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<h6>Viewing Wi-Fi Details in Snow Leopard</h6>
<p><p>In Snow Leopard, hold down the Option key before clicking the AirPort menu. Doing so reveals additional technical details including which standards, speeds, and frequencies you're using to connect, as well as what's in use by other networks. With the Option key held down and with a network already joined, the AirPort menu reveals seven pieces of information: the PHY Mode, the MAC (Media Access Control) address, the channel and band in use, the security method that's in use, the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) measurement, the transmit rate, and the MCS Index. In Leopard, some, but not all, of these details are revealed by Option-clicking the AirPort menu.</p></p>
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<a href="/article/1349"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1349', 'show')">Problems With AOL's New Email Handling</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1349" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1349">A week or so ago America Online significantly changed the way they handle Internet mail and file attachments to and from the Internet. Though these changes will better serve many AOL users, they have confused many TidBITS readers.Previously, AOL's Internet mail gateway would split email messages over 25K into multiple segments, and AOL subscribers to TidBITS received each issue as two email messages</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 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1354"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1354', 'show')">Mick's The Man</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1354" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1354">Mick's The Man -- I guess Bill Gates decided that the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up" would be perfect for advertising Windows 95, since one of Windows 95's most recognizable features is a Start button on the Task Bar</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> | 21 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1355"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1355', 'show')">QuickDraw 3D Available from Apple</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1355" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1355">QuickDraw 3D Available from Apple -- Apple recently announced that QuickDraw 3D 1.0 - its new 3D rendering and realization software - is available online, as well as with the new Power Mac 8500 and 7500 computers and commercial rendering packages (such as Strata's StudioPro Blitz)</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> | 21 Aug 1995</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1363" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1363">More Netscape SLIP Patch Info -- We have more information about the recently released update to Netscape 1.1N (see TidBITS-289). First, the patch is intended for SLIP users, and shouldn't make any difference for users with PPP connections or direct Internet access</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> | 14 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1364"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1364', 'show')">Bill and Ted's Excellent Network?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1364" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1364">Bill and Ted's Excellent Network? The Los Angeles Times reported last week that Bill Gates and Ted Turner recently met in Seattle to discuss Microsoft buying a $1 to $2 billion stake in Turner Broadcasting System, Inc</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> | 14 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1365"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1365', 'show')">MSN to Offer TCP Services, Mac Client?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1365" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1365">MSN to Offer TCP Services, Mac Client? Bill Miller, director of marketing and business development for Microsoft Network (MSN), said Thursday that MSN will offer direct TCP/IP connections in the first half of 1996 on a city-by-city basis for a fixed subscription rate</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> | 14 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1366"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1366', 'show')">Third Party and Vendor Directories</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1366" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1366">Third Party and Vendor Directories -- Apple Developer Services recently released the Third Party Products Web Database, a series of Web pages that contain short descriptions of products, along with live links and/or email addresses for vendors</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> | 14 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1372"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1372', 'show')">Netscape 1.1N Patch for SLIP</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1372" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1372">Netscape 1.1N Patch for SLIP -- It appears that Netscape has released patchers to Netscape 1.1N which install improved networking code that should "crash less on SLIP-based connections." I'm all in favor of Netscape crashing less; however, a couple notes are in order</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> | 07 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1373"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1373', 'show')">New Apple AV Monitors</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1373" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1373">New Apple AV Monitors -- Today Apple announced the availability of two new AV-style monitors today at MacWorld Expo in Boston. The AppleVision 1710AV is a multisync 17-inch Trinitron with a .26 dot pitch and resolutions from 640 by 480 (67 Hz) to 1280 by 1024 pixels (75 Hz)</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> | 07 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1374"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1374', 'show')">QuickTake 100 to 150 Upgrade</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1374" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1374">QuickTake 100 to 150 Upgrade -- Apple announced last week that owners of the QuickTake 100 digital camera can upgrade to a full QuickTake 150 for about $200 through 30-Nov-95</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> | 07 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1375"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1375', 'show')">InterCon Releases TCP/Connect II 2.2</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1375" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1375">InterCon Releases TCP/Connect II 2.2 -- InterCon Systems announced last week it's currently shipping version 2.2 of its TCP/Connect II integrated Internet connectivity software (see TidBITS-276)</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> | 07 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1376"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1376', 'show')">AOL 2.6 Mac Client Available</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1376" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1376">AOL 2.6 Mac Client Available -- America Online has made version 2.6 of its client software available via FTP. Version 2.6 optionally includes AOL's Web Browser - based on code from InterCon's TCP/Connect II - as well as enhancements to its client interface and bug fixes</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> | 07 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1379"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1379', 'show')">Apple Unveils Three New Power Macs</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1379" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1379">Apple today announced the availability of three new desktop machines: the Power Macintosh 8500, 7500, and 7200. These second-generation Power Macs put technology introduced in the Power Mac 9500 (see TidBITS-282) into aggressively priced packages designed for professionals and mainstream users.These machines underscore Apple's commitment to the new PCI bus (each featuring three PCI expansion slots) and DIMM memory modules</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> | 07 Aug 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1381"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1381', 'show')">It's a Whole New Yahoo</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1381" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1381">It's a Whole New Yahoo -- In news that made it all the way to CNN last week, Yahoo! Corporation - maintainers of arguably the most widely-used catalog of the World Wide Web - announced they will be introducing a new interface on 31-Jul-95, along with directly incorporating hourly wire service newsfeeds from Reuters</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1382" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1382">PageMaker 6.0 Announced -- Adobe has announced PageMaker 6.0, a long-awaited update to its widely-used publishing application recently acquired in its purchase of Aldus</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1383" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1383">Anarchie 1.6 Released -- Peter Lewis has released version 1.6 of his popular Internet FTP client Anarchie. New in this version of Anarchie are Open Transport compatibility and a few interface enhancements (click the transfer indicator fields in the transfer progress windows, and almost everything in the About box is now hot) in addition to optional Simple Internet Version Control (SIVC)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1384" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1384">FWB Correction -- The contact information given for FWB, Inc. in the article on quad-speed CD-ROMs last week in TidBITS-287 was partially incorrect. FWB's main phone number is 415/325-4392, with a fax number at 415/883-4655</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/1387"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1387', 'show')">Let the Buyer Beware</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1387" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1387">There has been a recent spate of reports on the nets and to TidBITS regarding warranty service on Macintosh computers through third-party mail order vendors, such as those advertising in the backs of Mac trade magazines</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/1391"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1391', 'show')">Power Mac Demand Exceeds Production</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1391" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1391">Power Mac Demand Exceeds Production -- In what might be described as the same old song on a new processor, Apple confirmed last week that it is struggling to keep up with demand for Power Macs and plans to step up production</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1392" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1392">Stormin' Norman -- Apple recently tapped Apple Fellow Don Norman to serve as vice president of Apple's Advanced Technology Group, which is responsible for researching and managing future Apple technologies and product designs</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->