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  Wednesday, 19 November 2003

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10.3: Drag images from Safari to Mail (and elsewhere)

New with Panther (or possibly a Safari update) is the ability to drag images from the browser right into an email to be sent. No temporary file on the Desktop. Of course you can drag images straight into other apps (Word, etc... [macosxhints]

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I always hit the play button so iPhoto 2.0 runs a slideshow of the selected album. It displays the images in fullscreen mode. The other day, I accidentally hit the play button with my mouse while holding down the Control key.... [macosxhints]

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Last night, I was able to successfully connect my Panther iBook to my PC via a 400 Mbit FireWire connection. Extending on a previous hint, here's how you do this. You'll need 10.3 on the Mac and Windows XP with a FireWire car... [macosxhints]

Wow

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The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 8 out of 10]Developer: Mesa Dynamics / [Product Page]

Price: Freeware When I went looking for a screenshot of DarkForest (see my comment to last week's Pick of the Week), I fired up an app I've... [macosxhints]

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As you know from designing your FileMaker templates, creating buttons to control new functions can get out of control fast. But there's an alternative called Fast Tasks that lets you streamline your designs by incorporating pop-up fields into your templates. Alan Graham shows you how. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com]

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Informa Media Group reported on Tuesday that it doesn't expect to see any growth in global commercial music sales before 2005. The company published a new report called The Global Music Industry (3rd Edition). [MacCentral]

Does that give us enough time to tool up for surround sound?

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The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 9 out of 10]Developer: id-design / [Product Page]

Price: Freeware This week's Pick of the Week is a simple little app that does one thing very well -- help you see what's taking up space on you... [macosxhints]

Yeah, this utility gets my vote as well.

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Apple now offers a dual processor 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 starting at $2,499 (US) and has lowered the price of the single processor 1.6GHz Power Mac G5 to $1,799 (US). The Power Mac G5 lineup now includes three models: dual processor 2GHz, dual processor 1.8GHz and single processor 1.6GHz. [Nov 18] [Apple Hot News]

Didn't the G5 just appear? An speed bump already?!

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The new 20-inch iMac features the largest flat-panel display ever offered in an all-in-one desktop. Joining 15- and 17-inch models, the 20-inch iMac offers twice as much screen area as the 15-inch display model, enabling users to view more than two full pages side by side. [Nov 18] [Apple Hot News]

Did anyone see this coming? I sure didn't. How the heck does Apple keep churning out so many new products. From where I stand the pace is breathtaking.

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PC Magazine has posted its 2003 Awards for Technical Excellence. The awards are presented to "the products and technologies that moved the state of the art forward, those that broke new ground." Apple's own Power Mac G5 grabbed the top honor for Personal Computers. [MacCentral]

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Surround Music Awards Nominees Named
NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 18, 2003 -- The Second Annual Surround Music Awards (SMAs) have announced the nominees for this year's awards, naming Led Zeppelin as Surround Artist of the Year for the band's self-titled breakthrough DVD box set, and honoring legendary late rocker Frank Zappa as 2003 Surround Pioneer.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]