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Macs

• Educational Technology, Macs

  Back to School: new iLearn ezine on using Macs in education

  08.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Back to School: new iLearn ezine on using Macs in education: “
  Filed under: Education

  TUAW’s going Back to School! We’ll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September.
  Reader Kelly T wrote in to give us a heads up about iLearn, a new ezine devoted to [...]

• Mac OS Server, Macs

  Firefox 3 and OS X Server

  06.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Firefox 3 and OS X Server: “
  Ed. Note: Perhaps a word of warning? Discuss.‘
  Firefox 3 appears to have issues with user accounts not located on the main drive.’ At the very least it cannot deal with a network user account being located on a remote OS X Server.
  When I updated to Firefox 3, I immediately [...]

• Educational Technology, Macs

  Free iPod Touch with Mac Purchase for College Students?

  06.02.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This is an aggressive move to woo College students yes, but I think the second half of the Mac Rumors post nails it. This is an attempt to get the touch platform into the hands of more people. With the 3G iPhone sure to come out next week, and the official release of the iPhone [...]

• Educational Technology, Macs

  Official Google Mac Blog: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts

  05.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is great news, as my district is transitioning to Google Apps for education for the 2008-2009 school year. Of note, Address Book now syncs with Yahoo and Microsoft Exchange as well. I also expect this is foreshadowing of features in iPhone 2.0 as well.
  Official Google Mac Blog: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google [...]

• Educational Technology, Macs

  A low cost guide to making music with your Mac, part one

  05.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A low cost guide to making music with your Mac, part one: “
  Filed under: Audio, Hardware, How-tos, Tips and tricks
  It’s well known that Macs have always been favored by musicians. And why not? Macs are the only computers that come from the factory with a starter-level digital audio workstation, or DAW as the hip [...]

• Educational Technology, Macs

  Managing Office 2008

  05.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Managing Office 2008: “

  If you are thinking about deploying Microsoft Office 2008 in your environment, there are some preferences you should consider managing.
  Microsoft has provided a high-level overview here. But it’s short on details. Here’s a few…

  Many of the Office 2008 applications now use plist files to store their preferences. (A [...]

• Educational Technology, Macs

  Tablet PC, Mac style: a review of the Axiotron ModBook

  05.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tablet PC, Mac style: a review of the Axiotron ModBook: “

  The Axiotron ModBook is the only Mac-based tablet on the market, and it is finally shipping after a year’s worth of delays. Ars takes a look at how it performs, both as a tablet and as a Mac.

  Read More…

  (Via Ars Technica.)
  

• Macs

  Iowa school district handing out MacBooks to grades 5-12

  03.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Iowa school district handing out MacBooks to grades 5-12:
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  The Central City school district in Central City, Iowa will be distributing MacBooks to eight grades in the fall, complete with Mobile Learning Labs for the young’uns.
  Read More…

  (Via Infinite Loop.)
  

• Mac OS Server, Macs

  Training centers now offer Leopard certification

  02.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Training centers now offer Leopard certification:
  “CTA-affiliated training centers now offer two courses for IT professionals looking for Leopard certification.
  (Via Macworld News.)
  

• Mac OS Server, Macs

  macosxhints.com - 10.5: Flush DNS cache

  02.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Found this earlier this morning. If you need to dump you DNS cache, the process has changed from 10.4 to 10.5
  macosxhints.com - 10.5: Flush DNS cache:
  “I primarily work with web servers, and I use lookupd -flushcache all of the time to clear my DNS cache.
  This morning was moving some websites around using my [...]

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