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MAC, when used to indicate a Macintosh computer, is not accurate. Using all capital letters denotes an acronym, which is not correct in this context.

MAC is a common acronym for ‘media access control’ address, which is a set of characters assigned to a network device such as a wireless or ethernet card.

When referring to a …

After a recent software update trashed my XP virtual machine, I needed to boot into Safe Mode to make a repair. None of the ‘normal’ Windows keystrokes seemed to be helping, until I discovered that what was needed was for the following keys to be held down as the vm booted:

FN-F8 (on a laptop)
or
Apple-F8 (on a desktop)

Hopefully this will help …

Hello friends and neighbours. ScottMac here, and I’m looking to sell my 60gb 5th generation video iPod, complete with a massive bundle of stuff! To make it even more enticing, you’ll also get a BabyGotMac coffee mug and bumper sticker! All for only $300 including shipping!

Bigger (MUCH) bigger images here.
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http://babygotmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/ipod3.JPG

Here’s what you get:
5gen, …

Thanks to the UK’ Herald Sun for the technology update and to Digg for the article.

Painting and photography are the same; each renders imagination in tangible form. The difference is that painters can work completely from imagination, although most of us work from life as a starting point. The former is …

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This one comes from iSquint, a wonderful video conversion app.

Once again, the Beatles -> Apple -> eventual lawsuit comes full circle…

Reader ‘OldCoot’ asks:

Is there a way for a person to make a full back up of everything on a MacBook Pro to a USB/Firewire HD from Tiger without having to buy third party software?

Why yes, yes there is! And it’s so simple you will possibly do that wacky ‘I could have had a V8′ slap in the forehead …

Amazon has the full, version 3 (the latest) version of Parallels Desktop on sale for a mere $59.99 USD, meaning you can save $20 off the retail price. Not too bad, and a good way for those of you on the edge to make the virtualization jump with a minimum of expense.

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