The September issue of About This Particular Macintosh is now available for your reading pleasure. Wes examines the kerfluffle du jour in the Mac blogosphere, that of the supposed Airport wi-fi hack which, as more and more evidence is examined, appears to be a complete fake. It's a shame that this falsehood had to be propagated at the same time Apple's World Wide Developers Conference was going on. In the offering is another double dose from Mark, who looks at the power of the press when it comes to a conflict resolution, and the trickle-down effect of broadband access in the United Kingdom. Ted discusses new business models, as they pertain to the outlining community, holding up Hog Bay's Mori as an example, in this month's ATPO. Chuck takes a break from showing you how to get more out of FileMaker, and instead offers a roundup of what's new in the newly-released FileMaker Pro 8.5. Miraz Jordan continues her look at development tools that can make pages which meet basic standards for Web accessibility, this time giving RapidWeaver the what-for. If you're interested in running Classic Mac software on your Intel Mac, Chuck shows you how in this month's How To section. This month's desktop pictures are again brought to us courtesy of Robert Reis. These photos of the rolling German countryside were taken during Robert's recent trip to Deutschland for the World Cup. Matthew takes the PowerPC-only Guest PC for a spin, while Ellyn decided to talk to her computer this month. She was reviewing iListen after all. Lee examines the TVMax and TVMicro from Miglia, and Wes looks at the very interesting WriteRoom, which will be getting its own workout on phischbowl computing systems. As usual, you can read the latest issue of ATPM online, or in one of three other formats. We aim to please.

The August issue of About This Particular Macintosh is now available. Wes kicks things off by noting in this month's Bloggable that we still really don't have much to discuss in the Mac blogosphere but the departure of Pilgrim and Doctorow from the Mac-using citizenry. My hunch is that Apple's World Wide Developers Conference is going to change that very shortly. The plenteous Mark Tennent is tired of all the beeping in the world, and wishes Apple would turn its interface design skills loose on washers, dryers, and car radios. He'd also like to see a new sort of computer expo, where systems could be tested, real world-style, much like the test drive of an automobile before purchase. Publisher, editor-in-chief, developer, hiker, and all-around nice guy Michael Tsai returns to the pages of ATPM with a look at Mac OS X's increasing stability. Miraz Jordan continues her series on web accessiblity, this time putting Sandvox under the microscope. Sylvester is making good use of the summertime, cannonballing in to the world of Automator. Angus Wong ponders the new Zune music player from Microsoft, and the notion of corporate character. Sylvester uses all of that Automator learning to send automated birthday greetings. ATPM reader Robert Reis traveled to Germany to cheer on Trinidad & Tobago in the FIFA World Cup, and was kind enough to share some of his shots with us for this month's desktop pictures selection. Lee spends a good deal of time in InDesign, so he was a shoo-in for the review of O'Reilly's Adobe InDesign CS2 One On One. Paul upgrades his home entertainment center with the addition of Elgato's EyeTV 250, and, fittingly enough, the Sylvester Roque edition of ATPM closes with his review of the how-to book, Keep It Simple With GarageBand. We have several open positions on the ATPM staff, and we're looking to add regular reviewers to our stable of writers. If you're interested, please [drop us a line](mailto:editor@atpm.com?subject=Reviews Writer).

I like iCal's alarm features, but there is one feature request I have: I'd like to have both an e-mail sent and have an alarm message pop up on screen. For now, it's an either/or proposition, and which one I select depends on the type of event I need the reminder for, and when said event takes place. Having the option of setting both types of alarms covers all of the bases.

MacJournals recently released the third installment of its 2005-2006 MDJ Power 25. The Power 25 is a ranking of the twenty-five most influential persons with regard to the Macintosh platform. These persons are voted on by a select group of Apple insiders, developers, and media types. In the "Unheralded" section of the final installment, MDJ had this to say:

Only writers from TidBITS and Macworld made the list again, blanking out the talented staffs at print publications like MacAddict and at online journals such as About This Particular Macintosh (whose editor, Michael Tsai, is also the author of DropDMG and SpamSieve, two best-of-class shareware products). I have long thought that we have a fantastic staff working on ATPM, one reason why I continue my involvement with the publication. Unlike the other publications noted in the MDJ quote, our staff is all-volunteer; we all have "real" jobs. (Well, most of us do, any way.) Each month our writers churn out reviews and how-to columns, as well as opinion pieces, you won't find anywhere else. We don't regurgitate product specs and marketing materials, throwing in a few hours of the product use. We live with these items, attempting to integrate them in to our daily workflow or play time. Many a reader has told us how much they like our publication because of that depth. We strive, each issue, to be the "e-zine about the personal computing experience". I feel as though this publication is, in a way, an extension of my family, and I always like to see my family's work recognized and appreciated. Thanks, Matt, for the recognition. Kudos, and thanks, to the staffers of About This Particular Macintosh. You guys and gals rock.

The July issue of About This Particular Macintosh is now available. Paper or plastic? Wes ponders the news of Mark Pilgrim's publicized switch from the Mac OS to Ubuntu Linux, as well as the ensuing conversations around the blogosphere. He also points to items on OS X's kernel, the Apple v Does case, Apple conspiracy theories, John C. Dvorak's admission that he trolls for Mac users, and Windows Vista running on a MacBook Pro. We have another double-dose from the prolific Mark Tennent, who loves Call of Duty, but wonders where Apple's next design inspiration will be springing from. Ted takes a rabbit trail off the outlining pathway in this month's ATPO, exploring some of the nature and philosophy behind outlining. Chuck looks at script parameters and results for you FileMaker jocks. Miraz Jordan notes how iWeb's current incarnation isn't a friend to web accessibility, and Sylvester gets around to using Automator. This month's desktop pictures are of Alaska, and are courtesy of John Lowrey. Some of you may know John from Northern Softworks. I have several of John's photos in my desktop rotation, and we thank him for sharing his work with our readers. This month's Cortland features a radical departure as artist Matt Johnson explores a corner of the web comics universe. Looking for a solution to his DVD-burning needs, Chuck reviews DiscBlaze, then turns his attention to Dobry Backuper, which, if you failed to infer from its title, is yet another data backup app. Wes wasn't blown away by Google Map Hacks, while Matthew attempts to find out if he indeed did assassinate the President in XIII. I hope ATPM offers some cool news as the northern hemisphere slides through the hot days of summer, and as always, we thank our readers for...well, reading.

The June issue of About This Particular Macintosh is now available. Mirko von Berner celebrates the new MacBook in this month's cover art. Wes Meltzer waxes nostalgic on the Mac blogosphere's round-up of the MacBook, as well as noting Apple's new commercials, Microsoft Vista delays, and other blog posts of interest to Mac users. Mark Tennent has a triple dose of MacMuser for us this month: Mac vs Windows network printing; the value of iDisk; and how black is the new black. In this issue's FileMaking, Chuck devles in to FileMaker scripting. Sylvester ponders the modern technological conundrum of the digital lifestyle not always being all it's cracked up to be. Chris Lawson offers us another dose of photos from last year's Oshkosh AirVenture event for this month's desktop pictures section. This set features some of my favorite prop planes: the P-51 Mustang, aptly named "Gunfighter"; the P-40 Warhawk, defender of Chinese airspace in the days before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; the P-47 Thunderbolt; Supermarine's Spitfire, defender of Britian's skies; and the venerable DC-3. In this month's Cortland, Todd lands a date and a job interview on the same night, but neither is what it seems. Plus, Chad is taken down a notch by the Boss Control Squad. Paul reviews photo manipulation newcomer PhotoComplete, while Wes has a double-shot look at products from Waterfield Design. If you're not a briefcase type, such as moi, you may want to give the Racer-X a look; it could change your feelings about briefcases. But if you go with the Racer-X, or any of Waterfield's other cases, you'll want to use their SleeveCase in conjunction with the larger bag. My PowerBook rides in a SleeveCase, no matter what other bag I use, and I second Wes's recommendation, though unlike our Mr. Metlzer, I prefer the full flap on the SleeveCase. What happens when worms gear up with mil-spec hardware and wage war? Worms 3D, of course, which our Matthew Glidden puts through its paces. Eric runs Yojimbo through the wringer to close out the June issue, available any way you like.

So it's all over the Mac blogosphere and online news world: the iBook replacement has been released, and as many reckoned, it is simply called MacBook. Available in the snow white we've all come to know and love, as well as in black-is-the-new-black black, the new MacBook features either a 1.83 or 2 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up to 2 GB of RAM, starts with an 60 GB hard drive, going up to 120 GB, comes with the same MagSafe power adapter as the MacBook Pro, has a 13.3-inch screen with a 1280 x 800 resolution, and can be had with either a Combo optical drive, or the DVD-burning SuperDrive. The new MacBook has a built-in iSight, and features integrated Intel graphics which shares the system's main memory, a deal-killer for me personally. To the joy of a lot of Mac users, Apple has now released all of its products from mirroring-only on an external monitor, as the MacBook joins the Intel-based iMac in supporting extended desktop on an external display. The MacBook can drive up to a 23-inch display through it's Mini-DVI port, which requires an adapter for full DVI or VGA compatibility. One FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, Airport Extreme, and built-in Bluetooth round out the package. Just as with the MacBook Pro and iMac, a modem is now optional, external, and costs $49. It should be noted that the black MacBook is only available with the 2 GHz Core Duo, and features a $200 markup over its white brethren; this gets you a baseline 80 GB hard drive instead of a 60 GB model. Otherwise, you're paying extra for the alternative color. Still, I believe Apple is going to sell a ton of both, and will be hard pressed to keep black models in stock. Time will tell if the black cases are as susceptible to scratching as their similarly-colored iPod cousins. I'd love a black MacBook in the future, but I have a problem with integrated graphics and their sharing of the system memory. It may be an irrational dislike, but it keeps my eye on the 15-inch MacBook Pro, with hope that the new MacBook signals a 13.3-inch version in the Pro series.