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Did you know you can easily add applications and files to the finder toolbar for quick easy access?  This functionality basically adds a new dock to any finder window you may have open on you desktop. How can you accomplish this?  It’s quite simple actually, simply drag an application and hover over the finder toolbar for a second or two until the plus icon appears.  Choose your position, and drop.  Very useful! 

Thanks to reader macluvr for the tip!

Leopard,Finder

For those of you who have been running into the annoying warning that the last beta release of Remote Desktop Connection for Mac has expired, Microsoft decided to bless us with an updated release yesterday.  You can download it here.  The new release promises to last until the first official release.  The site was down at times yesterday but seems to have been available throughout the day today.

RDC

Having no easy way to quickly sleep my displays, I have in the past resorted to setting up a hot corner in the Expose/Spaces preference tab to turn off my displays. This is a good solution, however as a person who chooses to use the keyboard and lives off of shortcuts in all of my favorite programs, this mouse gesture is just not the solution which fits my habits well. Read the rest of this entry »

Safari

If remembering to command click to open a link in a new tab in Safari gets you like it gets me, a browsing session in Safari can quickly end up with many open windows. The latest Safari update exposes a hidden preference which can be modified using a Terminal command to force Safari to open links with a target of “_blank” in a new window.  Simply open terminal and type in the following command.

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

Enjoy!

After a day with leaked product numbers showing up across different websites, the fairly obvious rumor has finally come true.  The Macbook Pro has been updated as well as the regular Macbook.  While no new form factor or eye catching changes, the Macbook Pro now includes a multi-touch trackpad and has benefited from increases in processor speed and more powerful graphics chips.  Of note, the apple remote is no longer included and is to be purchased seperately.  Head over to the apple store for more.

The title of this post says it all. Apple had introduced a 2GB iPod Shuffle this morning for $69 and reduced the price of the 1GB version to $49. As my favorite little MP3 player, I will be heading our to my Apple store to grab one of these, since I happened to have left mine in a pocket for the wash
  My workouts will be filled with music once again!

This is just too funny. Fix my iPod!

Fix My iPod at YouTube

I can see this one being quite interesting and useful. Spaces could provide some very interesting features to the Apple TV and Front Row. Read the full story at MacNN.

MacNN | The Macintosh News Network wrote:

Patent hints at Spaces in Front Row, Apple TV

Apple has filed for a patent that could retrofit its Spaces feature for use with Front Row and Apple TV. The application, filed on January 7th, is the second patent revealed on February 7th relating to a potential future feature set for Apple TV. One block diagram shows an example of an architecture for generation and use of spaces in a display…