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July 24, 2008 – 3:00 pm

Mac OS X 10.5, Boot Camp: Windows XP displays “Disk Error” message during initial setup
Release date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:02:36 -0500 If you attempt to install Microsoft Windows XP without first formatting a partition, this alert message will appear in Windows XP: “Press any key to boot from CD. Disk Error. Press any key to restart.”

iCal, Mac OS X 10.5: Empty “Home” and “Work” calendars may appear after installing Leopard
Release date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:04:33 -0500 If you don’t immediately migrate your iCal data in Migration Assistant after installing Leopard, and you open and close Mail or the Calendar widget before opening iCal (even if you use Migration Assistant after opening Mail or the Calendar widget), empty “Home” and “Work” calendars may appear.

Mac OS X: How to force background maintenance tasks (logs and temporary items)
Release date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:26:36 -0500 Mac OS X performs background maintenance tasks at certain times if the computer is not in sleep mode. If your computer is shut down or in sleep at the designated times, the maintenance does not occur. In that case, you may want or need to run these manually. Mac OS X periodically runs background tasks that, in part, remove system files that are no longer needed. This includes purging older information from log files or deleting certain temporary items. These tasks do not run if the computer is shut down or in sleep mode. If the tasks do not run, it

Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup
Release date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:04:04 -0500 A Safe Boot for Mac OS X takes longer than a normal startup. This delay will occur when you see the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear). It can be quite long (several minutes) depending on how long it takes to check and repair the directory (if needed).

App Store Pick of the Week: Exposure
With Exposure, you can take Flickr on the road, browsing and enjoying the billions of photos on Flickr on your iPhone or iPod touch. Both Exposure (free) and the ad-free Exposure Premium ($9.99) let you browse your own library, flip though a contact’s recent uploads, create favorites, add comments, even search through Flickr’s vast library of images.

Using Restore Discs with Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.3.3
Release date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:40:52 -0500 Learn how to restore bundled applications—or Mac OS 9—on computers that shipped with 10.2 to 10.3.3. Tip: If your computer shipped with Mac OS X 10.2, and you’ve since upgraded to Mac OS X 10.4, see this article instead.

Coming Attractions - The X-Files : I Want to Believe
Week after week, season after season, the series captivated the country as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigated the paranormal and bizarre in The X-Files. Now David Duchnovy and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Mulder and Scully in The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The film, directed by Chris Carter, who also created the television series, opens in theaters on Friday, July 25.

Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 Mail: Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
Release date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:53:03 -0500 Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty.

iTunes for Mac OS X: Compatible Players
Release date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:35:51 -0500 Learn which digital music players and CD MP3 players you can use with iTunes and Mac OS X.

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