Accelerate Your Mac News Archive for Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008

News Archive for Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008
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Mac Mini Core 2 Duo CPU Upgrades (chip swaps) page updated
I've updated the page on Mac Mini Core 2 Duo CPU Upgrades with a reader's notes on his 2GHz C2D T7200 CPU upgrade ($114 from ebay) to his (bought used) Mac Mini core solo. (There's rumors of a new Mini being announced at MWSF, hopefully they retain the socketed CPU.)

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Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac
(FYI - a reader Wednesday sent a warning on major problems some have had with upgrading Parallels to v4.0. See Parallels' Forum on Desktop for Mac OS for posts/threads. I've also posted a page with Parallels Desktop 4.0 Mac user reports and tips - with notes/suggestions from those that successfully upgraded.) Parallels has announced Desktop 4.0 for Mac with claimed 50% increase in windows performance, expanded DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.0 support, improved battery runtime for notebook users and more. V3.0 users can upgrade for 50% off the $79.99 list price until Nov. 30th. (Free upgrade if you bought Parallels 3 after Sept. 1st, 2008.) They also have a 15-day trial version.

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Other News/Articles and Mac Software Updates
2nd Gen iPod Touch has faster clock speed (532MHz) than iPhone 3G (412MHz) (translated japanese page) IBM Fears Papermaster Could Design Rival Apple Chips Parallels speeds up Windows on Macs with latest upgrade Hitachi also announces self-encrypting notebook hard drive smcFanControl 2.1.3 (fixes Buffer Overflow vulnerability) Coda 1.6 (one-window development environment) LinCity-NG 0.1.2 (Free clone of SimCity-2000 - not new but missed it previously) Toon Boom Animate 1.0 Pixelmator 1.3 Pocket Gnome 1.2.3 (Bot for repetitive tasks in WoW) Quick Tip Give Guests Access (Apple) Flawed AVG antivirus update cripples Windows XP PCs

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Updated Apple Support/Troubleshooting/How-To Docs
Xsan: Best practices for data integrity Xsan: Managing video production workflow in relation to Xsan Volume bandwidth Xsan: Guidelines for volume expansion Xsan: Compatibility of Xsan versions with Mac OS X versions Xsan 2, Promise VTrak RAID: Configuring for use in a video editing environment Xsan Help: Tips to avoid unexpected volume behavior Xsan Help: Changing a Controller's IP Address Xsan Help: Tips to avoid unexpected admin or client behavior Empty browser cache if issues occur after a MobileMe Mail service interruption

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Recent Articles and Reviews
Listing/links to recent articles and reviews you may have missed.

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