Reprinted from TidBITS#1005/30-Nov-2009 with permission. Copyright (C) 2009, TidBITS. All rights reserved. http://www.tidbits.com/ TidBITS#1005/30-Nov-2009 ======================== Issue link: It's time to vote in our annual Gift Guide survey! Also, Matt Neuburg returns to update his investigations into Snow Leopard problems this week, noting that Apple has made the increasing deprecation of creator codes official and explaining how to eliminate Snow Leopard's Finder-copying bug. Doug McLean revisits old territory too, covering how iPhoto 8.1.1 fixes the program's face recognition bug, while Adam looks at how Twitter has rephrased the question that greets posters to the microblogging service. Adam also describes a new interface to article summaries on the TidBITS Web site. In the Take Control world, Jeff Carlson contributes some of his favorite iPhone tips from his recently released "Take Control of Your iPhone Apps," and we announce the publication of "Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard." Notable software releases in the past two weeks include Server Admin Tools 10.6.2, 1Password 3.0, Snapz Pro X 2.2.2, WireTap Studio 1.1.0, PopChar X 4.3, Electric Sheep 2.7b19c, NoteBook 3.0v366, Camino 2.0, Mailplane 2.1, Apple Printer Driver Updates, and Fetch 5.5.3. Articles Snow Leopard's Creator-Code Snubbing Now Official New Ebook Explains Syncing and Solves Syncing Problems Vote in the 2009 TidBITS Gift Guide Survey iPhoto 8.1.1 Fixes Face Recognition Bug Twitter Stops Asking What You're Doing See TidBITS Article Summaries as Pop-up Balloons TomTom Car Kit Now Supports Original iPhone and iPod touch How to Fix Snow Leopard's Finder-Copying Bug 7 Essential iPhone/iPod touch Tips TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 30 November 2009 ExtraBITS for 30 November 2009 Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk for 30 November 2009 ------------ This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: -------------- * READERS LIKE YOU! Support TidBITS with a contribution today! Special thanks this week to Peter Adams, Bill Freese, Emko Witteveen, and Knut Vikör for their generous support! * Fetch Softworks: With Fetch 5.5, FTP and SFTP are simpler than ever. Use it on Mac OS X to upload, download, mirror, and manage your Web site, images, videos, and data sets. Download your free trial version! * WebCrossing Neighbors Creates Private Social Networks Create a complete social network with your company or group's own look. Scalable, extensible and extremely customizable. Take a guided tour today * Yojimbo 2.0 from Bare Bones Software: The effortless, reliable information organizer for Mac OS X. It will change your life, without changing the way you work. Try it today! * THE MISSING SYNC FOR iPHONE: Sync notes, tasks, files and documents between your iPhone or iPod touch and a Mac. The Missing Sync for iPhone provides two-way syncing over Wi-Fi. Learn more - * Microsoft's MacBU: Supporting Mac users with Office 2008. Is your Office up-to-date? Make sure you're running the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage by choosing Check for Updates from the Help menu of any Office application! * It's time to speak up with MacSpeech Dictate! Get the all-new MacSpeech Dictate with spelling and phrase training. Speech Recognition so good, the only thing it can't do is speak for you. Learn more at * StuffIt Deluxe 2010 gives you a free file-transfer service, built right into your Mac! Introducing StuffIt Connect, the easiest way to share large files online. Compress, secure, and send any file. Only $39.99 until 01-Dec-09! ---------- Help support TidBITS by supporting our sponsors ------------ .