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<p><p>In Mac OS X in general, and thus in most native Mac OS X applications, hold down the Option key and click anywhere in a window's scroll bar to jump to that spot (rather than scrolling one screen). If you like this behavior, you can make it the default in the Appearance preference pane. For "Click in the scroll bar to:" select "Jump to here."</p></p>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_768" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_768">Macromedia Acquires FutureWave -- Last week, Macromedia made a play for dominating the online multimedia market by announcing it had acquired FutureWave Software, makers of the FutureSplash software family which (among other things) creates compact vector-based animations that are viewable through Web browser plug-ins</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 13 Jan 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_775" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_775">RAM Doubler 2.0.1 -- Connectix has released an update to RAM Doubler 2.0, its popular utility program that doubles (or triples) the amount of memory your Mac thinks it has available (see TidBITS-351)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 06 Jan 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_776" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_776">FileMaker 3.0v4 -- Claris has released an update to FileMaker Pro 3.0, which fixes a number of memory leaks using Apple events and other minor problems with record selection, portals, printing, and more</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 06 Jan 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/779"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('779', 'show')">What System Comes NeXT?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_779" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_779">Apple marked its 20th anniversary with a major change in direction: the acquisition of NeXT Software. Although Apple highlights five rather abstract points behind its acquisition of NeXT, most of the Macintosh community is concerned with two things: what a Apple-NeXT operating system will do, and when it can be delivered.First, a caveat: don't expect a definitive evaluation of the Apple-NeXT merger from TidBITS - or any industry publication - for some time</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 06 Jan 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/782"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('782', 'show')">Open Transport 1.1.2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_782" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_782">Open Transport 1.1.2 -- Apple has released Open Transport 1.1.2, which should provide better reliability over modem connections and some performance improvements that will be especially welcome to Mac webmasters</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 16 Dec 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_797" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_797">RealAudio 3.0 -- Progressive Networks has released Real Audio Player and Real Audio Player Plus 3.0. The RealAudio Player is free for individual use, and provides improved audio quality and stereo streamed audio over 28.8 Kbps modems, while the $30 commercial Player Plus features improved playback via buffering (even on slow or flaky connections) and a "record" mode for offline listening</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 09 Dec 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/798"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('798', 'show')">Beta MPEG for QuickTime 2.5</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_798" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_798">Beta MPEG for QuickTime 2.5 -- Back in TidBITS-338 we noted that software-only MPEG support wasn't included in QuickTime 2.5, but Apple has released a beta extension to QuickTime that provides software-only MPEG support on Power Macs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 09 Dec 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/802"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('802', 'show')">Disable the CFM-68K Runtime Enabler</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_802" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_802">Disable the CFM-68K Runtime Enabler -- If you use a Macintosh with a 68K processor, Apple is recommending that you disable the CFM-68K Runtime Enabler either by using an extensions manager or by removing it from your System Folder</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 02 Dec 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/803"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('803', 'show')">BBEdit Lite for OpenDoc</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_803" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_803">BBEdit Lite for OpenDoc -- If you've installed version 1.1 of OpenDoc, then you might want to take note of BBEdit Lite for OpenDoc, a freeware Live Object which includes BBEdit's basic text-editing capabilities</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 02 Dec 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_810" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_810">AOL Pricing Shenanigans -- AOL has managed to get itself in hot water with its new pricing plan, which takes effect 01-Dec-96. The new plan offers unlimited AOL service (including Internet access) for $19.95 per month - not a bad deal for some users</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 25 Nov 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/811"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('811', 'show')">Microsoft Internet Updates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_811" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_811">Microsoft Internet Updates -- Microsoft recently released two new Mac Internet programs: Internet Mail and News 1.0 and the first beta of Internet Explorer 3.0</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 25 Nov 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/814"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('814', 'show')">You Want Fries with that PowerBook?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_814" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_814">You Want Fries with that PowerBook? In a move best described as unexpected, Apple Computer announced last week a partnership and plans to develop a series of "cyber-based" theme restaurants (really!) bearing the name "Apple Cafe." The first eatery is set to open in Los Angeles in late 1997 (future sites in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Sydney are being considered), with an emphasis on multimedia, the Internet, technology showcases, and the Apple corporate identity</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 18 Nov 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_815" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_815">Anarchie 2.0.1 -- Peter N Lewis has released version 2.0.1 of his popular FTP client Anarchie (2.0.1 fixes a minor bug with international character sets in the three-day-old 2.0)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 18 Nov 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/820"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('820', 'show')">The P-P-Plot Thickens: Open Transport/PPP 1.0</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_820" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_820">Last week, Apple released Open Transport/PPP 1.0, its first in-house implementation of PPP, the protocol most people use to connect to the Internet via a modem</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 18 Nov 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_824" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_824">ShrinkWrap 2.1 -- Chad Magendanz has released version 2.1 of his now-classic disk image utility ShrinkWrap, which corrects a few rare problems (including troubles mounting network images and using older versions Speed Access and the StuffIt Engine), along with some optimizations and performance tweaks.This release is notable in that it is the last major release before ShrinkWrap becomes an Aladdin product</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 11 Nov 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/826"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('826', 'show')">The Complete TidBITS on the Web</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_826" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_826">Thanks to the tireless, assiduous efforts of Matt Neuburg , every TidBITS issue - from the present day all the way back to TidBITS-001 from April of 1990 - is now available online in HTML format</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 11 Nov 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_829" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_829">PowerPC Interrupt Extension -- If you've been seeing inexplicable hangs or momentary freezes on your Power Mac, Apple might have an answer for you in the new PowerPC Interrupt Extension</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 04 Nov 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_830" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_830">SuperCard 3.0 Announced -- Allegiant Technologies has announced SuperCard 3.0, which it expects to begin shipping this month. This latest version of the multimedia authoring tool features new authoring and project-level tools, new comprehensive documentation, and integrated Internet support for development to Allegiant's Roadster Web browser plug-in, plus integrated support for URLs and common online file formats</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 04 Nov 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/831"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('831', 'show')">Heads Be Spinning</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_831" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_831">Nature abhors a vacuum; apparently, the same is true for the mainstream and trade press following Apple's operating system plans (see TidBITS-343). Last week brought a new torrent of speculation from Reuters and MacWEEK about Apple Computer, newcomer Be, Inc., and the future of the Mac OS</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 04 Nov 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/835"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('835', 'show')">Two New Newtons</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_835" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_835">Two New Newtons -- Apple today announced two new Newtons: the MessagePad 2000 and the eMate 300. The MessagePad 2000 is a significantly enhanced "traditional" MessagePad with a 161.9 MHz StrongARM 110 processor, 5 MB of RAM, two PC Card slots, a 100 dpi screen with 16 levels of grey, plus word-processing, spreadsheet, email, and Web software - all for an expected retail price of less than $1,000</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Geoff%20Duncan">Geoff Duncan</a> | 28 Oct 1996</div></div>
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