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A Space Of One’s Own

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Leopard brings so many little features that I am having a hard time devoting time to playing with many of them. One of the best-designed of these features is called Spaces, and supplies a familiar feature to anybody who has used virtual desktops on any platform. The basic gist is that you can switch between […]

Check Your Keychain

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

If you, like me, have essentially kept a single keychain from the dawn of time, there’s a feature in the Keychain Access application you need to know about: “Keychain First Aid.” You find it under the Keychain Access menu, just below Preferences. Whenever I see anything unusual happening with my keychain, I try to remember […]

Out Of My Access Control

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I’ve been testing Leopard for many months, but not until updating to the final version did I get bit by a strange side-effect of a new default behavior in 10.5, relating to Access Control Lists (ACLs). My habit for migrating to new testing releases of Leopard, and ultimately to the final release, has been to […]

Three Cheers For Apple’s Employees

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Leopard just went on sale in my time zone. I’d like to say thank you to all the Apple employees who had a hand in putting out this amazing release. I think it’s going to be a real hit in the marketplace and everybody who worked on it deserves a big pat on the back […]