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<h6>Wake On Demand in Snow Leopard</h6>
<p><p>Putting your Mac to sleep saves power, but it also disrupts using your Mac as a file server, among other purposes. Wake on Demand in Snow Leopard works in conjunction with an Apple base station to continue announcing Bonjour services that the sleeping computer offers.</p><p>While the requirements for this feature are complex, eligible users can toggle this feature in the Energy Saver preference pane. It's labeled Wake on Network Access for computers that can be roused either via Wi-Fi or Ethernet; Wake on Ethernet Network Access or Wake on AirPort Network Access for wired- or wireless-only machines, respectively. Uncheck the box to disable this feature.</p></p>
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<a href="/article/4731"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4731', 'show')">Eyes on Iomega</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4731" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4731">Eyes on Iomega -- Iomega Corporation has released version 5.5.1 of its Iomega software, a 2.45 MB download which includes a disk driver system extension for Zip and Jaz drives, Iomega Guest (which loads the disk driver into RAM so the device can be used without installing the extension), plus associated utilities, help files, and documentation</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 23 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4732"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4732', 'show')">BBEdit Lite 4.1 Gains Weight</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4732" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4732">BBEdit Lite 4.1 Gains Weight -- Bare Bones Software's freeware text editor BBEdit Lite isn't as light as you might expect. BBEdit Lite 4.1 was released this week, featuring a number of low-level improvements that make this powerful application a close cousin to the feature-laden commercial BBEdit 4.5</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 23 Feb 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4720" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4720">ITU Delivers 56K Modem Accord -- After months of watching manufacturers fight for dominance in the 56K modem arena, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established a standard for 56K modem technologies</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 16 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4723"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4723', 'show')">Emailer's Last Gasp Update?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4723" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4723">Now that Apple has refocussed its Claris subsidiary on FileMaker and Home Page (see "Claris to Restructure as FileMaker, Inc." in TidBITS-415), the fates of other Claris products are in Apple's unpredictable hands</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 16 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4710"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4710', 'show')">PalmPilot, Part 3: The Best Gadgets Are... Toys?</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4710" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4710">When I bought my PalmPilot, members of my family rolled their eyes and reminded me of my propensity for buying electronic "toys." Since then, I've come to rely on the Pilot's organizational features and the wide variety of software written for it</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 09 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4687"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4687', 'show')">HFS Plus Utilities Available for Online Purchase</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4687" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4687">HFS Plus Utilities Available for Online Purchase -- Alsoft announced last week that its two utilities - PlusMaker and PlusMaximizer - for converting hard disks to Apple's new Macintosh Extended Format (HFS Plus) are available for purchase and download at its Web site</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 02 Feb 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4650"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4650', 'show')">PalmPilot, Part 2: Power in Your Pocket</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4650" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4650">If my PalmPilot had no software available for it but the factory-installed applications - Date Book, Address Book, To Do list, and Memo Pad - I still would be a devoted user</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 19 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4629"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4629', 'show')">Graphics Grab Attention at Expo</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4629" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4629">Although the Internet has stolen most of the thunder at recent Macworld Expos, last week's show in San Francisco signaled that the graphics and desktop publishing fields are making plenty of noise in the Macintosh world.This time around, I didn't sense that booth presenters were forcing the words Internet or Web into their amplified pitches to prove the hipness of their products</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 12 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4606"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4606', 'show')">Conflict Catcher Boosted to 4.1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4606" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4606">Conflict Catcher Boosted to 4.1 -- Launching a preemptive strike against Mac OS 8.1 incompatibilities, Casady & Greene has updated Conflict Catcher to version 4.1 (See Adam's review, "Conflict Catcher 4.0 Ups the Ante," in TidBITS-393)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 05 Jan 1998</div></div>
<a href="/article/4613"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4613', 'show')">PalmPilot, Part 1: Hopelessly Devoted</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4613" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4613">You wouldn't expect this kind of devotion toward a blender. Most handheld electronic organizers are dumb appliances, storing appointments and phone numbers with the same mindless efficiency a blender uses to mix juice</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 05 Jan 1998</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4580" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4580">56K Standards Wars Waning? Last week, the companies embroiled in the war for 56 Kbps modem standards reached a tentative agreement on a 56K technology that may become the official standard</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4584" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4584">Pixel Perfect -- Following Arthur H. Bleich's articles about choosing a digital camera (see TidBITS-407 and TidBITS-408), several sharp-eyed readers called attention to the fact camera resolution specifications were stated in terms of pixels per inch (ppi), when in fact they should be stated just in pixels</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 15 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4570" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4570">56K Standards Wars Waning? Folklore tells the story of two groups of British and German soldiers during World War I that stopped fighting at Christmas to share a day of peace</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 11 Dec 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4550" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4550">Archiving Emailer Messages -- Users of Claris Emailer 2.0 (reviewed in TidBITS-382), can get archiving help from the new Emailer Archive 3.0, a freeware FileMaker and AppleScript solution that can store old email that has accumulated in Emailer's Mail Database file, thereby decreasing the size of the active mail database folder</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 08 Dec 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4289"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4289', 'show')">Hit the Road, Jack</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4289" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4289">Hit the Road, Jack -- In NetBITS-009, Jim Heid reports from the roads of rural United States that the Internet is not only appearing in remote areas, it is fulfilling the promise of bringing people closer together</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 24 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4290"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4290', 'show')">LaserWriter Edges Up to 8.5.1</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4290" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4290">LaserWriter Edges Up to 8.5.1 -- Apple's recent release of LaserWriter 8.5.1 may not appeal to all, but it promises to catch the eyes of publishing professionals</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 24 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4291"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4291', 'show')">Reversing Your View</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4291" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4291">Reversing Your View -- In TidBITS-403 and TidBITS-405, we noted the Mac's "paper" approach of displaying black text on a white background can be difficult on the eyes; several readers pointed out Apple's CloseView control panel can reverse your screen's display (and zoom in as far as 16x for those with vision difficulties)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 24 Nov 1997</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4445" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4445">Last week's article about 56K modems prompted a variety of responses. A few readers praised the performances of their 56 Kbps modems, while others weren't so lucky</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 20 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4265"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4265', 'show')">Apple Store Books $500,000 in 12 Hours</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4265" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4265">Apple Store Books $500,000 in 12 Hours -- After removing the deadbolt on the Apple Store that we reported on last week, Apple reported placement of $500,000 in orders during its first 12 hours of business</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 17 Nov 1997</div></div>
<a href="/article/4266"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('4266', 'show')">PowerBooks Get Zipped</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_4266" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_4266">PowerBooks Get Zipped -- Owners of PowerBooks with expansion bays - the 190, 5300, 1400, 3400, and G3 models - will finally be able to use their storehouse of Zip disks on the road without packing an external drive and its bulky power supply</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Jeff%20Carlson">Jeff Carlson</a> | 17 Nov 1997</div></div>
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