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<p><p>Column view in the Finder is great for navigating through your disk's hierarchy, but the columns often aren't wide enough to show the full names of all the files. To expand a column to a width that will show all file names in their entirety, double-click the handle that you would normally drag to expand or shrink the column. To expand all the visible columns to that width, Option-double-click the handle.</p></p>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9511" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9511">Antivirus software may not be the answer for most Mac users, but some of you will need it, and all of you should follow these security precautions to reduce your chance of becoming infected by malicious software.</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/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 18 Mar 2008</div></div>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=3" class="category">Home Macs</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 10 Mar 2008</div></div>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=12" class="category">Problem Solving</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 06 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9443"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9443', 'show')">My First Macworld Expo</a></h4>
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<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=14" class="category">Inside TidBITS</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 04 Feb 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9378"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9378', 'show')">Intuit Alienates Mac Users With QuickBooks Fiasco</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9378" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9378">Intuit releases a patch to close the door on the QuickBooks data-destruction update fiasco. But is it time to move to alternative small business accounting software? Rich Mogull thinks so.</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/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 04 Jan 2008</div></div>
<a href="/article/9369"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9369', 'show')">Security Update 2007-009 1.1 Released with Important Fixes</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9369" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9369">Apple has released Security Update 2007-009 1.1 to patch 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, some of which are rather serious. We recommend installing this update soon!</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/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 18 Dec 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9333"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9333', 'show')">Protect Yourself from the QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9333" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9333">Worried about the new zero-day QuickTime security hole? There's no fix from Apple yet, so read on for tips on how you can protect your Mac.</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/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 28 Nov 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9318"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9318', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.5.1 Fixes Numerous Leopard Flaws</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9318" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9318">Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.1, the first update to Leopard, and fixes problems with Back to My Mac, Mail, and Finder data loss when moving files among partitions and networked volumes. It also makes one cosmetic change to the application firewall while fixing a problem that bit Skype users and adding more security.</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/Glenn%20Fleishman">Glenn Fleishman</a> and <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 15 Nov 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9319"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9319', 'show')">A Simple Hack To Fix Leopard's Stacks</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9319" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9319">Frustrated by how Spaces uses meaningless document icons in the Dock? Rich Mogull points you to the solution.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=12" class="category">Problem Solving</a> | by <a href="/author/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 15 Nov 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9294"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9294', 'show')">Leopard Firewall Takes One Step Forward, Three Steps Back</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9294" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9294">Apple touted Leopard's firewall as an improvement over Tiger, but security consultant Rich Mogull found significant problems with how it works and makes some suggestions for better security.</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/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 05 Nov 2007</div></div>
<a href="/article/9251"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('9251', 'show')">How Leopard Will Improve Your Security</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9251" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9251">Apple has focused a lot of attention on making Leopard more secure, and security analyst Rich Mogull looks at each of the promised features to explain how it will keep your data, your online communications, and your Mac safe.</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/Rich%20Mogull">Rich Mogull</a> | 22 Oct 2007</div></div>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_9176" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_9176">What do you do when gremlins infest your FileVault... and you're many timezones away from home and your backups? Security consultant Rich Mogull shares what it's like to eat your own encrypted dogfood while on the road.</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
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