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Final version of Parallels released (direct download)
Today, Parallels released the final version of their Mac version. Since the Parallels site is currently getting hammered, we’ve placed a direct download link after the jump.
We’ll also add things of note as we explore the new version:
Looks like a new thing is bundling. A full version of Kaspersky Internet Security (normally $60USD) is installable, via the ‘Actions’ menu…
iMacs and BW towers for sale!
Last Fall, I become acquainted with someone via Craigslist while looking for an old iMac. We met and exchange info and I bought an iMac from him. Then, a little while later. he contacted me to let me know he had acquired ‘a few’ more, and asked if I would be interested. I was.
A few weeks later, he called to say he had some Blue/White G3 towers also. I was interested in them also. So, after a week or so, I went down to check them out and came home with a couple…
They’ve been sitting in my basement ever since, as I intended to sell them to friends and family, but never got around to it.
If you’re interested in purchasing one, or two or more (or all of them!) let me know. They all work great, and the range is from 233-400mhz, w/ an average of about 96mb ram and a 6gb hard drive. No keyboards/mice, but any usb device will work.
I’ll post a specs list later, but feel free to contact me using the link above for more information. I’m asking $70 each, w/ $30 more for shipping in the US (that’s slow-boat to China speed, unless you want to pay more for priority).
If you’re in the Atlanta area, I can meet you to hand them off…no charge for delivery.
Ten Mac sites you should be reading!
We all have our favorites, don’t we? Here are some of our favorite sources for Mac news, rumors, commentary and discussion that you should add to your bookmarks! Feel free to post yours below.
- Daring Fireball - John Gruber writes some of the best Mac and tech related articles out there. His insight and wisdom are usually brilliant and concise. He has a wicked sense of humor too.
- David Pogue - Pogue is a well known author, ‘pundit’ and tech enthusiast. He’s written numerous books and his column in the New York Times is an excellent tech resource.
5 ways to protect your Mac from Windows
Thanks to the innovative technologies that allow users of Intel based Macs to run Windows, we now possess an amazing opportunity to have the best of both worlds. And the worst…
As in real-life, living on the edge of the tracks on the wrong side of town (whew, metaphor overload…that reads like a BonJovi lyric.) has it’s downside.
Viruses, spyware, malware, trojans, worms, ActiveX and more can turn your $2000 Mac into a lump of shiny plastic that does nothing more than taunt you and question your parentage.
To protect your Mac from the nasty stuff that can be found on Windows computers, there are a few ways to go. In this article, we’ll recap some of the obvious and not-so-obvious methods you can use to make your Mac run Windows safely and smoothly.
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We have a winner in the BGM Logo contest!
The winner of the Logo contest is this entry from Matt Peltier.
The logo is a clever play on the original Mac logo, which showed two happy Macs facing each other. This version take that to a naughty but innocent place and certainly references the inspiration for the BGM name.
We’re very excited that we’ve found a new logo, thanks to votes from our visitors! Second and third place go to these entries:
#2 is from Sandy Sanders:
And #3 is from MacKensie Mathison:
Our first place winner will be receiving a classic G3 iMac, and the logo will be tweaked and make it to the front page of BGM, as well as being the face of our site (so to speak!). Congratulations to Matt!
Our second and third place winners are going to be receiving a special prize also!
Thanks to all of our entrants, and thanks to all of you who visited, voted and commented on the Logo contest.
BGM is merging with Techpedia.org
Another site that I operate, Techpedia.org, is being assimilated into BGM as of today. Techpedia was originally slated to be a wiki style site, but it gradually turned into a news/tips/tutorials site for general tech interests.
Over the last few months though, it’s been almost all Mac related, and now with BGM active and going well, I’ve decided to close Techpedia and send it’s traffic here.
I’ll be moving all of the Techpedia content here over the next few days, and will likely assign them to a Tag called ‘techpedia’, for easier access to those visiting Techpedia and ending up here.
Thanks for your patience, and thanks for visiting BGM/Techpedia!
3 Entourage Tips & Tricks
Welcome to the Tuesday TipFest. In an attempt to create some consistency for our articles, we’ll be publishing Tips on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Today we’ll be discussing Microsoft Entourage, which is part of Microsoft’s Office fleet. Entourage aims to be the ‘end all-be all’ solution for email, tasks, contacts, calendaring and project management, and overall it does a pretty good job.
Where it fails, however, is in being intuitive, easy to use, responsive or task-centrically oriented. Other than those tiny little shortcomings, it is aces.
That being said, what follows are some tips and tricks for making your Entourage easier to use. Join us now as we delve into the inner workings of Microsoft Entourage.
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Dear Apple. Please add this iPod feature!
Dear Apple,
We’ve owned iPods since the first version. In fact, we’ve had one of each generation/iteration to date. We’ve been fairly happy overall with your wonderful little music machine.
However, today we come to you, hat in hand, asking for a feature to be added to the next firmware revision (in particular to the 5th gen video, thanks).
As you know, when a track is playing, you can hit the ‘(c)enter’ button and toggle from song position to ratings to the artwork display screen.
We respectfully request that you add the following set of toggles.
‘Perils in Parallels?’, asks the Washington Post…
Perils in Parallels? - Security Fix
A technology blogger for the Washington Post has posted an article about the extreme danger that Mac users are in by running Windows inside a Parallels VM.
Aside from a few ’slippery slope’ allegations, the underlying implication is that it is Parallels, not Windows, that provides the security issue.
Granted, Parallels could make things clearer in these dialogs:
For instance, making ‘Read Only’ the default setting might be a good idea, with a popup message saying “By making this share writable, you could allow malicious Windows code to execute and damage your OS X folder and file structures”. That or a big red ‘caution’ sign with a label denoting the same; either of the two would get the message across: this is not your fathers Mac.
But again, the issue isn’t that Parallels is insecure, it is that Windows allows such arbitrary code execution.
So, is this FUD or is it accurate? What do you think?
Weekend Quickie: 3 Tips and tricks to manage your Mac
Welcome to the Weekend Quickie!
Since there’s nothing happening in the world (wait, did Anna Nicole use a Mac? No? She couldn’t even spell ‘Mac’? Oh, ok…), we will toss out a few useful tidbits that will make using your system as effortless as not knowing who the father of your child is!
Did you know:
- You can add aliases to *anything* to your Finder toolbar?
- You can create ’smart folders’ to show you all of your documents at one time?
- You can lock your screen without clicking anything?
Here’s how to do it!
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