New and Noteworthy: Apple's Time Machine: Forward into the past?; Dashboard amnesty granted to Google Home gadgets

Apple's Time Machine: Forward into the past? Computerworld says that the new backup component of Mac OS X 10.5 represents a paradigm shift. "One of the smartest concepts that comes from building in Time Machine at the operating system level is that Apple was able create Time Machine APIs that developers can use in individual applications. This means that an application has access to past files, configurations or chunks of data -- and users won't need to leave that application to access lost, changed or deleted items. Instead, they can simply click the Time Machine icon while still in the application and, using the same two-arrow interface, go through previous incarnations of the displayed information." More.

Dashboard amnesty granted to Google Home gadgets Ars Technica reports that Mesa Dynamics today announced the public beta of their "Amnesty Generator" software which allows you to select a webpage gadget, copy and paste its HTML code directly into the Amnesty Generator window, tweak some settings (if you wish) and generate a new widget with the click of a button. "From there, you can install your new widgets into Apple's Dashboard, Amnesty Widget Browser, or even convert them into a standalone OS X applications with Amnesty Singles." More.

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• Knowledge Base: Boot Camp Assistant is not compatible with disk partition utilities
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