We read in wikipedia:

"Mac OS X is the successor to the original Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984 [...] The first version released was Mac OS X Server 1.0 in 1999, and a desktop-oriented version, Mac OS X v10.0 followed in March 2001"
The funny thing about MacOSX launch was the huge hype on the retail box: it was named "The world's most advanced operating system" and really it was very huge leap ahead.

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In the last year, "Apple Computer" has changed a bit its focus.

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iPhone is the brand-new Apple product which has changed the way Apple thinks. Because of iPhone, Apple strip the word "Computers" from its brand name. And because of iPods and iPhone products, Lepoard developmenet slip a bit, blurring the focus on pure technology.
To be true, I do not beat on  the iPhone success, but the product success is at least  bright this year. And the iPod touch has also added value to the iPods product catalog. But I am an IT-man, damn you boy! So I want to buy it to play with it, to program with it!

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Hold down the Command, Shift, and 4 keys, then press the Spacebar. Instead of a cross-hair cursor, a small camera icon appears. When you move this camera icon over the element you’d like to capture, that element is highlighted. Click your mouse or trackpad, and you’ve captured a screenshot of just that element — no further cleanup required.

via Apple - Pro - Tips - Super-Clean Screenshots.

The image will be stored on your desktop, named Picture1, Picture2 and so on.

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At Gioorgi.com we evaluted a internet file system common gateway for connecting network resources. We compared two solutions: a webdav file system and an ssh-fs file system. The solution should be viable via MacOSX and Linux, but also Windows support will be a plus.

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How to run Mac OS X on a generic PC

No need for hacked software

via How to run Mac OS X on a generic PC • Register Hardware.

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I have found a beautiful trick to hibernate my brand new mac book pro:

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English version here

Gli iMac intel vecchio modello (bordo bianco e plastica trasparente) e i MacBook Pro, dispongono di una modalità di “sospensione” simile a quella di WindowsXP.  Sospettiamo che tale feature sia disponibile per tutti i mac intel venduti dal 2007.

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Da Acquadro.it, leggiamo questo suggerimento su come trasferire le email da Outlook al vostro Mac:

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Archimedes (287 BC) said “give me a place to stand and I will move the earth”.

Apple, after decades of lack of decent garbage collection to Objective-C, seems to say “I will give an ARC to exit to the dark hand-made memory allocation”.

Let’see how.

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