Over on the Office for Mac Team Blog is a rather exiting announcement that Outlook is to make it's long awaited return to Mac OS X. Back in the day, there was OS 9, we had Office 2001 and there...
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Managing UI Complexity
A really good article for anyone interested in User Interface design on managing complexity. There are some great points raised that it's not overall complexity that needs to be addressed as such, but rather perceived complexity. Perceived complexity can be...
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Final Cut Pro glitches when importing AVCHD footage
I encountered an issue recently where Final Cut Pro will jitter and glitch out every half a second or so when importing AVCHD footage from a Sony HD camcorder. I eventually tracked down the error thanks to some google searching...
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Mac OS X Upgrades
Spotted around the interwebs recently is a Windows 7 Upgrade Chart that details which versions of Windows can be upgraded to Windows 7 by upgrading in place, and which versions need a clean install, or in Microsoft speak, a Custom...
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The mysterious case of the missing Ethernet port
I encountered a really strange issue with a Mac mini functioning as a small workgroup file server. The mini had dropped off the network and no-one could access it's share points. I had the end user reboot it to see...
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E-mail Download Issue in Entourage With Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008
I encountered an issue with a client today where there were emails missing from their inbox in Entourage, yet when the user viewed their inbox in either Outlook Web Access, or used Citrix to view their inbox in Outlook, all...
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Mac OS X 10.5.8
The 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, as well as specific fixes for: compatibility and reliability issues when...
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Online typography is looking better with .webfont
It is looking increasing like the proposed .webfont file format for embeddable/downloadable fonts will be the standard, and will be supported in CSS3. Safari and Firefox support using TrueType and OpenType fonts, however the licensing restrictions on most fonts, in...
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How VMware Fusion Rocks
VMware Fusion is a great piece of software from one of the world leaders in virtualisation technology, VMware. There are other alternatives for virtualisation on the Mac platform, Parallels Desktop is a very well known product and they were actually...
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Windows Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack Pricing – Windows 7 Team Blog – The Windows Blog
Microsoft have announced the Anytime upgrade pricing for Windows 7. Essentially this allows you to upgrade your currently running copy of Windows 7 to a more capable version, just by entering a new license key. Here in Australia, you will...
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