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UPDATE: Apple Workaround for iTunes HD content displaying white screen using Apple TV

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Some people are reporting issues while trying to play HD content purchased from the iTunes Store on their Apple TVs. Although in many cases similar to this, the easiest suspect is the content itself. MacFixIt user Mark Lilienthal has discovered that the Apple TV has restrictions regarding how it's setup and how it displays HD content:

UPDATE: If you are experiencing this issue (with HD content or otherwise), try these steps from a recently modified Apple KB Article:

1. With your television still on, restart the Apple TV by disconnecting the power cable from … Read more

Adobe to drop support for Creative Suite 3 in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Reports across the Web suggest that Adobe is dropping support for their popular desktop publishing software, Creative Suite 3, in the newest version of the Mac OS X, 10.6, being released Friday.

Adobe's Principal Product Manager for Photoshop, John Nack, reports on his blog that support for Adobe CS3 will be dropped in the upcoming release of Snow Leopard, citing the need to devote resources to supporting CS4 and developing the future CS5.

Backlash has already begun as Adobe's pricey software is one that supports a community with more than a few "… Read more

Last-minute user questions about Snow Leopard, part 1

Written by Topher Kessler

With Snow Leopard's release just around the corner (and some pre-ordered copies being on-track to ship soon if not already), many people are coming forth with last-minute questions about the OS, its install process, requirements, and support for third-party devices. In the next couple of days I will post some of these to help people think about what might be needed before upgrading.

Will my scanner/printer/other device work with Snow Leopard?

Snow Leopard contains many drivers for third-party devices such as printers and scanners; however, full support for these devices is up to … Read more

Preparing for 10.6 Snow Leopard: the 64-bit reality

Written by Topher Kessler

Apple has announced that Snow Leopard will be available on the 28th of this month, which is only a few days away. In the mean time there are a lot of questions regarding 64-bit computing which are surfacing all over the internet since Apple has gone through great lengths to tout this technology in their latest operating system. So what exactly is 64-bit computing?

64-bit development at Apple

Starting with the PowerMac G5, Apple introduced 64-bit computing to the Mac platform, but software had not caught up with it. Apple made small modifications to Mac OS … Read more

Letterbox: view Mail in widescreen mode

Written by Topher Kessler

Apple's Mail email client is a great and widely used program that shows the mailboxes section to the left, with the message list and message viewer on top of each other to the right. While this layout works great for the most part, there are many people who might benefit from or desire to have the layout in column view.

Unfortunately Apple does not provide ways to change the interface layout in Mail, but the Mail plugin "letterbox," by Aaron Harnly, is an add-on that will allow for Mail to move the message … Read more

Migration Assistant leaves 'Open With' options for programs not installed on new Mac

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Users who transfer their old data with Mac OS X 10.5.x Migration Assistant may experience an issue when attempting to use the 'Open With' function in Finder where programs from their previous machine show up, despite not being installed on the new system.

This issue can arise when users transfer their accounts from their previous Mac to their new Mac using Migration Assistant. In this Apple Support Discussions thread, user "bbhh" describes his issue:

"I just set up my brand new 24" imac. I used migration assistant from my 15.… Read more

Barebones software releases TextWrangler 3.0

Written by Topher Kessler

A good text editor is a must for people who edit formatted text files such as plists, html, and other code files. While there are a plethora of text editors out there that each have their unique benefits, a popular one I use all the time is TextWrangler from BareBones software. It is free and has just been updated to version 3.0.

TextWrangler is a stripped down version of the powerful BBEdit text editor, and is quite useful for everyday coding and editing of text files. In this latest version BareBones has added a slew … Read more

UPDATE: Workaround for iPhoto 8.1 sync issues with iTunes, iPhone

Edited by Joe Aimonetti

Several users are reporting difficulty syncing their iPhones to iPhoto '09 following the latest iPhoto update, 8.1. Users are experiencing the error code (-50).

Update: It appears as though the bug in iPhoto, which was causing iPhoto Albums to not show up properly in iTunes when attempting to sync photos to your iPhone or iPod touch, is due to corrupt data in iPhoto Slideshows following the iPhoto 8.1 update. Users have found that deleting their iPhoto Slideshows solved the (-50) error in iTunes. This Apple Support Discussions thread reports the many variations of this … Read more

Passwords not saving in keychain

Written by Topher Kessler

Many times when you log into a network resource or access a system setting you will be prompted for a password, with the option to save the password in your keychain. This convenience allows you to access common items without needing to enter passwords every time you with to access those items; however, sometimes certain problems may prevent the system from properly retrieving the password.

Apple discussion poster "Damon S." writes:

"I have been having an issue with my MacBook refusing to remember the password for my Time Capsule. I have an external … Read more

Snow Leopard system requirements

Written by Topher Kessler

Apple has announced Snow Leopard's availability, and have links to it from their website's home page. Since this announcement, there have been many inquiries about whether or not a certain system will run the new operating system.

The basic requirements for Snow Leopard are as follows:

An Apple computer with an Intel Processor 1GB of Memory (RAM) 5GB of hard drive space (Storage) DVD drive for installation

The full set of system requirements can be found at Apple's website at the following page: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html.

While the DVD … Read more