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March 25, 2008

Fine-tune Your Volume Adjustments in OSX »

I wasn’t aware of this handy shortcut:

Every time you press the Volume key, a full block of volume is raised or lowered in the Volume bezel on your screen. If the amount it is raised or lowered is too much or not enough, you can adjust the amount by a quarter of a block at a time.

To fine-tune the Volume adjustment, hold the Shift and Option keys while hitting F4 or F5.

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February 11, 2008

Leopard 10.5.2 Update Available »

Fixes include:

  • Improves Airport connection reliability and stability.
  • Adds support for more third-party routers with Back to My Mac.
  • Updates Stacks with a List view option, a Folder view option, and an updated background for Grid view.
  • Adds a menu bar option for accessing Time Machine features.
  • Many Mail fixes.

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October 27, 2007

I Believe in Murphy’s Law »

Smart advice from Jon Gruber on how to safely do a major operating system upgrade.

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