About Macs: Reader's Choice Awards 2010 Winners

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Macs Macs Basics Reviews Tips & Tricks From Tom Nelson, your Guide to Macs March came in like a lion here in New England, with heavy snowfalls and flooding rains. But even a brief power outage couldn't keep us from tallying up the votes for the 2010 version of the Reader's Choice Awards. The bad weather has us dreaming of spring, which is just around the corner, and a new crop of Macs, which we hope is also just around the corner. There were already rumors of new Mac Pros and MacBook Pros; interesting rumors about Mac mini updates have been added to the mix. Reader's Choice Awards 2010 Winners: Macs It's time to announce the winners of the Reader's Choice Awards 2010. This year's nominations and voting were thrilling to watch, with various nominees in the lead, only to see another contender close ranks or shoot ahead. In some cases, the battle was a seesaw event, with the lead changing hands multiple times during voting... Read more Add, Delete, and Resize Existing Volumes With Disk Utility The version of Disk Utility bundled with OS X 10.5 and later has a few notable new features, in particular, the ability to add, delete, and resize hard drive partitions without first erasing the hard drive. If you need a slightly larger partition, or you would like to split a drive into multiple partitions, you can do it with Disk Utility, without losing the data that's currently stored on the drive... Read more Folder Actions: Be Notified When a Folder is Updated OS X's Folder Actions feature lets you assign AppleScripts to be executed whenever a monitored folder experiences a change, such as the addition of a file. This is a fantastic workflow automation tool that you can use in a myriad different ways. The key to successful workflow automation with Folder Actions is a repetitive task or event. In order to implement Folder Actions, you must create an AppleScript to perform the task for you. AppleScript is OS X's built-in scripting language. It's somewhat easy to learn, but teaching you how to create your own AppleScripts is beyond the scope of this tip. Instead, we'll use one of the pre-made AppleScripts included with OS X... Read more Getting Surround Sound From Your Mac to Your AV Receiver Using your Mac as an HTPC (Home Theater PC) is pretty easy, right out of the box. Hook your Mac up to your HDTV and settle in to watch your favorite movies or TV shows. There is, however, one little quirk that sometimes leads people to think their Mac can't handle movies with 5.1 surround sound... Read more Macs Ads Winners Young Harris Mini Macs Peace Prize Winners Teen Authors Featured Articles Apple Support: What's Your Experience With Apple Support Review: Adobe Lightroom 2 Using Your Mac's System Preferences Exposing Expose's Hidden Features How to Perform a Clean Install of Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 Your Mac Desktop: Show Us Your Mac Desktop   More from About.com Managing Dog Behavior Problems Understanding common dog behavior problems like barking, biting, and chewing is key to handling them appropriately. More > Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Keep yourself, and your family, happy and healthy this fall with these tips. More > This newsletter is written by: Tom Nelson Macs Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Macs newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Recent News and Events Rumor: Apple to Add Video Streaming to Its Cloud-Based Storage New Mac mini and HDMI: It Could Happen Yummy FTP 1.8.2: Tom's Budget Software Pick Advertisement