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Here a roundup of the latest tips and tricks from MacOS X Hints:

- New Twitter.app for Mac -- Bugs and Fixes
- Using a MacBook Pro as firewire pass-through
- Add image or text on top of a one-page PDF
- Use Dropbox for a Mobile Virtual Printer
- How to disable sync warnings in iTunes
- Force RSS feeds to refresh using pubsub
- Use a RAMdisk to manage downloads
- iCal: Duplicate/Move items between calendars
- Mail.app's proxy icon: Link to a specific message
- 10.6: Switch remote iChat shared screen back without disrupting the user
- 10.6: Limitations of TextWrangler or BBEdit from the Mac App Store
- 10.6: Re-enable missing fonts
- Save Timestamped Mail Attachments with Rules and Applescript
- Secure videos on iPhone
- Use GParted LiveCD to recover missing partition
- Facebook chat with faces using Adium
- How to delete last blank page in Word
- Swap Opt and Command Keys on a Logitech K800
- Change scrubbing speed and resolution
- Safari cannot save some web pages
- Mass deploying Adobe Flash Player updates
- Add .mobi files into Amazon Kindle OS X App
- Backup the iPhoto Library to DVD's with tar
- View Safari page source in an external editor
- 10.6: Keyboard shortcut for switching between input sources
- 10.6: Reset the Printing System
- Removing periods from mailbox names
- Cannot empty trash because item is in use
- Free Up That Disk Space - iPhoto
- Copy public IP address to clipboard via keyboard shortcut
- Restore subpixel antialiasing to Apple's websites
- How to share TrueCrypted drive for OSX and Linux with write perms
- Select Tabs of Unresponsive Ribbon in Office 2011
- Jump to folders quickly in Open/Save dialog boxes
- Shortcut to Home Folder
- 10.6: Automate Internet Sharing revisited

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Here an overview of the latest Apple tips from Mac OS X Hints

- Get picky iTunes Store artwork
- Create hyperlinks to local files in Numbers
- A GrowlMail alternative
- Easy Finder links to open websites at login
- Delete 'Where From' metadata from files
- Collect the text of selected e-mails in Mail.app
- Analyze WiFi packet traffic via command line
- Preview scan crops in Image Capture
- Web based filtering of RSS feeds
- Waking up a NAS device (a complete solution)
- Type tab or return symbols in Pages’ search fields.
- Global keyboard shortcut for rapid Shut Down
- Fix for Internet Radio Dropouts
- A Git client for the Mac
- Restore contacts in Gmail
- Transfer a Time Machine volume to a larger disk
- Preview - add an image to a PDF file
- Evade Full Page Ads with Safari 5 Reader mode
- Find lost photos after failed Image Capture import
- 10.6 Virtualize machine-specific OS X Server in Fusion
- Create scalable PDF vector graphics with Preview
- Safari: An unread count for Gmail
- IOS printing via CUPS
- Another way to create a screen sharing shortcut
- Merge keychains easily
- Prevent deactivation of Find My iPhone
- Quick fix for Save/Open folder bug
- Automate reverse VNC connection using Vine Sever
- 10.6: A New Service to Shorten URLs
- Share iPhoto '11 Photos a la iPhoto '09
- Prevent SSD wear by using a RAM disk for cache
- Manually set extended attributes on arbitrary files
- Automate reverse VNC connection using Vine Server
- Outlook 2011 Resend Workaround
- 10.6: Another way to lock your screen
- Recover from freezes with blind invocation of Terminal
- 10.6: Show creation and modification dates in search window
- Stop constant wireless usage
- Pause app loading in iOS
- View Firefox page source in an external editor

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Mac OS X Hints posted the following new Apple tips:

- 10.6: Fix sleep problems with SleepWatcher
- Sync Things across multiple Macs via Dropbox
- Reverse Screen Sharing Grabber
- Recover Download Pictures bar in Entourage

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Mac OS X Hints published the following 4 new tips:

- Spotlight calculator pie
- Change the Notes font in iOS 4.2
- print SMS messages from iPhone
- Using QuickTime 10 as a mirror

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Mac OS X Hints posted 3 new Apple tips:

- X11 Forwarding with PuTTY
- Opening Multiple Windows in Outlook 2011
- Fix response speed in Image Capture

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Mac OS X Hints published the following Apple tips

- 10.6: Free native read of HFS+ disks in Windows
- iTunes 10.1: add/remove Ping and Genius
- Fixing Unknown error 0xE800000A in iOS Sync
- Print personalized Mailing Labels in Address Book
- VLC and MIDI (SMF) file usage
- iPad: Indirectly save a file from iWork to Dropbox
- Force HTML5 video use in Safari 5 on the Mac
- Create incremental filenames via duplication
- 10.6: Zoom and pan images in column view
- Set per-computer Dock placement
- A fix for a USB scanner not found issue
- Offsite daily encrypted backup via Dropbox
- Craigslist alerts with Safari and Google
- Google Voice app on jailbroken iPod Touch

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Mac OS X Hints published the following 10 Apple tips:

- 10.6: Merging videos with cat and QuickTime X
- How to fix a Time Machine hangup
- Another way to have iTunes pause after playing
- RAID volumes not appearing in Disk Utility
- Copy images from Chrome into Apple Mail
- Format Mail.app messages with Tables or Lists
- 10.6: Re-Enable GrowlMail in Mail 4.4
- 10.6: A PDF Compression Service
- 10.6: Update renders Mac with PGP disk encryption unbootable
- Brainfusion Security System (using webcam and iPhone)

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Mac OS X Hints posted the following new tips and tricks:

- 10.6: Flip around (invert) the Magic Trackpad
- Copy results from the Spotlight Calculator
- Make files appear as Audiobooks in iTunes 10
- Moving Outlook info to Address Book and iCal
- Resolve a Java dependency error in Fink
- Automate sending reminders in Entourage
- 10.6: Unlock screens using any admin password
- Use an AppleScript to manage Spotlight indexing
- 10.6: Quartz Debug 4.0 Secrets
- 10.6: Run old screen savers on Snow Leopard

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Mac OS X Hints published the following new tips:

- 10.6: Whitelist websites for a Mac web kiosk
- Get SPSS working again after the latest Java release
- Optimize images for Desktop Background display
- Use the new MobileMe calendar with older iOS devices
- Another way to view a Pages file in Windows
- Autocomplete in TextEdit
- iPhoto 11: Avoid possible data loss
- Keep the Lock Screen lit longer
- Move folders that are expected in specific locations
- Automate sending attachment in Thunderbird
- 10.6: Adjust trackpad navigation swipe

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Microsoft has published the following guides for Office for Mac

- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Administrator's Guide
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Administrator Guide
- Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition Deployment Guide
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7 Deployment Guide

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Mac OS X Tips posted the following new tips:

- Aliases in FaceTime for Mac
- A Few Facetime Keyboard Shortcuts
- AppleScript support in Chrome

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Mac OS X Hints posted the following new tips:

- Distributed builds in Xcode require 32-bit mode
- Fix iTunes Genius Timeouts
- Launch Services DB lost after Time Machine Restore
- Automatically sync when connecting an iPod
- 10.5: Install on a PPC Mac from an external USB Drive

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Mac OS X Hints posted the following tips:

- Screenshots in iOS can capture a video frame
- Safari 5 extension to avoid data mining
- Persistent Growl notifications for long tasks
- Finish current track in iTunes playlist and pause
- Prevent SL connecting to known open WiFi
- Catch the iPad start screen after app purchase

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Mac OS X Hints posted the following new tips:

- Prevent iTunes from updating jailbroken devices
- Renaming files in Finder without jumping away
- Set the language of apps in a jailbroken iOS device
- Eddie - a programmer's text editor
- Run AppleScripts on a Mac using Remote.app
- ClickToFlash may break Google Street View in Safari

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MacOSXHints posted the following 6 new tips:

- 10.6: Use Archive Utility to make zip backups
- 10.6: Add wireless networks from command line
- Launchd wildcard characters
- Auto-disable AirPort when ethernet is active
- Easily encrypt Time Machine backups
- Fix unresponsive button on BBC iPlayer in Safari

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MacOSXHints posted the following new tips & tricks:

- Fix Bluetooth volume problems in iOS 4.1
- Carbon Copy Cloner as a disk and FileVault aid
- A script to speedup audio file playback on iPod
- A free clipboard manager for 10.5 and up

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MacOSXHints posted the following new tips:

- How to bulk select photos on an iPad
- Fix a non-connecting Bluetooth controller
- Disk Utility may not warn of a failing hard drive
- View in-browser PDFs in Google Chrome

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MacOSXHints posted 4 new tips:

- Disable Ping Dropdowns in iTunes 10.0.1
- Using a Skim-annotated PDF on an iOS device
- A defragging tip for Mac Steam gamers
- VNC from Terminal on OSX

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Mac OS Hints published the following 3 new tips:

- Revised script to toggle Safari cookies
- A Search Google contextual menu
- Fast-seek in iTunes with touchpad scroll

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Mac OS X Hints posted 3 new OS X tips:

- 10.6: Screen sharing/app switching compromise
- Cleaning up a messy font installation
- Force fsck on headless servers and remote macs