Apple has released the Logic Pro and Logic Express 9.1.1 updates via their Software Update utility and website.

Apple has updated their Logic Pro and Logic Express applications to version 9.1.1, which improves the implementation of the 32-bit Audio Unit Bridge and enhanced compatibility with 64-bit audio unit plugins.

See linked page for downloads/info and complete release notes.

Some people have been experiencing an ongoing issue where the Finder in Snow Leopard will crash either when navigating through folders or when scrolling.

A MacFixIt reader writes in to ask us how to retrieve his files from an old 400MHz PowerPC Mac tower--a machine that did not include any disc-burning capabilities.

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My APC UPS beeps whenever the power fails. If this happens at night, the beep is loud enough to wake people. The beep can be disabled by software in Windows, but not in the Mac version of PowerChute Personal Edition. The Mac version provides features that Mac OS X alrea...

While playing with Snow Leopard Server's various services, I noticed DHCP wasn't working. Actually, it worked at first for my laptop, then it stopped. Then I noticed the iPhones were not able to receive IPs either. I thought it was something with my server, so I drew a ...

The open command in Terminal will, when given a vnc://1.2.3.4 (or vnc://hostname) protocol argument, open the Screen Sharing app and connect to IP address 1.2.3.4 (or hostname). [robg adds: I was certain we'd covered this tip somewhere before, but all I can find is a b...

Amazon today announced the release of Kindle for Mac, a free application that allows users from around the world to read Kindle books on their Mac.

FYI for readers that own a WD TV Live. WD has posted another pre-release (beta) firmware update today - v1.02.19. See page for WD page w/download, change list and backflashing info/file. (I've also added this as a FYI to the previous page of reader feedback/tips on WD T...

Apple today previewed its iPhone OS 3.0 software and announced the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers.

Apple has released the Mini DisplayPort to VGA Firmware Update via its Software Update Utility and on the Web.

Apple has posted a video of the iPhone 3.0 media event held today in Cupertino.

While Apple offers a driver to read NTFS volumes, by default it will not write to them. To overcome this, there are several third-party NTFS drivers available, but in Snow Leopard you can also set Apple's built-in driver to write to NTFS as well.

Apple has updated it's document viewing and sharing Web site, iwork.com (currently in beta), to include an iPad- and iPhone-friendly mobile site and extra sharing features to enhance compatibility with the iWork suite for iPad.

There may be times when Internet access seems to crawl, even when you are connected through a broadband connection and do not have other people on your network using bandwidth.

Today I installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 via Boot Camp on my 2007 MacBook Pro 2.4GHz machine. I was stumped when I couldn’t install the Boot Camp drivers from the 10.6 DVD in Windows. I tried several different approaches, but every single try ended with the message Boo...

A few days ago, I was using a desktop at home to try to print a .docx document (from Word 2008). Unfortunately, the home machine had a much older version of Office, and it couldn't open the .docx format. As a workaround, I uploaded the .docx document into Google Docs, ...

Follow-up from a 13in MacBook Pro owner on his earlier Extreme SSD drive db report. Includes tip on using SmartSleep (freeware) to set hibernate only mode, which solved the problem.

It's been years since I kept up with the appletv hacks sites (until yesterday I'd left the appletv switched off for almost a year, only turning it on to get firmware updates. I've been using an Oplay media player w/eSATA HD for a few months) but a reader replied to yest...

MacUpdate today announced the availability of their Spring 2010 software bundle.

Apple has released new Brother and Samsung printer drivers for Snow Leopard via Software Update. You can find a full list of the supported printers here on their website. In other news, OWC and WD announced the release of new 1TB portable hard drives.

Boxee has announced the release of their Boxee Remote application for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Today I finally made time to upgrade my original 40GB Apple TV's hard drive to 320GB. Total time was less than 1 hour (about 1/2 of that was searching for my tools and my mods to the bottom rubber cover...) And as other readers have noted before, a big thanks to Dynafl...

When downloading purchases from the iTunes Store or authorizing those purchases on your machine, you may encounter either Error 42408 or Error 42404 stating that the action could not be completed.

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Apple has released details on how it plans to deal with battery related issues on the iPad.

I've not used TT Pro since v4 (and rarely used that) but Micromat today posted TechTool Pro 5.0.7 (owners can use in-app check for updates) - see post for list of changes..

Apple has released a couple of new printer driver updates for Brother and Samsung printers and scanners. The updates are for OS X 10.6, and include support for the latest printers and scanners from these companies.

Grand Perspective is an open source project which offers an alternative way of representing file sizes on disk rather than through lists of numbers as is done in the Finder.

A longshot I know (finding someone in the middle of a drive upgrade at the moment) but if any reader is and hasn't already glued the bottom rubber cover back on, send me a note. I have a question/idea. (Getting ready to upgrade a 40GB AppleTV here w/320GB HD.)

Late last night Apple posted updated Brother Printer Drivers (v2.1) for OS X v10.6 and Samsung Printer Drivers (v2.3) for OS X v10.6. As before those downloads the complete driver package for all models of those brands, so use Software Update to see if there's an update...

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I haven't seen this documented anywhere, but I discovered that you can select an entire paragraph of text by quadruple-tapping on it when entering text in the iPhone. For instance, when replying to an email, you can quadruple-tap on paragraphs in the quoted reply, then ...

You can perform many useful tasks using the icon in the title bar of many OS X applications (known as the proxy icon), in both Apple-bundled (TextEdit, Preview, etc.) and third party (BBEdit, Path Finder, and numerous others) applications. For this to work, you need to...

Apple has released a small update for the program, which addresses problems where HD video clips played during slideshows were becoming unsynchronized with the accompanying audio track after performing trimming functions on the clip.

Apple has released Aperture SlideShow Support Update 1.1 via their Software Update utility and website.

After burning a DVD with iDVD 7, you may find that the image quality is very poor, typically exhibiting pixelation or interlacing problems when played on your high-definition television or Apple monitor.

Our Weekly Utilities Update report is a list of all the updates for many Mac utilities that have been released in the past week.

This update addresses an issue affecting the playback of HD video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard. Audio and video tracks now remain properly synced in video clips that have been trimmed. The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.

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In Snow Leopard, some people have had problems with the Finder's archive process, where it will pause indefinitely and fail to complete the compression.

This hint shows how to utilize OpenMeta tagging to attach a set of multiple, often-changing files to an iCal event. Although it may work with other tag managers out here, I'm using TagoMan2 for this purpose, which allows me to refer to a tag using a tag:// URL scheme: ...

Here's a simple workaround that will let you modify your own iWeb website from multiple locations and machines: Carry the original files on a USB stick, and trick the local machines into using the USB stick instead of the local file by using an alias. Important to make ...

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Apple has recently updated a few knowledge base articles that address problems with running Aperture 3, addressing low power on USB devices, Boot Camp 3.0 upgrade problems, and keyboard shortcuts for various power options.

Apple has released iTunes 8.1 and Front Row 2.1.7 via its Software Update utility and on the Web.

Apple sent out invitations today for a special media event on March 17th.