do it.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 12 Aug 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="link_hover" id="link_box_full_10478" onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10478', 'show'); link_hover_swap('10478', 'in')" onMouseOut="link_hover_swap('10478', 'out')"><div class="link_hover_title"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10306301-37.html" id="link_hover_title_10478">Fix for MacBook Pro Hard Drive Clicking in the Works</a></div><div class="link_box_right" id="link_box_right_10478" style="visibility:hidden"><img src="/images/external_link_arrow.gif" height="15" width="15" border="0" alt="arrow"> <img src="/images/favicons/cnet.png" border="0" alt="favicon"> </div></div><div class="spacer"></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10478" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10478">Some MacBook Pro owners with 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drives have been complaining of clicking sounds, followed by a short period of stalled performance. The machines become responsive again after roughly 10 seconds, and do not require rebooting. Luckily, Apple spokesperson Bill Evans has informed CNET that Apple is aware of the issue and working on a fix, though no definite timetable has been set for its release.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 12 Aug 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10479" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10479">Google Caffeine is Google's new search engine architecture. It's designed to improve search speeds and results for users, but may also have some unexpected results for developers. PC World runs down answers to basic questions concerning the forthcoming changeover.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 12 Aug 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10475"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10475', 'show')">Matte Screen Option Returns to 15-inch MacBook Pro</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10475" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10475">Nearly a year since Apple enraged some customers by moving the entire unibody MacBook lineup to glossy displays, the company has relented and quietly brought back the matte screen option to the 15-inch model.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=8" class="category">Macs & Mac OS X</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 11 Aug 2009 | <a href="/article/10475#comments">9 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10466" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10466">Ars Technica reports on Apple's recent decision to revoke developer Khalid Shaikh's iPhone developer license and remove his 900+ apps from the App Store. According to Apple, Shaikh's apps, which aggregated and repackaged news content, frequently drew objections from third parties for violating intellectual property rights. When considering Apple's claim of over 65,000 apps in the App Store, hearing news of such junk (another developer reportedly has 2,000 apps similar to Shaikh's) highlights the difficulty of finding good applications.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 06 Aug 2009</div></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10443" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10443">The Loop covers Apple's small but appreciated gesture to iPhone developers: the capability to search for apps by keywords. With over 65,000 iPhone apps currently available, anything that makes it easier for apps to be found is welcome.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=21" class="category">External Links</a> | 05 Aug 2009</div></div></div>
<a href="/article/10456"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10456', 'show')">NewsGator Switches Users to Google Reader for Sync, Online RSS</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10456" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10456">NewsGator, maker of NetNewsWire, said it will abandon its own online RSS newsreader and synchronization servers in favor of Google Reader. Users will have to switch by the end of August.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=6" class="category">Tech News</a> | by <a href="/author/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> and <a href="/author/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> | 04 Aug 2009 | <a href="/article/10456#comments">13 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10458" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10458">Apple has updated GarageBand '09, fixing a bug that would change your cookie settings in Safari without telling you and tweaking a few features.</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/Doug%20McLean">Doug McLean</a> | 04 Aug 2009 | <a href="/article/10458#comments">4 comments</a></div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10450" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10450">Security researchers at the Black Hat Security Conference have demonstrated the capability to attack the iPhone through special SMS messages. Apple responded by releasing iPhone OS 3.0.1 with a fix.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10442" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10442">Macworld reports on Apple's rejection of both the Google Voice iPhone app and third party apps that interact with the telephony service. Apple cites the fact that the Google Voice app provides "duplicate features that come with the iPhone" as its basis for barring it from the App Store. Google Voice provides free SMS messaging and cheap international calling, thus arousing widespread suspicion that AT&T is behind the decision.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10426" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10426">Apple has released a major upgrade to its professional audio editing program. The latest version offers time-saving tools, guitar-focused features, and enhancements for live performers.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/10430"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('10430', 'show')">Adobe Warns of Critical Flash Vulnerability</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10430" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10430">Adobe has released a security advisory regarding a critical vulnerability that exists in Adobe Reader, Acrobat, and Flash Player. For the moment, the only fix is to disable Flash in your Web browser and other applications.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_10423" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_10423">BetaNews analyzes a startling NPD Group research report showing that, in June 2009, Apple earned 91 percent of the market revenue for computers priced over $1,000, up significantly from 66 percent in Q1 2008. This is largely because the average Windows-based PC price is $515, whereas the average Mac price is $1,400, but all the major PC makers also produce premium PCs too, and Apple is clearly eating them for lunch.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
