Bugs & Fixes: Screensavers in Snow Leopard

After a little wait, many third-party screensavers are now compatible with Snow Leopard. But there are glitches. Ted Landau has details.

Toggle sidebar visibility in all open Finder windowsUsing an AppleScript, create a Service (in 10.6) that will let you toggle the visibility of the sidebar in all open Finder windows. This also works in 10.5, but it's not quite as useful there, as the script can't fully hide the sidebar.
Review: The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 4Once you set it up, The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 4 will do the job for syncing a variety of types of data from a Windows Mobile 4 smartphone with your Mac.

Bugs & Fixes: Screensavers in Snow Leopard After a little wait, many third-party screensavers are now compatible with Snow Leopard. But there are glitches. Ted Landau has details.
Toggle sidebar visibility in all open Finder windows Using an AppleScript, create a Service (in 10.6) that will let you toggle the visibility of the sidebar in all open Finder windows. This also works in 10.5, but it's not quite as useful there, as the script can't fully hide the sidebar.
Open minimized windows in current space in Snow Leopard Learn a simple keyboard shortcut to release minimized windows into the active Space, instead of back into their original Space.
Enable global text replacements in Snow Leopard In Snow Leopard, text replacement must be enabled on a program by program basis. Use this hint to enable text replacements globally, at least in all programs that support them.
Bugs & Fixes: LaunchBar causes an unexpected surprise LaunchBar is an application (plus much more) par excellence. But a new feature in LaunchBar 5 has caused a headache for bug-finder Ted Landau.

Blowing past Comcast's bandwidth cap Glenn Fleishman took a bunch of online backup services for a spin, and inadvertently destroyed his Comcast terms of service. Oops.
The end of the road for a favored text editor With Smultron reaching the end of its active development life, Rob Griffiths discusses the personal nature of choosing a text editor.
How have you customized OS X? We want to know: How do you manage such basic housekeeping chores as managing files and launching applications? How have you arranged your workspace so it works best for you?
Opinion: Skipping another serving of Toast Toast 10 was announced, but is the upgrade cost justified?
Screen savers live! If you thought that screen savers died out in the '90s, or if Mac OS X is limited to Apple's built-in screen savers, think again. Dan Frakes has 13 -- count 'em! -- great screen savers for Mac OS X in this week's Macworld Video.