Atomic Learning has put together a nice collection of videos for new Mac OS X users.
The tutorials explain the ins and outs of using Dashboard, Widgets, Searching, Spotlight and a whole lot more.
[Via TUAW]

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Many long-time iPod users notice the quick down-fall of their battery life after a couple of years. I personally know a couple different iPod owners who suffer from this problem. However, I’d like to note they all happen to be iPod nano mini users (coincidence?).
I’ve had my fourth generation iPod for a few years and [...]

Some much needed Monday morning humor–Steve Jobs announces the new iPod on SNL.

Hahaha…
[Via TUAW, MacSlash]

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A couple days ago, Google announced Google Analytics, an impressive looking website statistics service.
Since it’s launch, however, it’s had all kinds of problems–one of the bigger ones for us Safari users was the lack of graphs. For whatever reason they just weren’t showing up.
Commenter Gabriel Radic over at TUAW has the solution:
Try to force a [...]

Quickly switch between tabs in Adium using and .

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On Windows (:o), I was an avid Gaim user. It was simple, stable and provided enough flexibility to do exactly what I wanted.
After I switched to a Mac and first used iChat, I realized that I never wanted to use it again. It was not what I was looking for at all in an instant [...]

Yesterday, my roommate pointed out that while my Powerbook (G4) was closed, the light on the front would go from dim, to bright–over and over again.
The more I looked at it, the more it looked like the Powerbook was breathing.
Unfortunately the only Mac I have is a Powerbook, so hopefully someone else could confirm this [...]

Last night I needed to (quickly) find a way to record sound on my Powerbook.
With Google by my side, I quickly found Audacity:
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
Once it was downloaded and installed, it was as easy as hitting the big red [...]

Cool OSX Apps has showcased another useful app–Capacity Meter:
Capacity Meter displays and tracks information about your PowerBooks battery, including capacity, amperage, current, and voltage.
[Download Capacity Meter]

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macosxhints has the scoop on how to clear Safari’s history, cache, cookies and saved searches–with an AppleScript.
This is similar to Safari’s Private Browsing feature, however this lets you clear your browsing information at anytime.

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