This nicely designed, easy-to-use app that may provide a valuable service for some users. But My Med ID is not without its downsides.

Inspired by the recently released film from Disney and director Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland is a remarkably clever 2-D adventure game that is more than a mere movie tie-in.

Microsoft has released a few updates to its Office 2004 and Office 2008 suites for OS X. These updates address security bugs in the programs, and for the 2008 version they also improve application stability.

Learn the answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQ) regarding iPod Hi-Fi.

On the Mac, this the default method for accessing diacritical marks is by holding the "Option" key, followed by a vowel that represents a specific accent character; however, there are alternate methods for inputting the marks.

The tiny Optoma PK102 pico projector delivers vivid color images and handles stand-alone presentations via its built-in media player.

A year after the release of the FileMaker 10 database program, version 11 has arrived, with new tools and great new features that make it even easier to use.

Thanks to their ease of use, excellent post-workout reporting features, innovative sharing functions, and pleasing interface, Runmeter and Cyclemeter are among the best fitness apps you'll find for the iPhone.

While the GXR sounds like good news for photographers looking for a high-quality shoot-from-the-hip camera for street and travel photography, getting set up doesn’t come cheap.

If you need to find your iPhone serial number, International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, identifier, or ICCID number this article shows you several different ways you can locate it.

Pictures and screenshots taken with the iPhone are stored on the Camera Roll. When you sync or perform a restore, iTunes creates a backup the contents of your iPhone, including the Camera Roll. The more pictures or other multimedia files that are on the Camera Roll, the longer a backup or restore will take. Improve backup and restore times by regularly importing the contents of your Camera Roll, and then sync that content back to the iPhone.

When drivers required by a PC's USB interface are not installed correctly or are out of date, an iPhone or iPod connected to this computer may not be recognized properly. One or more of the following may occur: Device does not appear in iTunes Device cannot be restored in iTunes An exclamation point appears next to the device's entry in Device Manager iPod screen does not display "Do Not Disconnect" screen when connected to the computer (does not apply to iPhone and iPod touch) iPod is not recognized as a disk in My Computer (does not apply to iPhone and iPod touch) Products affected iPhone, iPod touch, and iPod (all models) Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7  

When attempting to put your Mac to sleep, it may not respond right away. This could be related to a printer not being recognized or due to a print job being in progress.

With the release of a 3.0 version of this mobile golf game, we revisit Tiki Golf 3D and find that, unfortunately, ample bugs will need to be corrected before this game is up to par.

DEVONtechnologies has released major upgrades of its document and information management programs DEVONnote and DEVONthink (which comes in three flavors: Personal, Professional, and Pro Office). Changes in both programs include a refreshed interface with a new Welcome Assistant, a tagging interface for those who prefer tagging to hierarchical groups, improved annotation capabilities for PDFs, and added support for text substitutions and data detectors under Snow Leopard.

Changes specific to DEVONthink 2.0 include enhanced search capabilities with advanced search operators, the capability to save complex search strings as smart groups, the capability to open multiple databases and documents simultaneously (Pro and Pro Office only), unlimited undos, and synchronization support for a forthcoming iPhone OS app. DEVONnote 2.0 absorbs several features from its more-capable sibling, including expanded support for common file formats, a new Finder-esque sidebar, a full-screen mode, separate document windows, a three-pane view, and smart templates. Full release notes for both DEVONthink and DEVONnote are available on the DEVONtechnologies Web site. (Pricing varies, 17.5/10.6 MB)

 

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Fetch Softworks: Fetch 5.5 has new support for Mac OS X
10.5 Leopard technologies like Quick Look. And you can
upload with the oldest technology of all, Copy and Paste!
Download your free trial version! <http://fetchsoftworks.com/>   Copyright © 2010 Doug McLean. TidBITS is copyright © 2010 TidBITS Publishing Inc. If you're reading this article on a Web site other than TidBITS.com, please let us know, because if it was republished without attribution, by a commercial site, or in modified form, it violates our Creative Commons License.

You can use Migration Assistant to transfer your files and important settings from an older Mac to a new one.

Usability guru Jakob Nielsen devoted his Alertbox post this week to showing how interfaces can become confusing if elements like buttons and checkboxes are too far away from the objects they act on, using the iPhone app updating interface in iTunes as an example. Our take is that the overall mistake here is that Apple is relying on iTunes for too many unrelated tasks that call out for different interface approaches.

 

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THE MISSING SYNC FOR iPHONE: Sync notes, tasks, files and
documents between your iPhone or iPod touch and a Mac. The
Missing Sync for iPhone provides two-way syncing over Wi-Fi.
Learn more - <http://www.markspace.com/bits>   Copyright © 2010 Adam C. Engst. TidBITS is copyright © 2010 TidBITS Publishing Inc. If you're reading this article on a Web site other than TidBITS.com, please let us know, because if it was republished without attribution, by a commercial site, or in modified form, it violates our Creative Commons License.

If you use "Restore System From Backup…" to restore a Time Machine backup to a different Mac than the original Mac used for the backup, issues such as these may occur: Graphic anomalies may appear during startup, or may follow the mouse pointer AirPort or Bluetooth may not be available The Mouse System Preference pane may not display the Magic Mouse or its features Brief graphic distortion may appear when shutting down an iMac Other startup issues

Espionage provides a unique twist on encrypted disk images, integrating them with Finder folders.

Noby Noby Boy is less of a game than an experience, and it’s the kind of experience that feels like a trippy art project that’s tough to appreciate.