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Turn to Path Styler Pro for logos, title graphics

Path Styler Pro helps you produce high-quality logos and title graphics in either Illustrator or Photoshop with a noticeable ease of use. James Dempsey takes a closer look at the plugin.

Bugs & Fixes: Desktop items MIAIf items you’ve tried saving to your Desktop are disappearing without a trace, Ted Landau feels your pain. Here’s how he solves the problem.
Copy paths from Finder selectionsThere are a number of ways to see and/or copy the path to a given selection in the Finder. Rob Griffiths explores your options.

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Turn to Path Styler Pro for logos, title graphics
Path Styler Pro helps you produce high-quality logos and title graphics in either Illustrator or Photoshop with a noticeable ease of use. James Dempsey takes a closer look at the plugin.
Bugs & Fixes: Desktop items MIA
If items you’ve tried saving to your Desktop are disappearing without a trace, Ted Landau feels your pain. Here’s how he solves the problem.
Copy paths from Finder selections
There are a number of ways to see and/or copy the path to a given selection in the Finder. Rob Griffiths explores your options.
Add more solid desktop color options
Discover two ways to use more than the 10 provided solid-colored desktop backgrounds.
Mail and its hidden headers
Concerned that a spammer might learn of your whereabouts when you preview a message? Let's bring your concerns into perspective.
Mouse-only access to title bar icons in 10.5
Learn a simple way to access title bar icon menus (proxy icons) in Leopard.
Sending iCal invites to the many
Of course you can send a single iCal invitation to many recipients. Here's how.
Bugs & Fixes: Yahoo Mail won’t send
If you’re an AT&T/Yahoo DSL user having trouble sending e-mail, you’ll want to read Ted Landau’s advice on how to fix the problem.
Quick and easy folder sharing in 10.5
Learn how to easily share folders with anyone in Leopard.
Use a spring-loaded Path Bar in 10.5's Finder
The Path Bar in OS X 10.5 is a useful addition to the OS, but it's not "spring loaded." Or is it? Learn one spot where you can, in fact, use a spring-loaded Path Bar.
Beware DVD copying software
Looking for software to archive your DVDs? Google is not your friend.
Working Mac: Evade e-mail exasperation
If you’re like 99.7 percent of computer users, your e-mail client gets more of a workout than any other software you use. Christopher Breen rounds up some common e-mail problems and provides solutions to help you keep them under control.
Dust kills
Dan Frakes takes his own advice about Mac maintenance and winds up fixing a problem involving dusty internal components.
Search for some iTunes lyrics in Leopard
In OS X 10.5, you can use Spotlight to search for lyrics in certain types of iTunes music files.
Digital Photo: Color correcting digital camera images
As far as digital technology has come, there’s still one thing that digital cameras won’t do: give you perfect color every time. But unfortunately, every digital camera sneaks some kind of color cast into your images. Here’s how to get your color in line.
Moving Mail accounts offline
Here are a couple of options for moving specific Mail accounts offline.
Adding some magic to GarageBand songwriting
Stuck on how to achieve that perfect sound for your song? Try GarageBand’s Magic GarageBand feature, which is also a great way for beginners to get started with music-creation software.
Bugs & Fixes: This document will be updated
Ted Landau finds two recent examples of Apple-recommended Terminal work-arounds.
Turn off the ‘Use disk for Time Machine?’ warning
Learn how to disable the “Use this drive for Time Machine?” dialog that pops up in Leopard when you connect an external drive for the first time.
Open new windows via Command-Tab in Leopard
A simple trick to open new windows—or undock a docked window—using the Command-Tab application switcher in OS X 10.5.

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Turn to Path Styler Pro for logos, title graphics
Path Styler Pro helps you produce high-quality logos and title graphics in either Illustrator or Photoshop with a noticeable ease of use. James Dempsey takes a closer look at the plugin.
Bugs & Fixes: Desktop items MIA
If items you’ve tried saving to your Desktop are disappearing without a trace, Ted Landau feels your pain. Here’s how he solves the problem.
Copy paths from Finder selections
There are a number of ways to see and/or copy the path to a given selection in the Finder. Rob Griffiths explores your options.
Add more solid desktop color options
Discover two ways to use more than the 10 provided solid-colored desktop backgrounds.
Mail and its hidden headers
Concerned that a spammer might learn of your whereabouts when you preview a message? Let's bring your concerns into perspective.
Mouse-only access to title bar icons in 10.5
Learn a simple way to access title bar icon menus (proxy icons) in Leopard.
Bugs & Fixes: Yahoo Mail won’t send
If you’re an AT&T/Yahoo DSL user having trouble sending e-mail, you’ll want to read Ted Landau’s advice on how to fix the problem.
Quick and easy folder sharing in 10.5
Learn how to easily share folders with anyone in Leopard.
Use a spring-loaded Path Bar in 10.5's Finder
The Path Bar in OS X 10.5 is a useful addition to the OS, but it's not "spring loaded." Or is it? Learn one spot where you can, in fact, use a spring-loaded Path Bar.
Beware DVD copying software
Looking for software to archive your DVDs? Google is not your friend.
Working Mac: Evade e-mail exasperation
If you’re like 99.7 percent of computer users, your e-mail client gets more of a workout than any other software you use. Christopher Breen rounds up some common e-mail problems and provides solutions to help you keep them under control.
Dust kills
Dan Frakes takes his own advice about Mac maintenance and winds up fixing a problem involving dusty internal components.
Search for some iTunes lyrics in Leopard
In OS X 10.5, you can use Spotlight to search for lyrics in certain types of iTunes music files.
Digital Photo: Color correcting digital camera images
As far as digital technology has come, there’s still one thing that digital cameras won’t do: give you perfect color every time. But unfortunately, every digital camera sneaks some kind of color cast into your images. Here’s how to get your color in line.

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Turn to Path Styler Pro for logos, title graphics
Path Styler Pro helps you produce high-quality logos and title graphics in either Illustrator or Photoshop with a noticeable ease of use. James Dempsey takes a closer look at the plugin.
Copy paths from Finder selections
There are a number of ways to see and/or copy the path to a given selection in the Finder. Rob Griffiths explores your options.
Add more solid desktop color options
Discover two ways to use more than the 10 provided solid-colored desktop backgrounds.
Mouse-only access to title bar icons in 10.5
Learn a simple way to access title bar icon menus (proxy icons) in Leopard.
Sending iCal invites to the many
Of course you can send a single iCal invitation to many recipients. Here's how.
Quick and easy folder sharing in 10.5
Learn how to easily share folders with anyone in Leopard.
Use a spring-loaded Path Bar in 10.5's Finder
The Path Bar in OS X 10.5 is a useful addition to the OS, but it's not "spring loaded." Or is it? Learn one spot where you can, in fact, use a spring-loaded Path Bar.
Working Mac: Evade e-mail exasperation
If you’re like 99.7 percent of computer users, your e-mail client gets more of a workout than any other software you use. Christopher Breen rounds up some common e-mail problems and provides solutions to help you keep them under control.
Search for some iTunes lyrics in Leopard
In OS X 10.5, you can use Spotlight to search for lyrics in certain types of iTunes music files.
Digital Photo: Color correcting digital camera images
As far as digital technology has come, there’s still one thing that digital cameras won’t do: give you perfect color every time. But unfortunately, every digital camera sneaks some kind of color cast into your images. Here’s how to get your color in line.
Moving Mail accounts offline
Here are a couple of options for moving specific Mail accounts offline.
Adding some magic to GarageBand songwriting
Stuck on how to achieve that perfect sound for your song? Try GarageBand’s Magic GarageBand feature, which is also a great way for beginners to get started with music-creation software.
Turn off the ‘Use disk for Time Machine?’ warning
Learn how to disable the “Use this drive for Time Machine?” dialog that pops up in Leopard when you connect an external drive for the first time.
Open new windows via Command-Tab in Leopard
A simple trick to open new windows—or undock a docked window—using the Command-Tab application switcher in OS X 10.5.