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Bugs & Fixes: Magic Mouse loses its way

A pair of irritating symptoms have made Ted Landau's experience with Apple's latest mouse less than magical.

Add more effects to Photo Booth and iChatLearn how to add over 20 additional effects to photos taken in Photo Booth and iChat
How to print 35mm slide scansA quick trick for printing high resolution scanned 35mm slides larger than their original, tiny size.

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Bugs & Fixes: Magic Mouse loses its way A pair of irritating symptoms have made Ted Landau's experience with Apple's latest mouse less than magical.
Add more effects to Photo Booth and iChat Learn how to add over 20 additional effects to photos taken in Photo Booth and iChat
How to print 35mm slide scans A quick trick for printing high resolution scanned 35mm slides larger than their original, tiny size.
Five unexpected uses for the Control key Sure, you’ve nearly worn out your Mac’s Control key using it to open contextual menus. But did you know you can also add Control to common key combinations to access different commands? Here are five of Sharon Zardetto's favorite Control key tricks.
Switchers Guide: Moving from Windows to the Mac More and more people are switching from Windows PCs to the Mac. Harry McCracken explains what's involved in the move.
Four hints about Mail and Spaces Four hints for the price of one ... learn how to easily switch between open windows of an app across Spaces, how to delete Mail messages without showing a preview of the next, and two tips for working with links in messages in 10.6's Mail app.
Shifting large media libraries It happens to lots of us: Large media files choke our startup drive. Here are solutions for sharing the wealth between an internal and external hard drive.
Snapshot: High energy photos in low-light settings Make low-light concert images pop. In this column, music photographer Bryan Bruchman shares the technique behind one of his amazing live event pictures.
Keep track of changes in Pages Apple's Pages not only tracks changes and comments in your documents, but also lets you share those changes, even with Microsoft Word users.
Create pause-zoom-pause effects in iMovie stills Learn how to show a still image for some time in your iMovie project, then zoom/crop/move that image, and then pause on the final image again before moving on.
Power and the international Mac No, you needn't purchase a power converter when you take your Mac traveling.
Google Voice makes small businesses sound bigger Why is Google Voice worth a look? The free service gives small companies an opportunity to use advanced call management features typically reserved for big budget businesses.
iPhone Hints: Lock picture orientation in Photos If last week's iPhone hint was a little complicated, this week's is an exercise in simplicity. Here's how to keep a picture in Photos locked in either landscape or portrait orientation.
Creating a favicon for your Web site Go to any major Web site, and you’ll almost certainly see an icon to the left of the address in your browser. This tiny image is called a favicon (or Favorites Icon), and with a little effort, you can create one of your own.
Delete networked files without caution dialog Learn a timesaving (but potentially dangerous) method of deleting files stored on networked volumes without going through the Finder's "are you sure?" warning dialog.
Bugs & Fixes: Snow Leopard's Spelling Ignore button is ignored After upgrading to Snow Leopard, have you noticed that words continue to be flagged as potentially incorrect even after you've clicked the Ignore button in the Spelling Checker? Ted Landau gets to the root of the problem.
The secret to spooky jack-o-lantern photos Show off your ghoulish creation with these simple photography tricks.
Restore your old pictures with iPhoto Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.
See icon previews in folder Quick Look windows Learn how to see a rotating set of icon previews for files within folders in Quick Look mode - perhaps not terribly useful, but visually intriguing
Five unexpected uses for the Esc key The Esc key has long been the “get me outta here” panacea for many things: canceling a dialog box, getting rid of a button-less splash screen, you name it. (Esc is, after all, short for "escape.") Here’s a handful of less-than-obvious solutions the Esc key provides.