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Category Archives: Macintosh
I Bought a MS Surface Book, so now I’m really P…d off with Apple
Because if Apple had kept up its history of innovation in Personal Computers, Apple Laptops would now be shipping with touch-screens and stylus pencils. Continue reading
Windows 8 Install – What a ridiculous product key
Not Happy. Since I have a Mac, I had to buy the System Builder version of Windows 8 to legally run it in a Virtual Machine. I don’t have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with … Continue reading
Posted in Macintosh, Microsoft, opinion, rant, virtual interface, VMware, Windows 8
Tagged computer, software, technology
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How to transfer existing ripped music to iTunes
After avoiding iTunes for eleven years, I was finally convinced (partly by reading this article) that the ability to use AirPlay made it worthwhile ripping my CD/music collection to iTunes. What followed was a tale of frustration and hair pulling, … Continue reading
Posted in iTunes, Macintosh, rip
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Ramblings on a not-so-smooth migration to Mountain Lion
I skipped Lion. Went straight from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, and some things have been worth it, others not so good. First the good. The killer feature that convinced me that I wanted to upgrade was the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in Mac OS X, Macintosh, opinion, rant
Tagged Macintosh, Magic Mouse, Migration Assistant, Mountain Lion
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How to show hidden files in Macintosh Finder
I’m going through the Mac learning experience for the second time, and am still stunned by some things that you expect but just aren’t there. I’ve just spent 20 mins trying to find the option in Finder to turn on/off … Continue reading
Posted in Mac OS X, Macintosh, Memory Jog, opinion
Tagged Finder, hidden files, Macintosh
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Mysteries of the Macintosh Spotlight Search
I’d read the help file on Spotlight when I first got my Mac, and knew I could enter search criteria like “filename: invoice” to restrict my searches to filenames, and I’d always noticed that Spotlight searches mail messages too. But … Continue reading
Apple’s deeply buried airport command
I wanted to check which wireless AP my new Mac had connected to, so I entered the command: airport -I …but it didn’t work! I’d become so used to using this on my MBP that I’d forgotten that this command … Continue reading
My Dream Machine. 2012 version.
I bought my laptop in 2009. Way back then I was fairly happy with Apple’s spec of a gorgeous 17″ MacBook Pro laptop with 4+ hour of battery life running with 8GB RAM and a 500MB HDD – although I … Continue reading
Posted in Macintosh, opinion, SSD
Tagged computer, gadgets, gaming, hrs battery life, technology
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Application Gems
Everyone has their favourite applications, and every now and then you find a gem that you wonder how you ever lived without. Here are my “gems”, I hope you find some of them as useful as I have. Some of … Continue reading
Posted in Mac OS X, Macintosh, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, opinion, SSID, VMware, wifi, Wireshark
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