Sweet — the About This Mac system app is getting updating in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. See tuaw.com for more information.
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From Bashful to iPad
A great writeup on the history of tablet computing at Apple, from 1983’s ‘bashful’ experiment: to the current iPad we know and love.

Hall of Fame iPhone Apps
If you’re looking for a great app for your iPhone/iPod touch, look no further than the iTunes App Store Hall of Fame: Angry Birds, Carcassonne, Flight Control, Instapaper, and Reeder all make my personal hall of fame choices. What are some of your favourite apps?
Upgrading to iPhoto 11 Issues
There’s been some reports of people upgrading to iLife 11 and the included iPhoto 11 wiping out their photo library. Be sure to have a complete backup (Time Machine or something else) of your photo library before doing any sort of upgrade, but especially this one it seems. There’s a tip on Macworld involving correcting the […]
ePub Export Added to Pages v4.04
Earlier today Apple released an update for iWork ’09 that squashes a number of bugs in the applications included (Keynote, Pages & Numbers) but one important added feature is the ability for Pages to export to the ePub format that Apple uses in their iBooks store and application. This allows anyone to publish an ePub […]
Quick Tips Tumblr
I’ve started a tumblr site for AboutThisMac.com that will be quick tips and tricks for the Mac and related accessories. Short and to the point, one off items that don’t warrant a full post on this page will start appearing at tips.aboutthismac.com. For the person that’s new to Mac/iPhone, hopefully there will be a few […]

Help Haiti, Get Great Mac Software
Indie+Relief is not only a great way to help out with the relief efforts in Haiti — it’s also a great list of the huge variety of indie software available for the Mac. If you’re new to the Mac and haven’t dipped your toe into the huge ocean of great independently developed software, this is […]
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Create a Folder Containing Your Current Selection
Create a folder containing your current selection by choosing File > New Folder with Selection or by pressing Control-Command-N (⌃⌘N).
Handy as hell.
Six Unexpected Uses for the Application Switcher
I didn’t know about half of these.
Tip: save a copy of your Mac’s Apple System Profiler report to your Dropbox folder. If your Mac dies you’ll have exactly what you lost.
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