http://reviews.cnet.com/8300-13727_7-263.html en-us Mac tips, how-tos, troubleshooting, and news 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:00 PST http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392736-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt Besides some bluetooth problems with the new Apple mice, a few people have complained of slow tracking movement that seems to be inherent in the new devices. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392736-263.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:00 PST Topher Kessler http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392614-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt MacHeist, usually known for making available a bundle of Mac applications at heavily discounted prices, is offering a smaller bundle absolutely free. (But only for the next six days). http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392614-263.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:00 PST Joe Aimonetti http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392416-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt MacFixIt reader "Bob D." sends us an issue with Snow Leopard's Mail where multiple copies of messages are downloaded to a user's inbox. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392416-263.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 PST Joe Aimonetti http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392166-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt Some Parallels Desktop users who updated to the recently released Desktop 5.0 software have run into a problem where upon trying to boot in Windows the system displays the infamous OS X blue screen. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10392166-263.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PST Topher Kessler http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391976-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt Depending on how you have your Mac set up, and what you have installed on it, you may see a number of files such as "$RECYCLE.BIN" and "Thumbs.db" appear in various folders. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391976-263.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:40:00 PST Topher Kessler http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391589-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt Users are experiencing issues regarding Snow Leopard's Mail program no longer recognizing data in messages. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391589-263.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:51:00 PST Joe Aimonetti http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391486-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt A number of people are experiencing poor tracking performance with Apple's new Magic mouse when using it with Mac Pro computers. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391486-263.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:00 PST Topher Kessler http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391510-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt Users are reporting a bug in Snow Leopard's Finder that prevents groups of files that have been recently downloaded from being opened at the same time. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391510-263.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:21:58 PST Joe Aimonetti http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391093-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt A small glitch that enabled one to essentially log in to the remote system in a separate account with Screen Sharing. Could this be some hidden functionality in Apple's screen sharing technology? http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10391093-263.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:00 PST Topher Kessler http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10390645-263.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=MacFixIt Users may experience the alert, "Unable to connect to MobileMe", when attempting to upload a large movie file to their MobileMe movie gallery. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10390645-263.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:49:36 PST Joe Aimonetti