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Mac OS X lion – Tip no 7 – Spotlight New Feature

You can now use Quick View in Spotlight search results, including documents, web pages, contacts, emails and media files and can also expand word definitions from Dictionary. This will allow you to preview you documents and videos before you open

Startup key combinations for Intel-based Macs

By Richard Mallion There are now quite a few different combination of keys you can hold down at startup that effects the way your Mac boots, so here is a useful summary. Press C during startup:  Start up from a

Thunderbolt – Apple’s next generation interface

By Darren Wallace.   Publicly announced by Intel in 2009 (under the codename ‘Lightpeak’) and introduced into the Mac line up by Apple in early 2011, Thunderbolt is set to be the next generation interface of choice, especially for Professional

Firefox 7 released

By Richard Mallion Firefox 7 is now available to download for all supported platforms, the new release has an emphasis on improved memory management and speed, and it does provide a noticeable difference in snappiness when loading pages or browsing

Apple invites press to 'talk iPhone' at media event on Oct. 4

By Richard Mallion Apple has formally announced its upcoming media event after months of rumors and speculation. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 4 at 10am Pacific Daylight Time on Apple’s campus in Cupertino and will be led by

Quickly add a Gmail/MobileMe account to Mail/iCal/iChat

By Richard Mallion One of the nice features of Lion is that we have a nice new system preference pane “Mail, Contacts & Calendars” to easily add new email accounts to Mac OS X. Safari has has a feature which

Apple updates malware definitions to address PDF trojan

By Richard Mallion Apple has updated its malwaredefinitions to address a PDF trojan that gained widespread attention last week. While reports indicated that the trojan’s damage was limited to installing a backdoor in users’ systems, Apple has moved quickly to counter the threat, updating its

Apple Remote Desktop 3.3: Installing in OS X Lion

For those who purchased Apple Remote Desktop the old fashioned way , on CD, may find that the installer will not let you install the software on a Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) computer. It reports that Mac OS X