Apple customer service – three times a lady
God, I hope someone gets these obscure references…
On Wednesday afternoon, I had the occasion to stop into my local Apple Store in Alpharetta, GA. The reason for my visit was that the hard drive in my Macbook Pro had given me quite a scare on Tuesday morning by failing to be recognized by the rest [...]
That’s hot (your Macbook, not you)
No, not you. You’re so vain, you probably think this post is about you. Don’t you?
Well it isn’t. It’s actually about the temperature of your Macbook/Pro. Today I found a site that offers users the opportunity to compare the heat of their Macbooks with those of other users.
http://www.intelmactemp.com
The idea is simple and elegant. Choose which [...]
AOL is still alive and releasing software
I know, I am as shocked as you. But they have released a new beta for their Desktop for Mac, which adds many innovative features that were implemented in other software a decade ago, including:
Speed: Installs in seconds and launches fast – so you can begin browsing immediately, without signing in.
Tabbed Organization: Tabs on browser [...]
iPhone copy/paste proof of concept video
This is how it should work. Well done and funny to boot.
iPhone Copy and Paste from lonelysandwich on Vimeo.
Technorati Tags: iphone, software, video
Macbook Air – remote disc OSX installer in 10.5.2
One of the questions about the Air and the Remote Disc process has been ‘how exactly does this work’?
Well, built-in to Leopard 10.5.2 is a new app called ‘Remote Install Mac OS X’, located in Utilities.
The program allows you to install OSX on an Air via the network (in the event you don’t have a [...]
iPhone 1.1.3 ’soft upgrade’ faq from NateTrue
NateTrue, the ‘rogue‘ iPhone dev team hacker extraordinaire, has put together a very handy FAQ that walks you through his 1.1.3 jailbreak. The guide is designed to alleviate the concerns of those who are contemplating the jailbreak.
Link to Nates FAQ
So far as the ‘rogue’ comment above…the linked site has this posted about Nates release of [...]
Barack Obama promises to stop iPod remorse
On Letterman last night Barack Obama made one campaign promise that all Apple fanboys and iPod owners can get behind: “I won’t let Apple release the new and improved iPod the day after you bought the previous model.”
via Gizmodo
Known issues with Office 2008
Found these today while researching something for work, then saw the same thing on MacOSXHints. Regardless, these are good links for anyone considering moving to Office 2008.
This is a fairly comprehensive (and surprisingly large) list of known issues in the ‘final’ product Microsoft shipped last week.
Known issues in:
Entourage 2008
PowerPoint 2008
Excel 2008
Word 2008
I’m glad they took [...]
Macbook Air: Perpetuating the myth
Which myth would that be, you ask?
You know, the one that says Apple products are proprietary and expensive and overvalued. The one that says that Apple customers only buy their products as status symbols – that they are zealots who will drink whatever Kool-Aid is poured from the pitcher that is Cupertino. ‘Apple owners [...]
Leopard 10.5.2, Airport EXTREME and Time Machine
[edit] D’oh! I meant Extreme, not Express. Old habits die hard…
For the past few days I’ve been tinkering with making Time Machine backup to a hard drive connected to an Airport Extreme, based on questions posed by some features found in Leopard 10.5.2.
The Airport Extreme attached drive consistently mounts and is easily written to and [...]
