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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 [...]
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.
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(Via Infinite Loop.)
Educational Technology
University: Trade in your Winbook for a MacBook
03.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

University: Trade in your Winbook for a MacBook: “
Filed under: Apple Corporate, iPod Family, Apple, iPhone
Oklahoma Christian University (OC) joins Abilene Christian University in becoming the second school in so many weeks to ‘go Mac.’
When OC students (and faculty) return to school this summer, they’ll be issued shiny new MacBooks. That’s great, but consider [...]
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 [...]
Macs
Mac OS X Leopard Edition: The Missing Manual
02.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I first came in contact with this series with 10.2 Jaguar. They contain a ton of great information, and I’ve always found them a great resource. Plus, they’re written by David Pogue. His writing style is both funny and informative. If you’re looking for a good desktop reference for supporting the client side of Leopard, [...]
Mac OS Server, Macs
Leopard Help - Take Control of Permissions in Leopard
02.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

By Eric Danley
In Leopard the way permissions are handled were changed from straight POSIX to default ACLs. (Thats not totally accurate, but a good summation.) ACL Problems have already caused me plenty of headaches in my limited rollout of Leopard. The Mac Observer has found a $10 ebook that may help solve some of this [...]
Educational Technology, Macs
Find Out How: Guided Video Tours from Apple
01.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Apple has launched a new website entitled “Find Out How.” The new site is filled with video tutorials on everything from Installing Windows, to Publishing a Movie to YouTube, to Making a Spreadsheet in Numbers. They are all well crafted and reminiscent of the iPhone getting started video that came out before the phone was [...]