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Apple didn't just introduce new laptops Tuesday; it also introduced a new term to the vocabulary of Mac users - DisplayPort. The Mini DisplayPort found on new MacBooks, the refreshed Macbook Air and 15-inch MacBook Pros replaces the DVI and mini-DVI interfaces found on older models. But is this another proprietary debacle like Apple's failed Apple Display Connector (ADC) interface?

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I just figured out that you can disable them by entering "defaults write com.apple.mail DisableDataDetectors YES" in Terminal.

There are many different ways to control your Mac -- even when you're not sitting at it. You might think that this level of flexibility would require special software. But no! If you're running Mac OS X, you'll be able to accomplish everything in this article without buying a single piece of software. SSH, Applescript, Tunneling, helpful comments.

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If you're a Web developer, even minor errors -- a simple typo in your code, for example -- can create major problems. But you can easily track down and reverse such mistakes by setting up version-control software. This powerful tool records all changes to a document and lets you quickly step back to an earlier version -- even if you've changed and saved the file many times since then. Just think of it as your personal time machine.

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The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy [~] and Their Open Source Alternatives

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Move the Wordpress Blog/CMS into the web application space.

In Mac OS X the screen shot key combinations are:

That's great but I don't want to marquee select a window each time for capture. Fortunately there is a simple answer. After you enter into the selected mode tap once on the keyboard space bar. The cursor will change from a cross-hair into a camera. Move the cursor into any window and a transparent blue will cover the window indicating that it is selected. Click once on the mouse and the visible window is saved or copied to the clipboard ready to paste into another application.

Remember, this is a screen capture of the visible selected window. Anything in the window that is off screen will not be recorded.

Burning Multiple Times to the Same CD

Generally, when you burn files to a CD once, you’re done — you can’t burn to that CD again. Unless you use this little trick: First create a new folder and give it a descriptive name (something like “burn baby burn!” Kidding). Now put the files you want to burn into that folder, then go to the Applications folder and open the Utilities folder. Double-click on Disk Utility. When it comes up, go under the File menu, under New, and choose Disk Image from Folder, and then when the Open dialog appears, find that folder with the stuff you want to burn and click the image button. A Save dialog appears in which you can leave the name as is or choose a new name (leave the other controls alone), and then click Save. In a few moments, a disk image of your folder’s contents will appear in the list on the left side of the Disk Utility dialog. Click on that icon, and then click the burn button at the top left of the Disk Utility dialog.

When you click the Burn button, a dialog will appear asking to insert a disc. Do so, and then click once the blue downward-facing triangle on the right side of this dialog to show more options. Click on the checkbox for Leave disc appendable, then click the Burn button. Your data will now be written to that CD. To add more files later, just insert that same CD and then you’ll use this same process all over again, but when you get to that final burn dialog, the button won’t say “Burn” this time, instead it will say “Append” because you’re adding these files to the same disc. By the way, don’t forget to remove the files you already burned to this disc from your “burn baby burn!” folder (and the DMG file it creates) before you make your next disc image.

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The Dock offers useful controls and menus that may not be immediately apparent. You access these additional features by using different combinations of modifier keys (such as Option, Control) with different types of mouse clicks (click/release versus press and hold).