4 Reasons to Not Update to Mac OS X 10.5.8

Apple just released Mac OS X 10.5.8 and many users have updated without any problems. After cloning my Mac OS X 10.5.7 drive, I updated my old PPC Mini and tested the new version of the system. Although Mac OS X 10.5.8 installed and started up without any problems, I found some serious issues that convinced me to revert back to Mac OS X 10.5.7. You might not have the same issues since system configurations differ, but you might find it useful to know what problems can exist with Mac OS X 10.5.8.

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4 Alternatives to a Mouse for Mac OS X Users

If you work for long hours on a computer, you might be concerned about wrist injuries that can occur as a result of continually using a mouse. There are some alternatives available that can give your wrist a rest while still letting you use your Mac computer efficiently.

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5 Ways to Enjoy Screen Savers on a Mac

Usually people only use screen savers when a computer is idle, but some screen savers are so enjoyable that they can provide visual relief from work sessions. In this list, I briefly describe some ways to enjoy screen savers.

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5 Essential Steps to Take Before Updating Mac OS X

Apple just released the Mac OS X 10.5.6 update and I thought this would be a good time to give my advice to users who want to install the update. I've been using Mac OS X since its early starts and I always use caution when installing updates. The extra time I've invested in being careful has paid off - I've never had an update go wrong and I've installed more than 25 updates in that time span. If you follow my advice, you, too, should have nothing but successful updating experiences.

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5 Ways to Create Signatures in Apple's Mail Program

I like having special signatures for different email messages that I send so I've set up signatures in Mail's preferences. However, when Apple introduced Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), the ability to add hyperlinks to the Signatures preferences pane stopped working (it works in 10.4). I keep hoping that Apple will fix this bug, but, unfortunately, it still doesn't work in 10.5.5. I have, however, found some solutions to the problem and in this post, I describe 5 ways to add formatted signatures to Mail, including signatures with hyperlinks and images.

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8 Ways to Use Quick Look

One of the great new features of Leopard is Quick Look. With Quick Look, you can view images, documents and media files just by pressing the spacebar. If you're using Leopard, you've probably tried Quick Look in the Finder, but that's not the only place you can use it. Quick Look saves me time everyday as I use it in the Finder, in Mail, in Time Machine, and in third-party applications. In this post, I briefly describe 8 ways you can use Quick Look.

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