The iPhone trips
Our iPhone was saying ‘No Service’ rather more often than I’m used to hereabouts, so I called support.
Turns out the time change tripped up a number of iPhones - the cure being to release and reset the SIM card (or whatever it’s called).
Oddly enough the phone made the time change smoothly - some programmer must […]
We try a low-tech fix for our high-tech problem
Trying our best to come up with a fix for the heating problem we’re seeing with our Core Duo Mac Mini and matching LaCie 500 GB hard drive, we reasoned that a piece of aluminum foil might reflect just enough of the Mini’s heat to keep the LaCie from producing its annoying fan noises.
That worked […]
Tech break
So we’re trying to fix a couple of nagging tech issues today. One is a LaCie drive, that despite being returned 3 times, still makes an annoying fan noise. Having pulled out the LaCie and the (Core Duo) Mini it sits under, we discover that the Mini’s underside is discolored from heat (seen above), heat […]
New Macbooks, Macbook Pros
From the Source:
“Apple today introduced new models of the MacBook and MacBook Pro. MacBook Pro models feature the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors (running at up to 2.6GHz with 6MB of shared L2 cache), larger hard drives (up to 300GB), and 2GB of memory standard in most models. They also include the latest NVIDIA […]
Computers for the Cloud
We have long wished for a ‘Cloud Computer’, an inexpensive device that would allow us easily to connect to the web and email. Together with Google Apps (and some installed software for occasions where connectivity or other issues come up) one might not need anything else to be productive and connected.
The computer […]
A meeting of cultures
So, we’ve begun working out at the Palo Alto YMCA, another small step forward in our physical rehab. A side benefit of the workouts is that Fry’s is across the street. My pent up desires to walk the aisles of the legendary Palo Alto store have finally been given vent now that I can drive […]
Palm OS and Mac sync: still a train wreck
Much of the time I would have spent blogging yesterday was consumed trying to get my Treo 650 to sync with my Mac Address Book. The Treo had previously been set, via the Good software package, to sync with my previous employer’s Exchange server. When my account went bye-bye, the Treo stopped allowing me access […]
Mac OS X Leopard on Demand
Mac OS X Leopard on Demand (Que Publishing, 2007, ISBN-13 978-0-7897-3654-3) is a very good training resource and tutorial manual for OS X 10.5 users. The book rightly categorizes itself as ‘Beginning-Intermediate’ and is a particularly good choice for ‘Switchers’ and others who, new to Mac OS X, want a printed manual. Help desks […]
Leopard contact info tip
So, I recently received an email with updated info from one of my contacts. As I moused over it, gray dashed lines appeared around the address, email and phone info, along with a small white triangle in a gray box. Right clicking produced a menu of options, as pictured.
Clicking ‘Add to Existing Contact…’ brought up […]
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and… Apple?
So, there’s much buzz in the Valley over Google’s leap into the proposed MS/Yahoo deal. WSJ has particularly good reporting on Google’s interest and maneuvers in blocking the deal. When giant tech companies are dealing, pundits can hardly resist commenting on what this means for the rest of the industry.
For example, Roy Schestowitz opines on […]