I’m pleased to announce a new version of the MacTips Widget is available: Download v2.1.
There are some big changes in this version, like:
Smaller Logo and Ability for Widget to Get Much Smaller
Plus you can remove the search bar and post dates. Expect more options here in the future.

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I thought this was cool. The MacTips widget was featured on the iCreate CD as one of their top widgets.
If you’d like to check it out it’s issue #54. Here are some shots:

Speaking of the widget, expect a new release very soon. There are lots of new features so I need some beta testers. [...]

I thought it would be interesting to see everyone else’s desktops.
To take a screenshot of your desktop, press Command+Shift+3.
This saves an image of your active screen straight to your desktop. The filename generally starts with “Picture”.
To upload your screenshot, head on over to http://www.mactips.org/uploader.php.
Copy/Paste the code from the text box into the comment field.

Here’s my [...]

In celebration of reaching 10,000 subscribers–we’re giving away 2 iTunes gift certificates, $50 and $100. To win a certificate enter a suggestion for MacTips in the comments. Any suggestion at all. The two best suggestions win.
Today MacTips reached 10,000 subscribers for the first time, and it’s such an important milestone I wanted to take a [...]

You may have noticed the new logo on the site. I’m happy to announce MacTips.org is renaming itself to VistaTips.org. We’ve certainly had fun covering Mac products the past few years, but we believe the future is with Microsoft.
Sure, Macs are “cool” now, but what about 5 years from now? We just don’t see a [...]

A couple weeks ago I released the new MacTips Widget, and it has been extremely popular. Its hovered around position #15 on Apple’s Top 50 Widgets. This has brought thousands of new Mac visitors to the site, so I’d like to officially welcome all of you!
Unfortunately, there was an annoying bug in the widget that [...]

I’m proud to announce the MacTips widget has been completely rewritten and redesigned. Download Now!
If you’re using the old widget, this is a huge improvement.

This version offers tons of new features, including:

Full content of tips inside the widget! No more titles only.
Popular tab added to quickly sort and search through popular tips.
Resizable so images aren’t [...]

It’s the time of the month where we have to pay some bills to thank our sponsors. Sponsors allow us to pay the writers and continue providing quality tips for free.
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Note: This is not a mac tip, feel free to skip.
Social news and networking is all the rage, with a new social media site popping up nearly every week. Many of us already use the big sites, so I thought we could share our contact information and make a few friends in the Mac scene.
I’ll [...]

We’re proud to announce our very first contest here at MacTips–a T-Shirt Idea Contest.

We’re in the process of designing some Mac T-shirts and thought we would ask you for ideas. Let us have your best/worst/funny/strange/obscure T-shirt ideas and you could win a free t-shirt.
Here are some guidelines:

You can submit as many ideas as you [...]