Tag Archives: Mac OS X Leopard

QuickLook web archives

Another oversight by Apple, another third party Quick Look plug-in. This one is for .webarchive files saved by Safari. It isn’t great, but it’s functional.

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Apple?

If you make a text clipping in Leopard, you’ll be surprised to discover that QuickLook can’t generate a preview for it. A surprising omission by Apple, given that Leopard still generates these when you drag text to the desktop. But … Continue reading

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A moldy corner in Mac OS X Leopard

Audio MIDI Setup is a pretty moldy corner, really. Click to see it in motion: Even the question and button names at the end are worded in a way that conflicts with generally accepted Mac standards.

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10.5.2 fixes and misses

In addition to the Time Machine security issue I reported (radar link)1, Apple has also fixed Time Machine being almost unusable on my Core Solo Mac mini due to poor graphical performance (radar link). Prior to 10.5.2, the star field … Continue reading

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Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug

Apple claims to have fixed the issue where applications could run automatically out of a Time Machine backup. Look for CVE-2008-0038 in Apple’s About the security content of Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 . Thanks to Apple … Continue reading

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Stacks: Disaster mitigation?

I consider Stacks the very worst feature Apple’s ever added to Mac OS X (or Mac OS before it). Even QuickTime auto-play could be turned off! So I was very pleased to see a report that 10.5.2 fixes stacks (in … Continue reading

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Leopard's date column

The Finder is generally pretty good at reformatting the data column to show dates without truncation. Give it enough space, and it will display the date as “Friday, November 23, 2007, 12:52 PM.” A little less and it is supposed … Continue reading

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Opaque menu bar!

Mac OS X Hints describes how to make Leopard’s menu bar opaque. Much easier on the eyes.

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Stacks as modern art?

Okay, I don’t like Leopard’s stacks. In fact, I could go on a large rant about all the deficiencies compared to putting a folder in the Dock in Tiger. That doesn’t seem to matter, though; they’re here to stay. Instead, … Continue reading

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Time Machine failure details

Here’s what it looks like: Latest backup failed, I see. So what’s the latest backup that actually worked? You can’t tell here. And what failed? You can’t tell that, either. “Click that red icon!” you might think. Here’s what that … Continue reading

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