Category Archives: Apple

Mac.com still down

Posted on July 10, 2008 by alan

If you ever wondered why no one uses mac.com for anything important… It’s been down for a couple of days now. And it’s me.com replacement isn’t there yet either. .Mac as always been the most un-Apple thing in Apple’s product … Continue reading →

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OS X 10.5.3 Released

Posted on May 28, 2008 by alan

Shiny! I bet there’s plenty of iPhone 2.0 stuff in there. Smart move making it available well before the WWDC.

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New Stuff – Airport Extreme

Posted on May 21, 2008 by alan

I’ve been wanting one for a while, and the latest firmware allows Time Machine backups to attached disks, so on Monday I bought it from Amazon. It also has a cool trick of running a DHCP server while being a … Continue reading →

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Suite Blogging

Posted on April 29, 2008 by alan

You wouldn’t believe the room I got at the HI Express in La Mesa. If you have to visit the People’s Republic of California, this ain’t a bad way to go. Those are two king size beds, and there’s a … Continue reading →

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Why I buy Apple Care

Posted on April 28, 2008 by alan

Normally I don’t buy extended warranties. I make an exception for expensive portable electronics. My two year old MacBook Pro that died Saturday needed it’s logic board replaced. (otherwise know as the mother board). If I didn’t have Apple Care … Continue reading →

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MBP interruptus

Posted on April 27, 2008 by alan

Saturday night my MacBook Pro froze, then after the six second power off, refused to boot. I tried all the troubleshooting tricks, but no luck. The Genius at the Apple Store said it was the hard drive. I told him … Continue reading →

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Product Recommendation: JungleDisk

Posted on February 15, 2008 by alan

I’ve been using JungleDisk for a week or so and I already can’t live without it. JungleDisk is a front end to Amazon’s S3 service and it runs on your computer as a WebDAV server. Of course I use the … Continue reading →

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Why I might be buying a MacBook Air

Posted on January 20, 2008 by alan

The original title of this post was “Why I won’t be buying a MacBook Air” but for every reason I came up with why the MBA couldn’t possibly do “X” I thought of a way it could. As of the … Continue reading →

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