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F2 in Mac

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, F2 on the Mac changes the screen brightness on MacBooks, but when you are in Excel, you want F2 to be brightness and F4 to be change cell references from absolute and so forth. With the F8-F12 this isn’t an issue, you can unmap those to get to F9 which is recalc by [...]

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iPod Touch and MacBook Updates

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, the latest macrumor is that the iPod Touch gets refresh to look like the iPhone 3G and that the new MacBook and MacBook Pro’s are coming.
So unless you are a student and like the discounts on the old models, I’d say waiting makes some sense. The MacBooks will use the new Intel upgraded platforms [...]

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MacBook Air SuperDrive jammed and will not eject so shake it!

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Hat tip to TUAW apparently, Tnkgrl has figured out how to open up a Superdrive, replace a part and thus make it universally compatible with all computers. Great geekout. OTOH, why go to all the trouble :-)? The photos are really useful so you can disassemble it. The short version is the black bottom comes [...]

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MacBook Air $100 off at Amazon and so are iMac’s

June 14th, 2008 · No Comments · MacBook Air, iMac

MacInTouch: timely news and tips about Apple Macintosh, iTunes, iPhone and more…
MacBook Air is only $1699 with Amazon’s discount and rebate. Save $55-$105 off the new iMacs: 20-inch/2.4GHz, the 20-inch/2.66GHz or 24-inch/2.8GHz with Amazon savings.

Save $75-$180 on other MacBooks and MacBook Pro models, and save on AppleCare, too. Save $150-$380 on the latest Mac Pro [...]

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