If you have a large iTunes library, you may want to consider moving it to an external drive. You can also have some of your media on an external drive without having to move the library. Take a look at three methods of handing an iTunes library on an external drive.
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You can run Windows on your Mac using either Boot Camp, a virtualization solution like Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, or a Win32 API solution like Wine to run individual applications. See the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Last Friday Apple overhauled the Mac Developer program for the first time in years. Gone is the tiered system, replaced with a single $99 price. But also gone is the hardware discount. Thought some developers point out that with a $99 program replacing a $500 one, the savings are close to the hardware discount anyway.
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The free Mac OS X extension Growl allows some of your applications to send you screen and audible notifications when events occur, like incoming email or completed downloads. You can even pass these notifications on to your iPhone. Check it out to see if it is something you can use.
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When you print documents from your Mac just to read them away from your desk, you can choose Layout in the print dialog to save paper. You can put 2, 4 or more pages onto one sheet of paper this way. It is handy for long documents and multi-page receipts.
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You can easily export vCards from the Mac OS X Address Book and send them in email messages. The recipient can then easily add all of your contact information to their Address Book or other contact management software.
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Another week, another Apple news story controversy. Apple audited its manufacturing suppliers and made the report public this week. You can read it here. It is important to note that Apple did this on its own, and other companies that use the same or similar suppliers don’t even do this kind of audit.
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