After reports that Apple was readying a major update to its Safari browser, it finally made its debut on Tuesday morning. Version 3.1 promises greatly improved performance and compatibility plus support for video and audio tags in HTML5, CSS animations, and CSS Web fonts. On the surface, I suspect your eyes will glaze over when […]

Over the years, I’ve used various utilities to automatically hide the application windows I’m not using at the moment. There’s always one around, and my most recent program of choice, HideItControl, a preference panel from Derman Enteprises, once shareware, has since become free. But then so were some of other others, such as AutoHide. Now […]

After being rumored for weeks, the sprawling Mac OS 10.5.2 update showed up in millions of Software Update preference panels on Monday afternoon. With over 75 improvements and bug fixes, this 343MB upgrade has plenty to chew over, and I’ll leave it to you to see if your particular Leopard problem has been fixed or […]

From the very first day Mac OS X appeared on the scene, many of you clamored for the return of some of your most cherished Classic features. How could Apple possibly remove the so many of the things that made the Mac OS special? Do you remember, for example, when there was no Apple menu, […]