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Just some things I noticed online today. First Leopard Update released.  Here is the fix list. Quicksilver top 10 plugins. Use rsync to emulate Time Machine VMWare Fusion 1.1 released.  Release notes here.

One problem I ran into with my new Time Machine setup was that my large virtual machine disk files were aggressively being backed every time they changed.  Since each virtual machine is extremely large (multiple GBs each) and since Time Machine backs up an entire file each time it changes, I was quickly eating up [...]

This is a great review about Time Machine as part of a larger (enormous) review of Leopard.  In typical ars technica fashion, it dives deep into how Time Machine actually works for those into that sort of thing.

So I finally got around to setting up Time Machine.  I actually needed to get a supported external hard drive first.  I ended up buying the Lacie D2 HD Quadra.  This drive boasts 500 GBs of storage, 7200 RPMs, and USB2, Firewire 400/800, and eSata interfaces.  Setting up Time Machine was as easy as advertised.  [...]

A few days ago, the rumors of an Apple Tablet PC escalated due to a report / rumor that Asus is helping Apple build a tablet device.  I am a big fan of the Tablet PC concept.  I owned an Toshiba M200 for several years and really liked it.  However, I am still [...]

Besides VMWare Fusion and Parallels, Quicksilver was probably the foremost application that got me interested in buying a Mac.  I kept hearing great things about it from many different sources.  I have always been a big command line user and prefer using the keyboard as much as possible so any application that helps minimize mouse [...]

So I knew when I was buying my MacBook Pro that I was taking a risk of having to pay full price for Leopard.  At the time, the release date had not been confirmed and there were no announcements (at least that I was aware of) about upgrade pricing.  Thankfully, I timed it right and [...]

Sometimes I need to know the IP address of a specific Windows computer on my local network.  OS X doesn’t appear to automatically resolve a NetBIOS name to an IP address when using the ping command from the Terminal.  So, instead, you can use nmblookup. <!–

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So, what virtualization software should you use to run Windows simultaneously on Mac OS X?  Well, the good news is that the two primary choices, Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion, are both excellent options and the choice really just comes down to personal preference and your intended usage. There are several reviews and comparisons [...]

Growl is a notification system. It provides a consistent framework that various applications can use for notification purposes. For example, Adium leverages Growl for its notifications. Plugins can be created for applications that don’t directly support Growl. GrowlTunes, for instances, can be used to show notifications for the currently playing [...]