There are a lot of new features in Windows SharePoint Services v3. The first thing that most Mac users will notice is an updated user interface that renders much better on the Mac in both Firefox and ...

Software is abstract and non-tactile by its very nature. It can be difficult to see what it is doing and why it may be misbehaving. To get a better view of software, we often use tools like gdb, leaks ...

In January 2006, Apple moved from PowerPC processors to Intel processors. This brought with it a number of changes to the way that a Macintosh works. These changes involved the move from the IBM ...

It's been quite a while since we presented a top ten list of support questions so this month we'll do just that. URL addresses to useful resources mentioned in the ...

With Office 2008 on the horizon, Microsoft has recently begun to push AppleScript as an alternative automation technology to Visual Basic macros in the Office applications. Moving forward, Visual ...

Volume Number: 22 (2006) Issue Number: 5 Column Tag: MacTech Labs Office 2004 Benchmarks on Intel-based Macs How well does Office 2004 run on Rosetta technology? by the MacTech Editorial Staff The Big ...

The Apple “Hierarchical File System” is a major advance in Macintosh technology. From the programmer's standpoint, HFS is an an extension to the current file manager. Many calls are the same, some ...

Windows in a Windows world... Microsoft products for Windows are made to work together - seamlessly. Windows users can log in to workstations with their Active Directory credentials and from that ...

The API for contextual menu plugins is different in OS X than in OS 8/9. It's COM-compatible--it's based on Microsoft's Component Object Model. That should be enough to scare you off, but don't let it ...

Many in the Mac IT community will recall the Windows NT revolution and its impact on Apple's place in the market. Microsoft began heavily promoting NT, selling its centralized management capabilities ...