Tag: saving

Disable Dashboard and save RAM on your Mac

July 17th, 2007 by Brendon Chase

One feature that's been included in Apple's OS X Tiger operating system and above is Dashboard. In short, this application provides a platform to run mini-applications, or widgets, as Apple call them. If at any time you're using OS X Tiger you can press F12 and your screen will dim and your widgets will be displayed.

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Netgear Space-Saving Powerline Network Kit

March 5th, 2009 by Craig Simms

Netgear's Space-Saving Powerline Network Kit has some good ideas, some bad. On the performance front though, if you absolutely need homeplugs, we'd suggest spending more for the higher rated 200Mbps plugs.

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iOS daylight savings bug alarms users

October 5th, 2010 by Josh Taylor

A bug in iOS's alarm clock application gave some iPhone users in Australia's daylight savings time zones a rude shock this weekend, causing alarms to go off an hour early.

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Apple plans iPhone daylight savings patch

October 7th, 2010 by Josh Taylor

Apple plans to fix a daylight savings bug in its alarm clock application for iPhones that causes recurring alarms to go off an hour early.

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How-to: save e-mail drafts on the iPhone

March 6th, 2008 by IPhone Atlas

Though this is an extremely basic usage note, we couldn't find documentation of it elsewhere and the process for execution isn't very intuitive. We recently received an email from a reader asking when the ability to save draft email messages would be added to the iPhone. This functionality is already there, but it's concealed.

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How to install RAM in an iMac

July 19th, 2011 by David Carnoy

Upgrading your computer's memory is the quickest and most affordable way to make it run faster. In this CNET how-to, we show you how to add RAM to your iMac.

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Apple fixes Safari, scores 5bn iTunes downloads

June 20th, 2008 by Robert Vamosi and Jonathan Skillings

Apple on Thursday released a new version of Safari for Windows that includes a security fix for a high-profile carpet-bombing desktop attack vulnerability.

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Opera 10

September 8th, 2009 by Seth Rosenblatt

Featuring a compression engine to boost speeds for slow computers, a cool new treatment for tabs and a gaggle of other enhancements, the Opera 10 browser is nothing to sneeze at.

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Erase useless files on your Mac

January 22nd, 2010 by Jason Parker

CleanMyMac does a good job of cleaning out files you don't need and freeing up space on your hard drive.

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Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (April 2010)

May 17th, 2010 by Craig Simms

The new MacBook Pro may look identical to its predecessor, but it's what's inside that counts. With Intel's newer line of Core-i CPUs and better graphics capabilities, this is a hefty spec update.

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