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Fix and prevent iPhone freezes and crashes

Freezes and crashes are generic iPhone problems that can occur in any iPhone software, from Safari to Maps. In this excerpt from Take Control of Your iPhone, Ted Landau explains how to recover from freezes and crashes and how to avoid them in the first place.

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  • Fix and prevent iPhone freezes and crashes
    Freezes and crashes are generic iPhone problems that can occur in any iPhone software, from Safari to Maps. In this excerpt from Take Control of Your iPhone, Ted Landau explains how to recover from freezes and crashes and how to avoid them in the first place.
  • Disable the 10.5 X11 warning-on-quit dialog
    If you use X11 in OS X 10.5, you’re probably annoyed by its new ‘are you sure?’ warning whenever you try to quit the program. Learn how to disable it.
  • Bugs & Fixes: Apple TV network and authorization hassles
    Is your Apple TV not showing up in iTunes? Are you getting error messages when you attempt to sync your Apple TV? Ted Landau covers these troubles in the latest installment of Bugs & Fixes.
  • Open Mail links in the background
    Here’s a quick tip on how to make Mail open links in your browser while keeping the browser in the background.
  • Songwriting with GarageBand
    Jim Dalrymple’s efforts to create his first record album on a Mac continue, with a glimpse into the songwriting process. When it comes to composing music, GarageBand takes on a leading role.
  • Liven up your tracks with artwork
    The quickest way to find a CD in a pile of jewel cases is by looking for its cover. Similarly, you can use Cover Flow in iTunes to scroll through your songs and albums, and the iPod lets you do the same thing; the iPod touch and iPhone even let you flick through a Cover Flow view with your fingertip.
  • Windows and AirPort's Equivalent Network Password
    Windows wants your AirPort base station's key code. Here's how to find it.
  • Sleep displays via the keyboard in 10.5
    Learn an undocumented keyboard shortcut to quickly sleep your display(s).
  • Working Mac: Corral group calendars
    The version of iCal included with OS X 10.5 (Leopard)—version 3—has some surprisingly powerful features for managing group schedules—whether you’re trying to organize a family or a large business.
  • Geek Factor: Leopard’s Unix tricks
    Mac OS X 10.5 includes a number of changes to its Unix core, perhaps more than in any prior OS X release. Here are my picks for the five most interesting and useful ones.
  • Working Mac: Set up your OS X calendar server
    OS X Server 10.5 includes iCal Server, a full-featured yet easy-to-configure CalDAV server. Beyond the ordinary requirements for OS X Server, though, iCal Server has some additional qualifications.
  • Working Mac: Set up a free CalDAV server
    Apple’s Darwin Calendar Server (DCS) is a free, open-source CalDAV server that works with iCal. It’s not the only one, but it’s a good choice—as long as you don’t mind a bit of command-line tinkering.
  • Working Mac: Preview’s hidden powers
    Now you can enhance your images, annotate and merge PDFs, print multiple images on one page, and more—all without opening a specialized (and often expensive) image editor or PDF tool. Read on to discover eight great things you can do with Preview.
  • Geek Factor: Automating Word 2008
    We didn’t have for all of Joe Kissell’s AppleScripts for Word 2008 in the magazine. Here are three more. These scripts are all in the enclosed download file.
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  • Fix and prevent iPhone freezes and crashes
    Freezes and crashes are generic iPhone problems that can occur in any iPhone software, from Safari to Maps. In this excerpt from Take Control of Your iPhone, Ted Landau explains how to recover from freezes and crashes and how to avoid them in the first place.
  • Disable the 10.5 X11 warning-on-quit dialog
    If you use X11 in OS X 10.5, you’re probably annoyed by its new ‘are you sure?’ warning whenever you try to quit the program. Learn how to disable it.
  • Bugs & Fixes: Apple TV network and authorization hassles
    Is your Apple TV not showing up in iTunes? Are you getting error messages when you attempt to sync your Apple TV? Ted Landau covers these troubles in the latest installment of Bugs & Fixes.
  • Open Mail links in the background
    Here’s a quick tip on how to make Mail open links in your browser while keeping the browser in the background.
  • Songwriting with GarageBand
    Jim Dalrymple’s efforts to create his first record album on a Mac continue, with a glimpse into the songwriting process. When it comes to composing music, GarageBand takes on a leading role.
  • Movie rentals still shy of 1,000
    Six weeks after the self-imposed 1,000-iTunes-movie-rentals deadline, the Store remains understocked.
  • Sleep displays via the keyboard in 10.5
    Learn an undocumented keyboard shortcut to quickly sleep your display(s).
  • Working Mac: Corral group calendars
    The version of iCal included with OS X 10.5 (Leopard)—version 3—has some surprisingly powerful features for managing group schedules—whether you’re trying to organize a family or a large business.
  • Geek Factor: Leopard’s Unix tricks
    Mac OS X 10.5 includes a number of changes to its Unix core, perhaps more than in any prior OS X release. Here are my picks for the five most interesting and useful ones.
  • Working Mac: Set up your OS X calendar server
    OS X Server 10.5 includes iCal Server, a full-featured yet easy-to-configure CalDAV server. Beyond the ordinary requirements for OS X Server, though, iCal Server has some additional qualifications.
  • Working Mac: Set up a free CalDAV server
    Apple’s Darwin Calendar Server (DCS) is a free, open-source CalDAV server that works with iCal. It’s not the only one, but it’s a good choice—as long as you don’t mind a bit of command-line tinkering.
  • Working Mac: Preview’s hidden powers
    Now you can enhance your images, annotate and merge PDFs, print multiple images on one page, and more—all without opening a specialized (and often expensive) image editor or PDF tool. Read on to discover eight great things you can do with Preview.
  • Changing the short username in Leopard
    If you’ve got a reason to change your short username, Leopard offers a few options for doing so, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Dan Frakes helps you choose the right approach.
  • Geek Factor: Automating Word 2008
    We didn’t have for all of Joe Kissell’s AppleScripts for Word 2008 in the magazine. Here are three more. These scripts are all in the enclosed download file.
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