Once in awhile, I find that my podcasts don’t download completely. Here I am, listening to the show in iTunes or on my iPod, and suddenly the episode just stops. I look closely and realize the the episode’s total running time is shorter than is supposed to be. The balance of the show is just […]
The latest version of Mac OS X — Leopard — went on sale today. Steve Job’s snarky comment in this post’s title was in that there’s one version and one price ($110) unlike some other operating system which has five different versions. The one with all of the features costs $330.
David Pogue, as is his […]
According to beautiful screenshots leaked by ThinkSecret The next major release of Mac OS X, dubbed “Leopard” apparently has some new parental controls:
The controls allow parents to set weekday and weekend time limits as well as “bedtime” hours during which the computer cannot be accessed.
The above graphic is an excerpt. See the full screenshot […]
A friend just made the jump from PC to Mac and found that iWork didn’t print envelopes for him easily. He ended up using Word.
I suggested that he check out EasyEnvelopes, which is free Mac OS X dashboard widget. You just activate the widget, type in your friend’s address, select the person from your address […]
So, say you’ve just shelled out over half a grand for an iPhone. You get it home and take it out of its over-designed box. You run your hands over its smooth, polished exterior. You examine the included “ear bud” headphones and decide to substitute a pair of your own.
But alas, the bleeding thing doesn’t […]
Does “made in hell phone” refer to the iPhone, or the phone that it might be replacing? Perhaps both. Anyway, you’ll have to watch this funny video to find out.
I had previously pointed out Bob Harris’ important questions about the iPhone. Now, with the iPhone’s release imminent, Conan O’Brien reveals just how versatile this revolutionary device truly is:
David Pogue, New York Times uber-geek and personal tech columnist has an excellent review of Parallels 3.0, which “run 100 percent of the world’s computer software on a single machine, faster and more easily than ever.”
I paid for my upgrade, but haven’t installed it yet. I can’t wait.
Since my previous post comparing online backup services, I’ve found a series of useful articles by Joe Kissell about online backup services for Macs. The offerings are changing and improving rapidly, and Joe provides excellent updates in these articles:
12 Ways to Backup Your Mac Online (March 21, 2007)
Online Backup Options Expand (April 9, 2007)
Two Online […]
Backing up is like exercising. It’s something you really should do at least once week. But it’s easy to put off until — wham! — one day your hard drive has a heart attack and you lose everything.
A number of online backup solutions are emerging to make the task much easier and automatic. New York […]